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Subscriber only PREPARING for his 17th Ipswich Cup on Saturday, track manager Sean Tou would love another sprinkle of rain later in the week. While he s happy with the current soft 5 rating, Tou likes a little bit more give in the track . The track is in a really good position at the moment, he said gearing up for another massive week of Cup preparations. We haven t raced on the fence for quite a while so the inside pad that they are running on for the Ipswich Cup is set up perfectly. I can t complain too much. Hopefully we get a little bit of rain on Thursday just to freshen up. I wouldn t mind at least another 5 mil (millimetres).
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Subscriber only HAVING spent so much time at his second home, Brett Kitching enjoys sharing why the Ipswich Turf Club is such an important part of his life. The racing hub has provided almost daily experiences from when he was brought up just down the road at Ebbw Vale and he attended Bundamba primary and high schools. I remember many days hanging over the fence watching the races from the primary school, or from the top level of the high school looking out over the course on midweek race days, Kitching said. Ipswich was always the centre of my universe. I even initially thought the 1971 Melbourne Cup, won by the grey Silver Knight, was run at Bundamba when I hung over the school fence at lunchtime on the first Tuesday of November and saw a grey horse win the lunchtime race.
Ipswich Cup Day returns in June with Winter Carnival boost Jockey Blake Shinn rides Man Booker to victory in the Eye Liner Stakes, on 2019 Ipswich Cup Day. Picture: AAP Image/Albert Perez
Horses 19th Feb 2021 11:10 AM THE city s biggest social and racing event of the year, the Ipswich Cup, is scheduled to return on June 19, as part of a new-look Queensland Winter Racing Carnival. Staged over 10 Saturdays, the 2021 Winter Carnival has received a prize money increase to $20.5 million - a $2 million uplift from its 2019 counterpart. The carnival will feature 53 black-type races including eight Group 1s. Meetings will be hosted by the Brisbane Racing Club, along with the Gold Coast, Ipswich, Tattersalls and the Sunshine Coast from May 1 to July 3.