The New South Wales town of Garah is located in the Moree Plains Shire of the state some 415 miles north west of the state capital Sydney. It enjoys good transport links with the rest of the state, being close to the Carnarvon Highway and on the Mungindi railway route. Despite having a population of barely 300 it has its own racecourse run by the Talmoi Picnic Race Club which lays claim to being one of the oldest Picnic Race Clubs in the state, having first staged racing in November 1911. That inaugural meeting on Clifford racecourse took place on Wednesday 9th November 1911 in front of 200 people, including guests from Moree.

Clifford Welter Race over 5 furlongs
1. Dandy (3/1) owned by Mr Hughes
2. Suspender owned by Mr Onus
3. Blastus owned by Mr F Glennie
8 ran
Meeleebee Handicap over 6 furlongs
1. India (3/1) owned by Mr Morse
2. Picturesque owned by Mr McCredie
3. Paragon owned by Mr Prentice
5 ran
President’s Gift over 5 furlongs
1. Suspender owned by Mr Onus
2. Sweetheart owned by Mr McCredie
3. Vanity owned by Mr Flood

In 1913 the Patron of the Club was Mr J T Crane, the President Mr F C Morse, while the 3 Vice-Presidents were Mr H T Siddins, Mr A W Bucknell and Mr W Strong. The meeting was held on 1st November 1913 and after the first race the President unfurled the new flag, presented by Fred Thompson, bearing the Club’s colours and the lettering TAPRC. The Breeder’s Plate was won in a questionable manner by Harry Gall who led into the straight but was strongly challenged by 2 horses. He baulked one and brought the second one to its knees to claim the race.

The feature race in the mid-years of the 20th century was the Talmoi Amateur Picnic Race Club Cup over 7 furlongs. Selected winners of the Cup are shown below:-
1935 Talmoi Amateur Picnic Race Club Cup over 7 furlongs was won by Clarebong (4/5 fav) ridden by Mr A Cox, beating Blunt Edge (4/1) ridden by Mr Gleeson and Barana (4/1) ridden by Mr F Whitaker 5 ran
1936 Talmoi Amateur Picnic Race Club Cup over 7 furlongs was won by Darkilbo (6/4 fav) ridden by Mr C Gill, beating Clarebong (4/1) ridden by Mr A Cox and Laird of Logan (6/1) ridden by Mr T Carver 5 ran
1937 Talmoi Amateur Picnic Race Club Cup over 7 furlongs was won by Correspondent (7/4) owned by Mr R King and ridden by Mr J Melvil, beating Laird of Logan (6/4 fav) and Myora (3/1) 5 ran
1938 Talmoi Amateur Picnic Race Club Cup over 7 furlongs was won by Clarebong (1/3 fav) owned by Mrs E E Longworth and ridden by Mr F Morrison, beating Laird of Logan (2/1) owned by the Livingstone Brothers and ridden by Mr J Melvil 2 ran
1939 Talmoi Amateur Picnic Race Club Cup over 7 furlongs was won by Bungaree (4/7 fav) owned by Mr J Y Black and ridden by Mr K Webber, beating Paul Robeson (3/1) ridden by Mr Shearston and New Charm (3/1) ridden by Mr Bundock 3 ran

Recent Talmoi Picnic Cup winners
(A full list of winners is available on request)
2009 Talmoi Picnic Cup ($2,170) over 1400 metres was won by Trust Me Honey (2/1) trained by Gary Popp and ridden by Mr R Anderson, beating Count Away and Peejaycee
2010 Talmoi Picnic Cup ($2,170) over 1400 metres was won by War on Everything (7/4) trained by Geoff O’Brien and ridden by Mr C Lundholm, beating Tough Habit and Éclair Magique 7 ran
2011 Talmoi Picnic Cup ($2,170) over 1400 metres was won by Innocent Billy (5/2) trained by Nathan Sinclair and ridden by Ashley Boyd, beating Crowntreno and Tough Habit 5 ran
2012 Talmoi Picnic Cup ($2,800) over 1400 metres was won by Dandy Kat (3/1) trained by Martin Fernando and ridden by Stuart Brown, beating Crowntreno and Crystal Club
2013 Talmoi Picnic Cup ($2,800) over 1400 metres was won by Dandy Kat (5/1) trained by Martin Fernando and ridden by Ms I Chandler, beating Trickman and Segovian
2014 Talmoi Picnic Cup ($2,800) over 1400 metres was won by Playa (9/4) trained by Nathan Sinclair and ridden by Mr R Blewitt, beating A Long Way and Chart
2015 Talmoi Picnic Cup meeting was abandoned
2016 Talmoi Picnic Cup ($3,500) over 1400 metres was won by Dungiven (Evens fav) trained by Peter Sinclair and ridden by Mr R Blewitt, beating Ellie’s Shadow and One Double 5 ran
2017 Talmoi Picnic Cup ($3,450) over 1400 metres was won by Our Boy Danny (5/2) trained by Nathan Sinclair and ridden by S Fogg, beating Mysticism and Track Flash 4 ran

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