Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
Dear Sir Many BRC members are wondering why they rejoined this year, while others are considering whether they will rejoin. It is should be no surprise to the BRC, as yesterday was the seventh consecutive week they have opened the Members area to the public. Kindly Karl from Kedron
STEWARDS REPORT – MAJOR HOT NZ The gelding exhibited noticeably rough gaiting near the 1000-metre mark and again approaching the 600-metre point. Following the race, a veterinary examination was conducted; however, no clinical abnormalities were identified at the time of assessment. When questioned by stewards regarding the gelding’s performance, driver Tom Callaghan offered a possible […]
What the hell just happened there in the first race at Albion Park? The favorite Major Hot was backed from $2.00 into $1.25. It got beaten for speed out of the gate from the 1 draw by Rocket City, which had been hammered late from $9.00 into $5.50. Major Hot got the trail on its […]
Watch this race and keep your eyes on Bettys Gold Class, the horse in the lime green and black. What you are about to witness is the deadest drive in the world. He didn’t try one bit. https://www-harness-org-au.akamaized.net/qld/REC22082503.mp4 He is Shane Graham, one 0f Queensland’s leading freelance reinsman. Graham drives a lot better than that. […]
Take a look here at the finish of race 6 at Redcliffe last night. The inside horse veers out off the fence and bangs into the one on the outside, checking it and causing it to lose its momentum. Inside wins. The margin is a nose. Protest lodged. Upheld every day of the week. Except […]
Dr Harry, who is very quick with a quip, declared after by her standards pedestrian performance on the tip last week that: Dr Georgia needs to put her clothes back on! I put the proposition to the Doc, who equally as quickly shot back “Doctor Harry can go and get f**ked!” Fair enough it was […]
On 15 August 2025, peterprofit.com published a post titled ‘Stewards on the Punt’ (the ‘story’). This story has since been removed from the site. We made an important factual error when we published that story, which requires immediate correction. We retract what we wrote in the story about the prohibitions on the betting activities of […]
In sentencing Noel Callow to two x 5 month disqualifications for his behavior in Darwin in 2024, the Stewards placed great emphasis on the jockey’s record of conduct related offending over the past three decades, and in particular relied on Callow’s rap sheet which reads: 30 July 2025 (Darwin): Fined under AR 228(a) for prejudicial […]
In news just in Noel Callow has been disqualified for 10 months after pleading guilty to conduct prejudicial to the image of racing in relation to the video that appeared recently on social media of him interacting inappropriately with indigenous people in Darwin last year. Callow’s sentence appears extremely harsh when compared to that handed […]
We have been able to confirm that Jeff McKay the trackwork rider who was suspended for 9 months for lodging fraudulent medical clearances for the past 3 years is one and the same as the Jeff McKay who at the time of his fraudulent rule breaking was employed by Racing Queensland as an Industry Educator […]
