Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
This is a public release by QRIC. Don’t knock each other over in the rush. When their racing careers are over, greyhounds are commonly adopted into loving homes by dog-lovers keen to embrace the gentle breed. But for those not-yet-adopted, a new temporary home via fostering is the ultimate gift. This festive season, the Greyhound […]
While the cats were all away watching the Cup week races, the mice came out to play at the Redcliffe trots. The mice in this case being crafty Peter Greig and his group of punters, who pulled off the most daring plunge all week, with virtually no-one noticing except the bleeding bookies. The Real Vanessa […]
1. The Timeline: When the New Rules Start The phase-out is managed through two main commencement dates: • 1 JAN 2026 (or Royal Assent, if later): The Breeding Ban begins. Most rules governing participants’ actions (euthanasia, transfers, retirement) commence. • 1 JUL 2029: Complete Prohibition. The sport is banned entirely. 2. Immediate Changes – The Transition […]
Half Yours In Color and Goodie Three Shoes in the tie-up stalls on the beach before the running of the 3200m Group 1 Crocodile Cup For some bizarre reason even though close neighbors Eagle Farm, Caloundra and Southport all get a race meeting on Cup day, and Rockhampton and the next town up the line […]
There were a lot of very unhappy punters at Callaghan Park on Melbourne Cup day. The race club didn’t out on a tote or a TAB window, or even a machine. All there was were three bookies, none of them offering anything but win place betting, and with queues stretching some people say up to […]
David Fowler kicked off Cup day with a clanger. He jumbled up a couple of horse names, and for the first 800 meters of the six furlong race he called the leader Extreme Notice when its real name is Rates Notice. Feathers realized his mistake in the straight, and after a quick um and ah […]
There has been a lot of angst in regional QLD about the QRIC’s new practice of rearranging race meeting times in a purported attempt to best look after the welfare of horses and participants in ‘extreme’ heat. One of the major issues is that things appear to be being directed out of Brisbane, where the […]
Former Tasmanian jockey Kyle Maskiell once had a promising career ahead of him. I don’t know quite what went wrong but it all fall apart. Maskiell hasn’t ridden now since 2022. Given that he is nodding his head to four criminal charges today (we don’t know exactly what they are) it seems unlikely we will […]
We wrote in our live coverage that Mitch Goring’s barrister Tim Ryan QC had done an excellent job for his client, and our judgement was spot on. Goring’s penalty has been altered to a 9-month suspension with the final 6 months of it suspended for a year, meaning he will only serve 3 months, most […]
Further inquiries today have failed to find any substance to the rumor floating around racing circles that a trainer was yesterday detected live baiting. We are told the activity in Smiths Rd, Greenbank yesterday was a drug related police raid that had nothing to do with greyhounds. At this stage there is nothing further to […]
