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Eight chances for Lismore races

SEVEN of the eight horses set to gallop down the straight at Lismore Turf Club’s main race on Sunday are from the...

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16th Oct. 2020 11:10 PM

OPEN RACE: Racing at the Lismore Turf Club on Sunday October 18 includes seven Northern Rivers thoroughbreds of the eight entered in the $22,000 M & T Tyres Benchmark Handicap. Photo: Ursula Bentley@CapturedAus

Melbourne Cup to (virtually) visit Northern Rivers town

IF OUR town wins the national tour’s sweepstake, a local charity would win $50,000.

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06th Sept. 2020 12:09 AM

Gai and Kate Waterhouse pictured at Gai's stables in Sydney with the 2020 Lexus Melbourne Cup and horse, Our Castaway. Picture: David Swift

Will Lismore get a public holiday for Cup Day?

THERE’S been a lot of controversy around the Lismore Cup half-day public holiday.

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04th Sept. 2020 3:09 PM

The Lismore Cup is set to go ahead this month. Photo Marc Stapelberg

Trainers jockey for Casino Cup win

TRAINERS from around northern NSW are jockeying to win the $30,000 The Hotel Cecil Casino Cup on Saturday.

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14th Aug. 2020 12:08 PM

CAN HISTORY REPEAT?: Exclusive won the Beef Week Cup for Casino trainer Stephen Bennett who is hoping for a repeat in weekend’s $30,000 The Hotel Cecil Casino Cup. Photo Susanna Fraymark.

Northern Rivers trainers heat up winter races at Ballina

WINTER racing action was all about the local Northern Rivers trainers, jockeys and horses at the Ballina Jockey Club.

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14th July 2020 6:07 PM

BOWEN'S BEAUTY At the Ballina Jockey Club's Winter Racing of July 14, 2020, Lucap trained by Danny Bowen and ridden by Nori Masuda won race 7.

Amirykal from last to first

LISMORE trainer Daniel Bowen is thrilled filly Amirykal moves from last in the field to be first across the line at...

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14th June 2020 3:06 PM

Dwayne Schmidt-trained Hyperion Star continued his winning run on his return from a month’s break at Grafton on June 11. Here Luke Rolls rides Schmidt’s Delta Eagle home in race 2 on Ulmarra Cup Day at Grafton on Saturday, June 6, 2020.

It was a day for the girls at Lismore Turf Club

FEMALE jockeys ride the winners of five of the six races at the Trinity Cup Day meet on Saturday.

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10th May 2020 2:05 PM

Belinda Hodder (left) has ridden the winners of 42 races so far this season.

Are you ready for the Rappville and Kyogle Cup Race Day?

THERE will be six races on the card at this year’s event.

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09th March 2020 12:03 AM

The Rappville and Kyogle Cup Race Day will be held at Casino on March 21.

'Massive effort' to get horse right and back on track

A BALLINA trainer was far from impressed the first time he saw Unleash The Red earlier this year and wondered if it was...

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26th Nov. 2019 8:11 AM

Ballina races are on. Picture: DERRICK DEN HOLLANDER race030410-

Boxing Day races a family affair

DID we take your photo at the Ballina Races?

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28th Dec. 2017 8:12 AM

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