Birdsville Races gets set for record breaking field

Derek Barry
August 30 2018 - 5:30am
FASTER FELLOW: Roma trainer Craig Smith took out last year’s Birdsville Cup on the Adrian Coome-ridden Fast Fella. Photo: Derek Barry
FASTER FELLOW: Roma trainer Craig Smith took out last year’s Birdsville Cup on the Adrian Coome-ridden Fast Fella. Photo: Derek Barry

The Birdsville Races has announced the biggest race field in the event’s 136-year history, with 170 entries accepted to this weekend’s bumper program, six more than the previous record set in 2015.

Derek Barry

Derek Barry

Editor, the North West Star

Editor of the North West Star Mount Isa since January 2016. Prior to that, an editor at several regional southern Queensland newspapers. Passionate about telling local stories. Comes with a strange accent to due an Irish accident of birth.