Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
We were told just prior to 8.00am yesterday that the big race meeting at Gayndah on Saturday had been called off due to to the state of the track (more on that in a moment). By midday there had still been no official notification to the public about the meeting being canned. Then at 12.32pm […]
Harness racing is a professional business, and in Western Australia is funded to the tune of tens of millions of dollars. Gloucester Park is the headquarters and showpiece of the sport, with races run there televised across Australia and New Zealand and around the world. The first thing viewers see is the mobile rolling up […]
Tasmanian reinsman Christian Salter has been disqualified for 18 months for what can only be described as being an absolute bloody idiot. Harness racing drivers in Australia are required to wear a HRA approved safety vest that is in good working order whilst in the cart and on the track. For nine months between Nov […]
Sam Thornley, the driver of the horse that galloped here after being crossed for the death by the John Dunn driven runner, told Stewards after the race that the break was due to his horse cross-firing. Methinks Thornley was covering up for Dunn so that he didn’t cop a suspension. It sure looked like Dunn […]
The contest for presidency of the Cairns Jockey Club has turned dirty, with a Tom Hedley aligned committee member this week sending out a highly defamatory message to club members slagging off Hedley’s opponent in the hotly contested election Rebecca Conlan, and making false and misleading claims that her election would likely result in RQ […]
WHITFIELD businesswoman Rebecca Conlan is riding high to become the first female president of the Cairns Jockey Club (CJC). By Nick Dalton, Cairns Local News cairnslocalnews.com.au The racing horse owner and fashionista has decades of experience in the industry and is challenging long-time president Tom Hedley for the role. Ballot papers to about 290 members […]
It is difficult to tell without the benefit of a head-in replay – which we don’t have because Racing QLD has censored it from its website – but it seems to me that one or more jockeys might have some big problems when the inquiry into the dual fall at Townsville on Sunday that put […]
Just out from a month until NZ Cup day, the likely make up of the 15 horse field for the big one is starting to take shape following the release of the latest rankings. Last year’s winner Kingman has automatic entry into the race, as do the winners of the automatic qualification races Republican Party […]
Bobo the greatest show on turf has managed to pull off a masterstroke. Preparing a horse to race on a four day preparation. Up until 8.58am today (Wednesday) the horse Seventies Hit had been spelling. But the miracle worker that Bobo is has decided the Open 1250m at Cairns on Sunday with only four original […]
Do you remember our story below about Grant Dixon’s mad arse steer on Tim’s A Trooper in a race at Albion Park last month, and how the Stewards had adjourned an inquiry into the race and the drive? Just to remind you, Dixon punched Tim like there was a prize for leading, and made sure […]
