Kate Dreverman and El Campeador taking a dressage test in their stride (Image by Oz Shotz).
S LIFE AFTER RACING
Queensland stars shine off the track OTT programs are off and running in the Sunshine State. JORDAN GERRANS takes a look at two former Queensland racing stars, both making a great success of their new lives off the track.
tandardbred gelding Everydays A Sunday (Sunny, to his friends), is still turning heads up on the Brisbane peninsula. Hours before the first Wednesday afternoon race at Redcliffe, a club staff member wandered past Felicity Reinke and asked if the horse she was holding was Sunny, a winner of 10 career harness races. Felicity is delighted: “See! He’s a bit of a star. He loves to have something to do and to be the centre of attention.” And considering that the now retired pacer was at Redcliffe so Racing Queensland could capture footage of him for a video story, he certainly wasn’t lacking in attention on that occasion! Now seven years since his last race – a career which included 68 starts in NSW
