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Jeff Hanson, NSW Country and Picnic Racing. Photo: Racing Photography. Peter Sinclair kicked off the Golden Triangle of racing in fine style at Moree Picnics on Saturday, preparing three winners on the six-race-program. In yet another successful day at his home track, Sinclair trained the winner of the feature event on the program, with Liberty Head taking out the 1400m Boolooroo Moree Picnic Cup for jockey Michael Johnston.

Jeff Hanson, NSW Country and Picnic Racing. Saturday’s Willow Tree Cup meeting at Quirindi Jockey Club is shaping up as a big event both on and off the track. 112 runners have been nominated for the six-race-program which will be headlined by the Willow Tree Cup, a 1000m Benchmark 50 Handicap that has attracted 25 potential runners.

Moruya Jockey Club

There is no better thrill than an initial victory and this was the story for the connections of Pollard following a dashing display in the De Bortoli Wines Maiden Plate at Port Macquarie on Monday. The son of Love Conquers All had shown plenty of promise early in his career and had amassed eight placings and plenty of followers with an exciting pattern of racing on the speed and trying to sustain a large lead in the home straight.

Talmoi Race Club

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Catherine Grimley. After having missed out on the races last year due to COVID-19, Tennant Creek certainly made up for it last Saturday with the Tennant Turf Club Two Cup Race Day. The ladies dusted off their long unused gladrags, hats and high heels and there were more suits about than have been seen in a good long while as everyone dressed up to give race day a sense of occasion that has been missing for too long.

Riding doubles by promising apprentice jockeys, Jayden Barrie and Dylan Gibbons, highlighted a strong race card conducted at Port Macquarie on Tuesday.

The racing industry came together in Adelaide on Friday, 14 May 2021 to witness the induction of some of the great names in racing into the Australian Racing Hall of Fame.

Promising recent efforts by Black Jacamar have provided every indication the filly is ready to handle her most serious test to date in the Class 2 Handicap at Port Macquarie on Tuesday.

The annual Burrandowan Picnic Races have been a highlight on the South Burnett region calendar for 99 years, and the 2021 event augurs well for an historic centenary in 2022.

Jeff Hanson, NSW Country and Picnic Racing. Photo: Racing Photography. After what has been a tough couple of years for most country communities, it is easy to find a reason why any country or picnic racing committee might be struggling. For Marthaguy Picnic Race Club, and the community of Quambone, the past three years have been devastating ... A social day at the races is just what Quambone and surrounding towns need, especially if they are to decompress and forget about their troubles, if only for one day.

Saturday the 8th of May - join us at the QUAMBONE Racecourse on the outskirts of the small village 50kms from Coonamble and 80 kms from Warren. The Marthaguy Picnic Races offers a great day out for one and all and a fantastic way to catch up with friends.

Tie the Knot, Darby McCarthy, Les Bridge and Bob Charley are among the list of 10 thoroughbred racing greats to be elevated to the Australian Racing Hall of Fame (ARHOF) in Adelaide next month. The ARHOF spreads across four categories – horses, trainers, jockeys and associates – and induction is regarded as racing’s ultimate achievement, with the ceremony an opportunity to formally honour those who have left indelible marks on the sport.

After a stellar period for the stable over the last couple of months, the Milligan family continued their successful run when Faatinaat landed the prize in the John Oxley Motors Benchmark 58 Handicap at Port Macquarie on Monday. In an event considered a match race on paper with French Marine, the Glen Milligan trained filly was able to loom towards the early pacemakers, Kotinos and Manangatang, before striking the front inside the last two hundred metres.

Following a dominant victory in a recent maiden handicap at Dubbo, the Kris Lees trained gelding, French Marine, is ready to take the next step in the John Oxley Motors Benchmark 58 Handicap at Port Macquarie on Monday.

Following a training treble on the program and many winners owned by close family and friends, the Milligan training establishment was the dominant force at the Port Macquarie race meeting on Friday. With Bob’s experience and expertise as patriarch of the team and the operational guidance of son, Glen, the stable was successful in landing a treble with wins by Being Naughty, Hold all Tickets and Dr Demon.

Kendall Jennings. I have never been so close to racing before, a privilege for owners, trainers and the media. Oh my, I was in for a treat, feeling like a kid at the lolly shop, eyes wide and smiles everywhere. I was treated to an all-area pass, and I made the most of it. I spoke to jockeys, trainers, owners and volunteers, absorbing as much as I could to learn more about horse racing—everything from horse earmuffs to shoes.

Rod Fuller. A dashing ride from the tail of the field by Dylan Gibbons resulted in victory to Prospero in an action-packed Easter Cup at the Port Macquarie race meeting on Saturday. Gibbons was content to settle the Nathan Doyle trained gelding well behind the early leaders, Bay of Bengal and Za Za Zena, before making a move around the field down the side of the track.

Leeton jockey Breanna Bourke booted home the winner of the Nutrien Ag Solutions Ardlethan Cup, Let’s Get Animal, for trainer Maddi Collins on Saturday. This was her first ride back after 10 months on the sideline after having a fall ... more than 2000 racegoers attended the meeting to enjoy the racing and fashions on the field.

Rod Fuller. Following a deluge of rain over the past few days and the promise of further heavy downpours on race day, Racing NSW Stewards had little alternative but to cancel the race meeting scheduled for Port Macquarie on Friday where the Lisa Sheppard trained Racketeering had been scheduled to run.