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Premium Content 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...

We mourned the deaths of two important Ipswich people this week

It promises to be an exciting new cup day experience after the Ipswich Turf Club completed its $24.8 million redevelopment last year. Tickets are selling fast

Premium Content 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 initial...

Brett Kitching TODAY was not only the final Ipswich race day for 2020 but my last edition of this column as I am soon galloping off to retirement. It has been a great joy to report on thoroughbred racing in Ipswich and to work with The Queensland Times. The paper for many years has played a huge role in supporting Ipswich thoroughbred racing and helping to maintain the prominence of the Ipswich Cup. Special mentions for guiding this column and providing insight go to Peter Foley and of course David Lems, the positive, passionate sports enthusiast who has been of enormous assistance to t...