Toowoomba

Steve Tregea was like much of Australia heading into Incentivise's first-up run in the Makybe Diva Stakes at Flemington on Saturday but the Toowoomba trainer was left in awe of his former galloper after he grabbed his maiden Group 1,

Steve Tregea was like much of Australia heading into Incentivise’s first-up run in the Makybe Diva Stakes at Flemington on Saturday but the Toowoomba trainer was left in awe of his former galloper after he grabbed his maiden Group 1,

Steve Tregea only calls himself a small-time breeder but the Toowoomba trainer has pulled off a minor miracle, producing two of racing’s hottest prospects in the space of two weeks.

The RAAF's No.7 Stores Depot in Toowoomba employed more than 1000 people in its early years and most of them never left.

Toowoomba trainer Mark Currie has his stable star Soxagon on a path towards his hometown Weetwood Handicap later this month as he returns from injury at Doomben this weekend.

Article courtesy of the Courier Mail's Kay Dibben A former Toowoomba jockey who claims she had a “career-ending injury’’ from a fall from a horse in a race at Doomben four years ago is suing insurers and Racing Australia.

A former Toowoomba jockey who claims she had a “career-ending injury’’ from a fall from a horse in a race at Doomben four years ago is suing insurers and Racing Australia.

The first step towards extending the Inland Rail from Toowoomba to Gladstone will be taken after Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce pledged $10 million to the business case, despite arguments continuing over its current route.

Up to $10 million will be spent planning to extend the federal government's Inland Rail project through Queensland.A business case will be developed to extend the project 646 kilometres from Toowoomba to the Port of Gladstone.

The $15 billion Inland Rail project looks likely to be extended to Gladstone with Barnaby Joyce throwing his support behind the controversial multi-billion-dollar project, using the existing agreed route from the New South Wales border to Toowoomba.