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LEO Clapham returns to Murwillumbah tomorrow chasing a third successive win with his talented five-year-old gelding Crooked Gent. The son of Toorak Toff has been in dynamic form, returning from a short freshener to win his past two starts at Grafton over 1100m and 1200m. Before that he had won a Class 1 over 1200mMore info

LOOK Out Boy returns to racing at Murwillumbah tomorrow “eying” off a successful return for his local trainer in a memorial race of some meaning for the Paul Nipperess stable. A four-year-old grey/brown gelding son of Alert Look Out Boy has drawn barrier two with Allan Chau to ride in the $6000 Jason Birney MemorialMore info

TAMWORTH and Murwillumbah might be many kilometres apart but the two towns share a major racing day on their calendar. Murwillumbah’s Tweed River Jockey Club and the Tamworth Jockey Club both have five-race non-TAB meetings on Melbourne Cup day. While the Melbourne Cup is run and won at Flemington racecourse both Murwillumbah and Tamworth “frockMore info

TWEED River Jockey Club and Coffs Harbour Racing Club hold all of next Tuesday’s Northern Rivers Racing Association Melbourne Cup Day attention. The two NRRA clubs have five-race non-TAB  meetings with the Murwillumbah-based Tweed River attracting 53 nominations to next week’s meeting today while Coffs Harbour received 45 nominations. Both clubs have extended nominations onMore info

TWEED River Jockey Club’s seven-race Murwillumbah TAB meeting, scheduled tomorrow, has been abandoned and next Monday’s Lismore TAB meeting is also under serious threat. That was the situation on the Northern Rivers today after stewards conducted a track inspection at Murwillumbah. “It’s just too wet here,” TRJC secretary manager Leanne manning said today. “Tomorrow’s meetingMore info

KNIGHT Templar is unbeaten at Murwillumbah and the Grafton gelding crusades to continue that winning run when he contests Tuesday’s $22,000 Jujus Open Handicap (1200m). Prepared at Grafton by Jason Reilly the eight-year-old gelding son of Lion Heart has drawn barrier eight in the 10-horse sprint. A winner of 10 races from 64 starts heMore info