May 3, 2022

As the Chase Newspaper goes to print at the end of April we are still in ‘repair mode’ at Albion Park, trying our best to get back on track after the late February flood.

he Queensland racing industry never ceases to amaze. Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic more than two years ago, our participants have shown an unwavering support to keep the industry going.

“It was miserable, raining and windy,” is how Glenn Pask described that night at Sandown late in May 2016 when Bells Are Ringin lined up as the rank outsider for the Group 1 Sandown Cup.

WHILE the Group 1 Sandown Cup, boasting $175,000 as a winner’s purse, is naturally the big attraction, May carnival racing at Sandown also will feature two important Group 1 events for sprinters.

TARQUIN Neal admits he became a bit boisterous as his sprinter Sushi Mango headed for victory in the $57,500 Group 3 Ipswich Auction Series final (520m) last month.

AMY Broadrick is hoping to raise thousands of dollars for a group of south-east Queensland greyhound trainers who lost everything in the recent floods.

Stellar litter sisters Spotted Elk and Extra Malt may not have made their final impression on the TAB Queensland Greyhound of the Year awards.

At just after 12.49pm on a sunny Wednesday in April the lids pinged on what should have been a low-interest maiden at Capalaba. But in the long history of this boutique straight track, few events have attracted as much focus and relief.

After Covid 19 took care of the 2020 and 2021 Nationals it is fantastic to be able to announce that the Nationals Championships will return in 2022 under the banner of ‘Sensational Sydney’ in late August.