Trainer Tom Button is loving his new life in North Queensland and is hopeful recent stable acquisition Ocean Emperor can make a big impact at Bowen on Friday.

It will be a memorable moment for Rockhampton trainer Kerrod Smyth and long-time clients - the Noffke family - when Fay Faye starts at Emerald on Tuesday.

It will be a memorable moment for Rockhampton trainer Kerrod Smyth and long-time clients - the Noffke family - when Fay Faye starts at Emerald on Tuesday.

Trainer Kerrod Smyth is hopeful of some early New Year’s joy when he heads to Rockhampton on Tuesday.

Around three years ago Central Queensland’s Dane McKinnon walked away from a steady career as an engineer to chase his passion in life.