Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
As regular readers of this site will know, we – inspired by the passionate advocate for overseas apprentices Gold Coast Greg – have long championed the cause of bringing talented and committed young Asian apprentices to QLD. It is working in New Zealand, and it will work here, just as it has before back in […]
A lucrative program which would see Hong Kong apprentices trained up in Queensland before returning to their home country is being stalled by an extraordinary previous decision by the state’s governing body not to employ them. Racenet can reveal the Hong Kong Jockey Club has approached Racing Queensland to have their apprentices trained in the […]
Take a look here at the 4th horse back on the fence, Quiet Storm. You can’t quite entirely see it from the side-on view but the driver of the horrse Xavier O’Connor breaks the rules by taking it inside 7 marker pegs up the straight to run into 3rd place on the line. Marker pegs […]
Star Entertainment’s license to run the Sydney casino is under huge threat at the moment, following the commencement of a 2nd inquiry into the company’s suitability to run such an operation, and the first day of evidence before Commissioner Adam Bell SC, one of NSW’s most respected practitioners of the law. For those new to […]
Vo Rogue 2.00.7 – Creswick Handicap 1987 (Fast 2) – Flemington 2.00.9 – Australia Cup 1990 (Good 3) – Flemington 2.01.3 – Turnbull Stakes 1987 (Good 3) – Flemington 2.01.6 – Australia Cup 1989 (Good 3) – Flemington 2.01.9 – Turnbull Stakes 1988 (Fast 2) – Flemington Makybe Diva 1.58.73 – Australia Cup 2005 (Good […]
Trainer Mario Borg has scratched hiswhole team from meetings three times lately. We called him on each occasion to ask why. The first time he said that the oppressive heat conditions in Adelaide that weekend presented a welfare risk to his animals. Time two he was sick. Third time around he couldn’t run at the […]
Hi Archie Save your bank for a new set of glasses for yourself re Catch A Wave. His run wasn’t just one of the best runs of the year, but one of the best runs of the decade. You probably don’t appreciate that it is impossible to get around GP when you are three wide […]
I must have been watching a completely different race at Gloucester Park on Friday night than Adman Hamilton, for how else could you explain his assessment that Catch A Wave’s run when beaten by a bunch of WA walkers was a bottler? It wasn’t at all. It was ordinary. Sure Catch A Wave was posted […]
Everyone is talking about the fatigue and safety issues involved with racing gallopers on a Saturday night, and quite rightly too because it really will require jockeys to work far too many hours in a week, and to ride and then drive home afterward bone tired. What industry folk haven’t quite got their heads around […]
Masters racing was introduced in Australia as a measure to afford older 42 month old or older greyhounds the opportunity to extend their racing careers years past the age when they used to retire. The concept is simple, or should be. Dogs run in races against others their age, and do it in when possible […]
