Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
Dear Archie, I feel somewhat obligated to respond to your article with reference to the ride on RUN AWAY RENEE (RAR) in Rockhampton race 2 yesterday. Racing is a game of opinions and that’s what makes it the greatest sport on earth and the following commentary is simply food for thought. RAR is a lightly […]
Queensland jockey Tasha Chambers has been suspended for 6 weeks for striking rival rider Chris Meehan during the race at Rockhampton that we highlighted on this site after the race day officials seemed to miss it completely. How that occurred is probably equally as much an issue as the actual incident, but I guess the […]
RUN AWAY RENEE – Bumped with BETTER THAN WORDS at the start. Hung out under pressure rounding the home turn and in the home straight. When questioned, jockey J Stanley advised the filly travelled well in the early and middle stages, despite some effort having to be mare of his mount to obtain a forward […]
Tuncurry trainer Grant Jobson only has two horses, Imastruestar and No Tackle, the latter of which obviously slipped past the Registrars misunderstood. Jobson used to have three horses, but due in part to his stupidity and neglect, one of them died. She was a wee filly, just three years old. All In Writing was her […]
Division 4 – Corruption, dishonesty and misleading behaviour AR 229 Corruption, dishonesty and misleading behaviour (1) A person must not: (a) engage in any dishonest, corrupt, fraudulent, improper or dishonourable action or practice in connection with racing; (b) engage in conduct that corrupts the outcome of a race or is intended to corrupt the outcome […]
The reason why trainer Grant Jobson should appeal his 6-month disqualification is simple. He was charged and found guilty under the wrong rule. Racing NSW laid the charge against Jobson under rule AR229(1)(b) – Improper action in connection with racing. The problem is that improper actions are dealt with under rule AR229(1)(a), which is not […]
You can appreciate brotherly love, and the fact that Kevin Lerena is simply sticking up for his brother, but how does anything you see in the video that K. Lerena posted on X justify Gavin Lerena doing what he did by attacking a rival jockey with his whip in the straight? The simple answer is […]
South East QLD Derby winner On Deadline looks to have run his last race. He might even have taken his last gasp. On Deadline broke down badly just 100 meters into race 4 at Bathurst last night. It looks like he broke his left front leg. Junior driver Blake Medlyn on the horse inside him […]
In a previous life I was a union official successfully negotiating national collective agreements for TV and radio stations, major councils, sporting bodies and national government departments. The one common thread to all was unity: unity of people and unity of purpose. Unity of people as in all rowing the same boat in the same […]
Betterzippit was a good horse but by no means a great one when he was in New Zealand. He won 5 races from 28 starts, three of them at the B-grade Cambridge circuit, one at the C-grade Manawatu course, and only one – a rating 49 to 58 affair – at the metro Alexandra Park […]
