BELIEVE it or not, fundophobia is not the fear of raising funds for charity – it is the fear of grain silos toppling over and crushing those people that are game enough to stand near them. And there is absolutely no truth to the rumour that...
IT is often said in the racing game that half a loaf of bread is better than no bread at all. And it’s a maxim that sits well with Moree trainer Doug Fernando, who watched his new stable acquisition Beau In Chains dead-heat for first at...
A FAMILY outcast was welcomed back to the fold at Mallawa on Saturday when Favourite Sister redeemed herself with a nine-length walloping in the 1200m Landmark Moree Maiden Plate. Finally, after 17 attempts and a history of feet problems, Favourite Sister posted her first win for...
STIFF-JOINTED gelding Rusty Motorbike raced like a well-oiled machine to win the 1400m B&W Rural Mallawa Cup on Saturday at round two of bush racing’s Golden Triangle – the heart of bush racing in the heart of the country – while Todd Payne's Victory Lass...
DUBBO greyhound trainer Paul Wasson dominates both the rich 302m Outback Fly and 421m Outback Sprint at Moree on Monday after yesterday qualifying two runners in each final – but he says it was Outback Fly Heat 3 runner-up In Sized Out that was the...
ONE of the giants of the NSW greyhound racing industry was remembered at Moree on Saturday with the inaugural running of the 551m Sam Sabine Memorial Stakes. Sammy Sabine was a big man – in both stature and character – and was a staunch supporter of...
GIVEAWAY sprinter Folkstone is set to continue its winning ways at Mallawa today, despite being walloped with 69kg – eight-and-a-half kilos more than nearest rival in the weights, Beau in Chains. Folkstone, trained by former ace hoop Luke Morgan, has won three from just four career...
GIVEN everything that Moree’s Anna Winter has been through during the past eight months, abseiling down the side of a 10-storey high silo should be a piece of cake – just don’t mention the word “cake”. Ms Winter has taken all before her in recent months, gaining...
NORTHERN Tablelands MP Adam Marshall is just days away from leaping from the top of Moree’s iconic B&W Rural silos – the old flour mill – and he needs your help to do it. The typically grounded parliamentarian is undertaking the heart-pumping manoeuvre on Sunday, 18...
EVERY now and again just about every employee in the world wishes they could choke their boss – just once. Well, Kenway and Clark Moree’s chief financial officer Gemille Hayes has 10 storeys to tell – sorry, stories – and they all relate to how she...