The colours Wayne Crossland-prepared gallopers wore throughout the late trainer’s career received a heartfelt spin around Mount Isa’s Buchanan Park on Saturday afternoon for the last time.

The Mount Isa Race Club is thinking outside the box when it comes to attracting new people into the sport.

It’s a long haul from Mount Isa to Rockhampton but that’s the journey undertaken by trainer Jay Morris with Battle of the Bush hopeful Tango Rain for Thursday’s Callaghan Park meeting.