Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
STATEMENT BY RACING QUEENSLAND Racing Queensland advises that Saturday’s tentatively rescheduled Brisbane Cup feature meeting has now been abandoned. On Monday, the Queensland Greyhound Racing Club oversaw the refurbishment of the track which was graded and power harrowed to a depth of 150mm. This evening, Queensland Racing Integrity Commission Stewards conducted an inspection with an independent […]
Ben Yole with his lawyer Damian Sheales – No-one ever said they were supermodels In a move likely to send shockwaves through the harness racing industry, Tasracing has revoked the conditions it placed on trainer Wayne Yole’s license on the eve of the hearing of his appeal. The unprecedented license conditions – which would have […]
Wayne Yole had lodged an appeal claiming that Tasracing Chief Racing Integrity Officer Heidi Lester’s decision to impose restrictive conditions on his license that would have shut down his business was actuated by real bias. In public bar language that means that he was saying that Lester was out to get him, and made sure […]
What follows are a series of text messages sent between Ben Yole and the Tasmanian Racing Minister Jane Howlett (pictured) in 2024. The messages begin on 16 April 2024, five days after Howlett became Minister following the re-election of the Liberal Government. They were obtained by a Tasmanian MP under Freedom of Information Laws, and […]
Anything goes and everything happens at the races in Malaysia. Keep your eye on the jockey of the horse drawn the extreme outside in the race below. It was the even money ($2.00) favorite. https://www.tab.com.au/racing/2025-07-06/SELANGOR-MALAYSIA/S/H/9 Did the jockey jump, or was he pushed by a ghost? Do they even have spectres in Malaysia? They certainly […]
The word is that former QLD Senior Steward Neil Finnigan, currently in charge of harness racing integrity in Tasmania, has been appointed to the Chief Steward role in Queensland to replace David Farguharson, who was summarily dismissed a few months back for reasons that remain unknown. Finnigan’s return to the Sunshine State will be warmly […]
Champion greyhound trainer Ron Ball has today won his appeal against the Stewards decision to restart his 10-year-disqualification imposed during the live baiting scandal of the mid-2010’s. QRIC Stewards had previously determined that Ball had breached the terms of his DQ by attending the property of his partner and then licensed trainer Serena Lawrence in […]
Archie I’m not so sure about your assessment of the DH, LTF heat as a ripper, after all its head to tail not head to head…..at least at the barrier draw….. Be a very boring race if Luke is gifted the front and Grant just follows him around for 2680m…….I’d say LTF won’t be able […]
How utterly odd it is that none of Grant Dixon’s three runners in the Rising Sun got pre-race swabbed. Five of the twelve starters had samples taken from them, but not one of his. Two of the five three-year old’s in the race were tested but none of them were Dixon’s. I guess he is […]
Good Grief, If the the Wallabies displayed team work like Team Dixon, The Bledisloe Cup would be permanently screwed down in Australia. Well read Archie, well read, what a joke of a race. Grant off the peg line way before the Sprint Lane to enable the 3YO to wind up. Second question, was there anyone […]
