The great desert road that leads to one of Australia's most remote towns may be closed, but no one is holding their horses for the Birdsville Races.
Floods have shut much of the 517km Birdsville Track, a major outback road that traverses three deserts and two states, ahead of the 143rd race meet in outback Queensland.
That hasn't stopped more than 100 horses, their trainers, jockeys and thousands of...
