Gemma Hogg is more than familiar with steering heavy machinery with serious horse power.

Emerald’s Pioneer Park racecourse is in pristine condition for the Club’s signature race - the Emerald Ford Emerald 100. with a field of 10 to start on Saturday.

Country racing stalwart Glenda Bell will be watching from the Doomben grandstand as a spectator and not as Demurral’s trainer if the six-year-old qualifies for the Country Cups Challenge Final in December.

A three-year-old filly purchased for a paltry $1000 emerged as a princess with a debut win at Townsville's Cluden Park on Tuesday.

To ensure their club is front and centre in the minds of all regional jockeys in Queensland, Middlemount Race Club will put their money where their mouth is in 2021.