by Grant Baldock | Apr 11, 2022 | News, Uncategorized
The April 2022 Birdsville Races – the ‘Melbourne Cup of the Outback’ – culminated in blistering fashion today, as Barcaldine (QLD) trainer Todd Austin comfortably won the iconic 1600m TAB Birdsville Cup with thoroughbred Echo Point, ridden by female...
by Grant Baldock | Apr 10, 2022 | News
The 139th Birdsville Races kicked off today in a plume of dust, scorching heat, trackside colour and wild and wacky fashion, as thousands of punters converged on the tiny town on the edge of Outback Queensland’s Simpson Desert for Day 1 of the ‘Melbourne Cup of the...
by Grant Baldock | Sep 4, 2019 | Media Release, News
Final acceptances for this week’s Birdsville Races are in, with the ‘Melbourne Cup of the Outback’ set to field a stellar 154 entries across a bumper 13-race program this September 6 & 7. The 137th edition of Western Queensland’s richest race meet will draw a...
by Grant Baldock | Aug 29, 2019 | Media Release, News
Seventeen year-old indigenous model and cancer survivor Venessa Harris was today announced as the official ambassador for the 2019 Birdsville Races, which are set to kick off next week in Queensland’s Simpson Desert for a landmark 137th year on September 6 & 7....
by Grant Baldock | Aug 28, 2019 | Media Release
Group 1 trainer David Jolly confirmed he will field a starter in this year’s Birdsville Races. Kicking off his spring racing campaign with a lifelong bucket list experience, Jolly today confirmed he will field a starter in this year’s Birdsville Races – the iconic...
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