Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
Queensland’s Racing Minister is backing a decision to withhold hundreds of thousands of dollars in funding from a leading Brisbane race club after it refused to stand down its CEO, who has been accused of rape. Scott Steele, the chief executive of the Albion Park Harness Racing Club (APHRC), was last month committed to stand […]
Brisbane apprentice jockey Adin Thompson’s improper riding charge sensationally rescinded by stewards – instead replaced with careless riding. Story and penalty soon on @RacenetTweets — Ben Dorries (@bendorries76) July 13, 2022 Ben Dorrie has just broken the news that Acting Chief Steward Daniel ‘Tyson Fury’ Aurisch has now retracted the improper riding charge laid against […]
We can’t say too much right now, but you may have noticed that we have been suggesting that there is a whole lot of jockeying going on for Peter Chadwick’s job as the gallops Chief Steward in QLD. Obviously this seems a bit strange, because the bloke is simply taking a winter vacation. Maybe. Some […]
Yesterday’s debacle in which two-thirds of the Hamilton trot card was bumped from its scheduled spot on Sky 1 to accommodate a gallops meeting at Gilgandra should be sounding alarm bells all across the harness racing world, and causing urgent meetings of the peak body HRA to be called so that State bodies and their […]
What the hell is this Brisbane Acting Chief Steward Daniel Aurisch doing while his boss Peter Chadwick is absent on leave of some sort or another? We all know or suspect that Aurisch is trying to angle for the top job when Chadwick announces his resignation in the future, but is trying to put your […]
It was very nice of all those Blues supporters to take a cruise up to Port Douglas disembark en masse at the markets and infect us all up here, before they turned around and went back to Brisbane to try and win an Origin series by knocking The Munster out. Nice try fellas. All you […]
Regular reader Dandy Andy was a bit upset about the two horse race on the seven race card at Warwick Farm today, and who could blame him? It’s pretty poor show isn’t it, even on a wet track. Dandy reckons the last time he saw a match race was Lets Elope v Better Loosen Up […]
This feature story produced by Racing Queensland about International Women’s Day and republished by the Albion Park CEO Scott Steele on the club’s website appeared six months after he – Steele – had been arrested and bailed on charges of rape. The Chairman of the Clun knew, because it was his brother. Racing Queensland knew, […]
6.5 ENFORCEMENT Where any entity or person is knowingly in breach of this Policy, RQ may take the following actions available to it under the Act, the Rules of Racing or RQ’s other legal rights: If the person or entity in breach is a Licensed Club: Issue a control body direction under s.82(3) of the […]
NO MORE BOOMERANG No more boomerang No more spear; Now alll civilized- Colour bar and beer. No more corroboree, Gay dance and din. Now we got movies, And pay to go in. No more sharing What the hunter brings. Now we work for money, Then pay it back for things. Now we track bosses To […]
