Rex Lipp may be in the twilight of his career and has threatened to retire more than once, but the popular Toowoomba horseman shows no signs of pulling up stumps.

Maddie Mankelow has been credited for preparing a Toowoomba galloper for black-type fortunes and the apprentice hoop now gets her chance to showcase her own riding skills.

From Ipswich to Esk and then on to Toowoomba – it sounds like a leisurely drive through towns to the west of Brisbane.

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Toowoomba trainer Rex Lipp is bracing for a “first” in more ways than one ahead of Cifrado’s $3m Magic Millions Guineas challenge at the Gold Coast on Saturday.