Ipswich Events Blog

Annual track renovation in full swing New

Date: 11-Sep-2025

FREELAND’S win in the final event on Tuesday brought the curtain down on another 12 months of racing at Ipswich and heralded the start ...

Ipswich jockey/trainer Wayne O'Connell set to ride against son New

Date: 11-Sep-2025

The prospect of Reece and Wayne O'Connell riding at the same race meeting just a few years ago was almost as remote as it ...

Lloyd bookends the day New

Date: 04-Sep-2025

PUNTERS shot straight for the most part at the first of two successive midweek metropolitan meetings to be held in Ipswich this September, but ...

Boost conferencing productivity New

Date: 27-Aug-2025

When you think of a conference, you probably picture a windowless hotel ballroom, rows of chairs, and long hours under fluorescent lights. While functional, ...

Premierships awarded New

Date: 22-Aug-2025

The Ipswich Turf Club crowned its 2024-25 Premiership winners at a gloomy metro midweek fixture on Wednesday. Grey skies were the order of the ...

Jesse is the new man around town at Ipswich

Date: 11-Aug-2025

After a short and sharp ‘crash course’ in training racehorses, Ipswich’s Jesse Townsend says he couldn’t have envisioned the success his small stable has ...

Locals were the loudest at season opener

Date: 11-Aug-2025

Ipswich trainer Jesse Townsend and his big team of supporters made the loudest noise last Friday as his six-year-old gelding Papal Wars broke his ...

Local trainers celebrate 2024-25 season

Date: 11-Aug-2025

The Ipswich Turf Club celebrated the conclusion of the 2024-25 racing season with its local trainers last Friday, with John Hubbard crowned the club’s ...

Trebles for Hoysted and Guthman-Chester

Date: 01-Aug-2025

The Matt Hoysted stable and jockey Jag Guthmann-Chester each had a day out at Ipswich on Thursday, going home with winning trebles. The pair ...

Elevate your customer experience

Date: 30-Jul-2025

The Ipswich Turf Club offers a variety of options to impress your business clients. Here are some creative ideas to elevate your client entertainment ...

Apprentice inspired to ride by her daughter

Date: 22-Jul-2025

The birth of her daughter Ryleigh was the turning point in Ipswich’s Brea Harrison tenure in the racing game. About a decade ago, Harrison was ...

Wednesday racing review

Date: 11-Jul-2025

Spoils were shared across the card as midweek metropolitan racing came to Ipswich on Wednesday. Seven different stables went home with winners, as did ...

BTS with Track Manager Sean Tou

Date: 01-Jul-2025

The track team plays a vital role in the successful operation of a racecourse, and at the Ipswich Turf Club, that responsibility is led ...

Flash Aah by a stride

Date: 23-Jun-2025

Flash Aah became one of the oldest TAB Ipswich Cup winners in history when he wound back the clock and ended a 1000-plus day ...

Oughton clocks biggest win

Date: 23-Jun-2025

Melissa Kelly netted the biggest win of her training career when Oughton was brought with a perfectly timed run by Melbourne Cup winning jockey ...

TAB Ipswich Cup celebrations

Date: 23-Jun-2025

TAB Ipswich Cup Day played out in front of a happy crowd of more than 12,500 revellers on Saturday and while celebrations were joyous ...

Club transformed for 2025 Cup

Date: 17-Jun-2025

The Ipswich Turf Club grounds have once again been transformed into tent city as the course readies itself for an inundation of race fans ...

Racing review 31 May

Date: 02-Jun-2025

The miserable weather wasn’t enough to dampen the enthusiasm of guests at two separate Ipswich Turf Club functions on Saturday as the new Ipswich ...

Queensland carnival contenders unveiled

Date: 22-May-2025

A COUPLE of Queensland carnival contenders were unveiled at Ipswich on Wednesday, where trainer Bevan Laming and jockey Jaden Lloyd stole the honours, combining ...

A great night out at the TAB Ipswich Cup Calcutta!

Date: 20-May-2025

June 19, from 6pm, Grange Lounge, Ipswich Turf ClubHost, Radio TAB and SKY Broadcaster David FowlerWith special appearances by racecaller Jarrod Wessell and rugby ...