Outback Races On Track

Two of Australia’s most iconic outback sporting events have announced that they are back on for 2021 after both being called off last year because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Both the Birdsville Races, often referred to as the Melbourne Cup of the Outback, and the Boulia Camel Cup, an outback camel race as famous for…

ByMichael Sheather10/02/20210Comments

Teenage Jockey Wins The 2018 Birdsville Cup

The 2018 Birdsville Races boasted the biggest race field in the event’s iconic 136-year history, with a record 170 entries accepted across 13 races. The headline 1600m UBET Birdsville Cup narrowly taken out by 17-year-old apprentice jockey Adin Thompson on the Johnson-trained Blue Jest. The final day of Western Queensland’s richest two-day race-meet saw close to 5,000…

ByThe Carousel04/09/20180Comments

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