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Award-winning Ipswich Basketball progressing major asset

BOOSTED by three recent awards, Ipswich Basketball Association (IBA) officials are focused on progressing a much-needed sporting facility that will shape the city for years to come. IBA president Toni Caldwell is excited about a feasibility study...

Supercars return revs up Ipswich’s economic impact

AS the Gold Coast soaks up benefits from the latest Supercars round in Queensland, Ipswich can also take advantage of the return of the national series. After a five-year absence from Ipswich, the Supercars juggernaut will roll back into the city in August next year.

Alex returns home with vital Qld racing role

ACCEPTING state-wide challenges in the racing industry is nothing new to high-achieving Ipswich administrator Alex Kitching. However, the latest role allows Kitching and his young family to return home after three years working in Victoria following...

Border Trots 14th February 2024

Grant Dixon’s five-year-old, who may well be as good as any pacer in the world right now, made it two wins from as many starts in this Victoria trip when he romped away with last night’s $100,000 Group 2 Cranbourne Cup.

Border Trots 7th February 2024

Harness fans who thought current Inter Dominion champ Leap To Fame was a ‘good thing’ for the AG Hunter Cup at Melton last Saturday night were right on the button.

Border Trots 31st January 2024

TIME is a great leveller, and age is its bulldozer. This we must accept. But, as we turn into the home straight ourselves, so the pain of loss is deeper felt.

Border Trots 17th January 2024

LEAP To Fame’s Brisbane Inter Dominion win made him the highest earning Australian standardbred for 2023.

Border Trots 20th December 2023

THE Brisbane Inter-dominion for 2023 has been decided with no surprises at either gait. Leap To Fame made a one act affair of the Pacer’s Grand Final.

Border Trots 13th December 2023

LEONARD Cain faces off against some of Queensland’s best drivers on an almost daily basis but will face a new challenge in next week’s 1Equine 2023 Australasian Young Drivers Championships.

Border Trots 29th November 2023

QUEENSLAND’S leading driver, Nathan Dawson, has become a frequent flier of late.

Border Trots 22nd November 2023

The on-track harness spectacle through which we sell our wagering product, is not simply composed of horses and drivers.

Border Trots 15th November 2023

Seriously pleasing this week, after steering Natty Pagger home in the Goldbet Graham Harriott Memorial at ‘the Burg’, is the win of Jeseeka, in the 3yo fillies Feature at Albion Park last Saturday night.

Border Trots 8th November 2023

WHEN we pass from this life at an advanced age, it is easier for those left behind to understand that everyone has their time, and the going is inevitable. They take comfort from this.

Border Trots 1st November 2023

RACING Queensland (RQ) has unveiled its masterplan for the Sunshine State’s new home of metropolitan harness racing. Following industry and public consultation, the new centre at Norwell will feature a 1,000m racetrack, with the option to explore how an 1100m track with a chute could be incorporated into the future.

Border Trots 25th October 2023

WELL, it has been a week and a half for the MPA as weather and water supplies conspired to create problems for the newly resurfaced track at the showgrounds.

Border Trots 18th October 2023

AGAIN we look around and see someone missing from the older ranks of trainer drivers.

Border Trots 11th October 2023

PURGA based owner-breeders, Kathryn and Neil McLachlan, had a taste of long sought breeding success when ‘Gait With Grace’ took out the 2yo Springboard Final for the juvenile trotters at Albion Park on Tuesday, September 26.

Border Trots 4th October 2023

THE following is taken from the keyboard of Darren Clayton.

Border Trots 27th September 2023

PROUD “Nana” Maxine Ellison is waiting for her and Steve Towns’s first of three foals to drop for season 2023 at “StevMax” Park in Lower Mt Walker.