Toowoomba’s John Thomas was just a boy from the bush who used to break in horses before he took up a job working in the coalmines in central Queensland.

Toowoomba’s John Thomas was just a boy from the bush who used to break in horses before he took up a job working in the coalmines in central Queensland.

Mount Isa trainer Jay Morris has a long way to go to etch his name in Birdsville Cup history but he’s hopeful his annual pilgrimage will be successful for a third time with Cacafonix on Saturday.

It’s the greatest racing outback party in the country and Toowoomba’s Kyle and Corey Geran will be there again for this year’s two-day Birdsville Cup spectacular which kicks off on Friday.

Ken Waller’s stellar riding career took him overseas and to the highest level of Group 1 glory but when he reflects on it all, he says he will always be a ‘bush kid at heart’.

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The late John Southern always believed galloper Gavin would get better with time and his thoughts are finally being backed up.

Hoop Hannah Phillips lives and breathes country racing, so it was fitting for the hard-working jockey to bring up a special career milestone on the dirt at Aramac on Saturday afternoon.

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It took a track record to deny Rockhampton’s Sir Grace victory in last month’s Townsville Cup but for New Zealand-born Warwick Satherley the battle continues for a Country Cups feature in Cairns on Saturday.

To win a hometown country feature is the dream of every trainer.

Even at 93 years of age, Gold Coast horsewoman Shirley Batten is still as sharp as ever.

Four-year-old mare Exotique Miss was unlucky running fourth in the Group 1 Tatts Tiara at Eagle Farm and arguably should have run a clear second if she didn’t have interference at a vital stage into the straight.

There’s over $300,000 in prize money on offer this Saturday as the Cairns carnival kicks off.