Wheels of change turn slowly in racing industry
Baby blues: Jim Byrne rides Nicconi Leggera to victory in a juveniles race at Doomben on Saturday. Picture: Claudia BaxterANOTHER week and another non-announcement on the new (interim) Racing Queensland board.Racing Minister Grace Grace told breeders last Sunday the confirmation of the new board by Cabinet had been bumped in favour of a more pressing issue.What’s another week out of 10 months for the leaderless industry? Speculation continues on the possible make-up, with the best anyone achievi..>> view originalDoomben Rewind
Jim Byrne combines with Nicconi Leggera to edge out Bagus and Happy Event Picture: Claudia BaxterTHE Courier Mail racing editor Nathan Exelby reviews Saturday’s Doomben meeting, with comments from the beaten division and the big winners.RACE 1Richie Stephenson will bring Emphasis back to the 1600m of the Toowoomba Guineas after his 2020m win at Doomben on Saturday.“I bought him broken in, but untried from Darley and paid only $10,000 for him. He’s only little, but he’s a trier,” Stephenson said...>> view originalAn intimate portrait of the average Aussie
This is Rebecca, the average Australian. Illustration: John Shakespeare If you'll forgive the personal question, have you ever felt you were not quite normal? That you work too hard (or not) ... earn too little for it (or too much) ... spend too recklessly (or cautiously) ... borrow too heavily (or – as one debt daredevil accused me recently – not enough)?For all of us, life is about striking that delicate balance between now and later, splash and stash, naugh..>> view originalGolfer's death rocks club
GOLFERS will farewell one of the game's true gentlemen when crash victim Ron Woodbridge's funeral is held this week. Mr Woodbridge, 92, was a well-respected member of Caloundra Golf Club for more than 30 years and a past captain of Royal Canberra Golf Club before that. Playing partner and good friend Ray Densley said Mr Woodbridge had been playing three times a week and coming to practice on most other days. That was until he and his brother Aub, 96, were struck by a reversing ute on..>> view originalIpswich the birthplace of a proud Welsh musical event
IPSWICH, or rather its Welsh suburb Blackstone, is claimed as the birthplace of the Queensland Eisteddfod. As far as can be ascertained Eisteddfod had no place in Australasia until Welsh people held their own at Blackstone on New Years Day 1887, the year in which the jubilee of the reign of Queen Victoria was celebrated.This humble beginning grew in stature and became a great annual event known as the Queensland Eisteddfod, held at Easter time.A write-up regarding that first Eisteddfod read: “T..>> view originalDay on debut at Pa and Ma Bendall Memorial
A RIVALRY between surfers from north and south of the Maroochy River was part of Ross Day's motivation to enter his first Pa & Ma Bendall Memorial Surfing Contest. The Mudjimba Boardriders club vice-president took to the Moffat Beach break this weekend in the over-40s section of the competition. CLEVER CUTBACK: Dave Reardon-Smith in the open men’s quarter-final three of the Pa & Ma Bendall Memorial Surfing Contest at Moffat Beach. He had watched plenty of contests, run by Windans..>> view originalO'Dea believes Diamond can sparkle in Listed grade
Perfection becomes Preferment0:38Horse Racing: A near-perfect ride by Hugh Bowman has delivered Preferment back-to-back Group 1s with victory in The BMW. TRAINER Steve O’Dea is thinking Listed grade for Tan Tat Diamond after his win at Doomben yesterday, but not before picking off another Class 6 Plate in the coming weeks. Tan Tat Diamond had to extricate himself from a potential traffic jam before winding up strongly in the final 200m of the Class 6 Plate (1350m) to frank his big win at the Go..>> view originalTarn explores interesting concepts for PhD research
TOOWOOMBA artist Tarn McLean’s latest exhibition is a stunning exploration of the concept of expansion from picture frame to the design of space and archiecture. The electric pieces are informed by her PhD research as the co-owner and co-director of RAYGUN is studying a Doctor of Philosophy in Visual Art at the University of Southern Queensland.Her work moves beyond the confines of the picture frame, occupying an aesthetic space within the disciplines of wall painting, fashion, textile design, ..>> view originalEaster in the Country | your photos
Maggie Beer webinar set to inspire Well-known Australian cook and food author, Maggie Beer, is kicking off an inspirational Queensland Rural Regional and Remote Women’s Network 2016 webinar series, which is aimed at providing solutions, ideas and inspiration. Test>> view originalBelgian nuclear guard reportedly murdered
Sunday, March 27, 2016
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