Maxwelton accidentally makes horse racing history with all-female executive

Maxwelton, in Queensland’s north-west, is touting itself as having the state’s first horse racing club with an all-female executive board.

Newly elected president Tammy Bailey said the move was not deliberate.

“Like all small communities, if there aren’t volunteers, these events can’t happen,” Ms Bailey said.

A Racing Queensland spokesperson said there was no record of another all-female executive in its history.

Maxi races rough history

Lifetime club member John Forster told the ABC in 2011 that locals in Maxwelton had been racing horses since the turn of the 20th century.

“I used to…