Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
Apprentice Bella Youngberry has had one hell of a past three weeks. The kid has ridden dozen winners worth about $430 000 in prizemoney in that short time, at a strike rate of 24%, including a treble yesterday at Doomben. Every silver lining has a dark cloud though. Bella’s came on Friday night at the […]
The $3.80 favorite in the last race at Mackay yesterday Bateman’s Bay had, coming into the race, started on 21 occasions previously. Each and every time it had been ridden from behind, including at its win last time out at Townsville, when it swept home from near the rear of the field. Bateman’s Bay had […]
We keep asking questions about the competence of the current batch of QLD trot Stewards, and the answers we are getting aren’t good. What happened on Friday night is yet another illustration. It was standing start trot race, with eight horses drawn off 20m. That’s okay, because they start 8 across from the stand at […]
Apprentice Rob Thorburn had a busy day on Saturday. Thorburn rode in the first at Eagle Farm (no good), zipped down the Pacific Motorway to the Gold Coast to boot home the winner of race 5 there, and then jumped back in the buggy to ride four mounts at Toowoomba (one second). All up the […]
Emma Stewart continued her annual pillage of the Vicbred series last night at Melton by winning all four finals that she contested, and her stable taking home around $370 000 in prizemoney. That’s not as much as in previous years, due to HRV slashing stakes, but it’s still a pretty good night at the office. […]
I have been having a long running debate with some prominent harness racing identities about which position in running is better for your chances, the 1-1 or 3 back the fence. Almost to a person they say 3 back on the paint. I disagree. So to give us a point of reference, I decided to […]
Now Racing QLD Chairman in absentia Matthew McGrath, who lives in Cronulla, submission to the NSW Parliamentary Inquiry into the proposed sale of Rosehill Racecourse makes for interesting reading. First the former Australian Turf Club (ATC) Chairman refers to 6-time Group 1 winner and idol of the Australian turf Chautauqua as Chatacqua, which is bit […]
The story we published earlier this morning about APG funding sales races tonight was wrong. They are of course Vicbred Super Series finals being run tonight at Melton, not APG sales series races. APG are merely sponsoring the races, not paying the prizemoney. Our bad. Wd have made an appointment for a new set of […]
Graham Quirk (above) before …. And (below) eight years later …. Go figure Is former Brisbane Lord Mayor turned Racing QLD Deputy Chairman Graham Quirk the Benjamin Button of Sunshine State? Does he do Botox? Peptides? Is heavy make up for photos Quirky’s thing? Or does retirement from elected public office simply agree with the […]
The QLD Thoroughbred Racing Awards is racing’s night of nights celebrating the highest achievers in the State’s number 1 racing code and revenue attracting four-legged sport. There are nine board members of Racing QLD. Guess how many of them turned up at the awards? Three. The NSW based Chairman who came up for the night […]
