Phil Cole Leaves Birdsville Races With Cup & Sprint Titles

Phil Cole and wife Rhonda took 11 horses to the 2022 Birdsville Races. They won the Cup and Sprint titles on both days. The Coles couldn't run their horses at Mt Isa en route to Birdsvile because their jockeys couldn’t make the trip. Instead, they gave their stable a run at the Betoota races on August 27. The previous week at Betota, Saccharo finished third (1600m) and Kronos finished fourth (1000m). It was the 140th anniversary of the iconic Birdsvillians. 2020 and 2021 meetings were cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic.

Phil Cole won the Cup & Sprint Titles at Birdsville. He will have runners at Bedourie this Saturday before heading back home to Darwin. Kronos is his stable favourite. He had to race at Betoota and then at the weekend at Birdville before coming back to his home state.