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The remote Queensland racing club where every day is ladies’ day
Tuesday February 02, 2021
Who runs the world? Women, obviously — but they also exclusively run the Maxwelton Race Club in what is a first for Queensland.
The Maxwelton Races have faced tough times of late, but its all-female board is aiming to turn the event’s fortunes around. Photo: ABC
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.
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