Mr Quickie survived a protest to give trainer Phillip Stokes his first Brisbane winner in an action-packed Group One Queensland Derby. Celebrations were cut short when jockey Damien Oliver who rode runner-up Vow And Declare lodged a protest against Mr Quickie for interference over the final 300 metres of the race. Oliver told stewards he[...]

In-form jockey John Allen has put Mr Quickie through his paces in a last piece of serious work ahead of the Queensland Derby. Allen went to Pakenham on Monday to work Mr Quickie over 1600m before the gelding flies to Brisbane on Tuesday. Mr Quickie will be attempting to give Allen a fifth Group One[...]

Trainer Phillip Stokes feels Victorian three-year-old Mr Quickie has enough petrol left in the tank for another interstate trip, this time to tackle the Queensland Derby. The consistent gelding has rebounded well from his third behind Qafila and Savvy Oak in the South Australian Derby (2500m) at Morphettville on May 11 and Stokes has no[...]