The annual Gregory Downs Jockey Club meet seemingly brought out the entire Burke Shire community who enjoyed the six-race card.

In Race 1 the Brodie and Co Class B Handicap over 800m Grant Wiles’s Yancha Boy with Tamara Tincknell aboard held off Purfleet Princess and Sweeney in a thrilling finish.

In Race 2 the Start Construction-Kevin from Heaven QTIS Maiden Plate over 800m produced a win for trainer Tanya Perry whose horse Honey Cat was expertly guided home by Keith Ballard half a length ahead of Bronze Tiara with Just Pretends back in third.

Race 3 was the Nowland Engineering / George Watson Memorial BenchMark 45 Handicap over 1100m.

This race was as close as you can get with the photo unable to split two horses and the judges announcing a dead heat between Tanya Perry’s Dane Sweeper ridden by Dan Ballard and Shyrn Gabriel-Royes’s Born to Fire with Tasha Chambers aboard.

Born to Fire looked beaten but found new legs in the last 60m to catch Dane Sweeper.

There was a tense few minutes as both trainers took a long, hard look at the photo before being satisfied with the result.

Nicabelle was third.

In Race 4 favourite Murrumbidgee recovered from a disappointing second at Julia Creek when heavily fancied, and gave Mount Isa trainer Denise Ballard her first win of the day.

Dan Ballard was aboard winning by a length from Mountain Promise and Court Action.

Race 5 was the feature race of the day the Burke Shire Cup Open Handicap over 1300m with the Denise-Dan Ballard combination coming to the fore again.

All Fives was the favourite and an appropriately-named winner in a five-horse field in race five, finishing well clear of the field.

Iron Meteorite was second, over four lengths behind with What The Heck a further six lengths behind in third.

In Race 6, the North West Canoe Club BenchMark 50 Handicap over 1500m, Snazzy Sox was a roughie winner for Wayne Crossland with Jason Kropp aboard.

Requirement was second, and Banco third.