March 2023

The Canberra Racing Club once again conducted the Riharna Thomson Memorial on its iconic Black Opal Raceday. This year’s winner was Jess Taylor riding Miss Ghent for local trainer Norm Gardner. Interestingly, Jess is the first female jockey to win the Riharna Thomson Memorial Bracelet trophy, though she said “I could never take the bracelet…

A group of around 50 of Marina Morel’s friends and colleagues gathered at Gulgong Racecourse on Sunday 12th February to mark the first anniversary of her death following a tragic riding accident during trackwork at Gulgong a year earlier. ARCC chaplain Rev Colin Watts conducted the ceremony while Marina’s close friend Rhenelle Perry and trainer…