Tolga trainer Sharlee Hoffman is hopeful promising mare Bloomin’ Ripper could put her back into the winter carnival spotlight in north Queensland next year.

Cairns apprentice jockey Krysten Swaffer says her young daughter Lainey is just as obsessed with horses as she is.

Trainer Tom Button has caught the country features bug and hopes to be back in Brisbane for the $105,000 Country Stampede Final at Doomben in December.

Racing and Sports highlight our standout plays at Australian TAB meetings for September 09.

It’s been a long time between drinks in the metropolitan arena for Beaudesert trainer Diane Murphy.

Central Queensland’s Kris Thomas is usually a ‘behind the scenes man’ as he pre-trains and owns a glut of gallopers in the region.

Townsville trainer Matthew McGuire is hoping his patience with Going Nuclear could reap dividends when the former Victorian is aimed at next year’s North Queensland Winter Carnival.

Racing and Sports highlight our standout plays at Australian TAB meetings for September 04.

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.

The hot pink colours of BS Racing might just become an emerging force in North Queensland.

It's Cairns Cup day on Saturday and we've got your race-by-race preview with suggested plays.

Mackay and Townsville Cup runner-up ready to go one better at Cairns.

Racing and Sports highlight our standout plays at Australian TAB meetings for August 22.

A friendship forged more than 12 months ago is set for further success in the Magic Millions Daintree Guineas in Cairns on Saturday.