Trainer Kevin Hansen with Sweet Dolly, who has recently undergone surgery. Photo: Tony McMahon.
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Rockhampton’s racing darling Sweet Dolly has arrived back at trainer Kevin Hansen’s North Rockhampton stables for a lengthy rehabilitation.
The winner of her only four races, including the $500K The Jewel at her last outing at the Gold Coast in mid-March, Sweet Dolly has undergone surgery on her near fore sesamoid.
Trainer Hansen, on the concern of track rider Shayla Evans, sought vet’s advice after Sweet Dolly did not feel right during training at Callaghan Park a fortnight ago.
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The burnouts are set to be one of the premier attractions at the inaugural Rare Spares Rockynats, but the competitors aren’t just hoons you see on TV – for them the competition is very serious.
Vehicles entering can vary from four-cylinder grocery-getters, to 1200 horsepower plus purpose-built supercharged V8s, which cost hundreds of thousands of dollars.
Rare Spares Rockynats burnout competition is located behind the Callaghan Park Racecourse, on Reaney Street. The Rare Spares Rockynats burnout pad at Callaghan Park Racecourse, on Reaney Street. Picture: Rodney Stevens
Reigning Red CentreNATS Burnout Masters titleholder Wal Gersekowski will pilot his purple “1 TUF HG” purple Holden ute at Rockynats.
Long-serving jockey makes race riding return at Rocky John Stephens makes his return to race riding at Callaghan Park on Saturday after an absence of eight months.
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Rockhampton racing’s longest-serving current resident jockey John Stephens makes his return to race riding at Callaghan Park on Saturday after an absence of eight months.
Stephens, who has been associated and enjoyed major success with some highly talented horses during his career including Eye Liner Stakes winner Leroy’s Magic, has been off the scene since last June.
Ironically, in Saturday’s Open Handicap (1050m) at the Rockhampton Jockey Club’s Callaghan Park TAB races, he combines with one of the district’s most talented young sprinters in Lepreezy.
$490k prizemoney on offer at racing carnival Miss Lot Won- winner of the 2020 DLV Finance Capricornia Yearling Sale 2yo Classic – Trained by Tom Button – Jockey Mark Barnham.
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Subscriber only Autumn is soon approaching which for Rockhampton racing industry stakeholders and followers heralds the Capricornia Racing Carnival and Yearling Sales. The carnival centres around two days of first class racing at Callaghan Park on Friday, April 9, and culminating with the rich Capricornia Yearling Sales feature race on Saturday, April 10. The crowning jewel is the $125K Capricornia Yearling Sale Classic QTIS 2YO Plate (1200m) which carries prizemoney of $143K for fillies and $137K for colts and geldings.
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