Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
Look on my Works, ye Mighty, and despair! Nothing beside remains. Round the decay Of that colossal Wreck, boundless and bare The lone and level sands stretch far away – Percy Bysshe Shelley Disappeared in the night former QRIC Commissioner Shane Gillard has etched his name in QLD racing history by becoming the first leader […]
Remember the story we told you last week about Tasmanian trot driver Mitch Ford hooking an Emma Stewart trained odds-on favorite named Free To Play at a recent Launceston meeting? Well the Tassie stewards have found Ford guilty of failing to take all reasonable and permissible measures during therace to ensure that Free To Play […]
What the hell was driver Mitch Ford doing here in the 6th race on the Emma Stewart trained Free To Play (no 9. 2nd from the inside on the 2nd row)? Why did he allow the despised $91 outsider Shooin to cross him at the bll? Why didn’t he come out 3-wide ahead of Didyoulousaroosta […]
The simmering feud between the Ison and Elder trot clans has taken on Shakespearian proportions, with Molly Ison playing the role of Juliet and Brad Elder that of Romeo. There has been bad blood between the families for more than a year now, with the tensions flowing over in November last year in an incident […]
Supplementary Report: Kembla Grange – 10 August 2024 Race 3: Abax Contracting Super Maiden Handicap 1000m: Stewards concluded an inquiry into D. Yeo’s handling of Honey Perfume in the abovementioned race. Evidence was taken from D. Yeo and the filly’s trainer, Mr M. Smith. Stewards also considered a report into the wagering on the event […]
The LNP long spruiked their intention to close down the QRIC when they inevitably come to power at the end of the month appears to have all but vanished into the haze, with the QLD government-in-waiting seemingly abandoning their plan behind the cover of one of those ‘comprehensive reviews’ that politicians call when they don’t […]
The QLD Stewards are taking a close look at Dylan Turner’s ride on Bowrider in the Warwick Newmarket on the weekend. Is it any wonder why? Bowrider’s the horse in 2nd last place on the inside in the white sleeves as the replay rolls. It doesn’t look good from the side view. From the head […]
There were 45 harness races run in 5 cities around Australia on Saturday night. Not a single one of them was won by a horse sired by a colonial bred stallion. Not one. All those millions thrown at breeders bonuses, races and incentives, and this is what we’ve got. An antipodean outpost for American semen […]
You need five acceptors in a field to make a race in Queensland. Should less than five horses accept to run the race is deleted from the program. If you get five and some of them are later scratched the race still goes ahead. With that in mind what do you reckon the crafty pair […]
Here is the in-play odds about Antino during the Toorak. Watch them and weep.
