Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
Driver Mel Thackeray was found guilty of upper level careless driving for coming out of the 1-wide line underneath Terroroan in the Female Drivers Pace at Boort on Sunday, causing that horse who was 2nd favorite in the race to gallop and lose all chance of winning or running a place. Thackeray’s horse won thanks […]
Finally after all these years, a decade or more after everyone else did, Racing QLD has introduced a computer package that stores licensees training records online. Being so far behind the times is hardly cause for applause in usual circumstances, but RQ CEO Jason Scott deserves a clap for finally rectifying the inactions of his […]
The Freddie Taiba trained Nathan Street, the winner of last year’s NSW Breeders Crown, was second-up and only about 4/5ths fit when he contested the heats of the NSW Derby last week. Despite all this and an early gallop in the race that saw him lose 4 lengths, Taiba’s youngster somehow managed to run home […]
Private Eye has run some great races in good ones, but he has only won 1 of 11 Group 1’s that he has contested. Imperatriz’ Group 1 record is 9 wins from 13. Both horses have been allotted 58kg in the Newmarket Handicap. Even allowing for the 2kg allowance given to mares under the WFA […]
Forecast Temperature Above 38ºC Where the forecast or ambient temperature is 38ºC or above, the following welfare measures will be implemented: Stewards must take advice from the official veterinarian(s) in considering whether the health, safety and well-being of animals scheduled for racing can be assured if the race meeting proceeds or whether the program for […]
‘Ranga’ is an abbreviation of ‘orangutan’. Used mostly in Australia, the word has gradually spread across the world and has now been adopted to refer to all redheads. It’s thought that is began being used as a derogatory word around the 1990s in Australia school yards. https://gingerparrot.co.uk/ginger-dictionary/ranga-definition/ Bazza McKeown my ginger haired associate and friend […]
#EXCLUSIVE: Steven Miles stands accused of lying to Parliament over the sending of secret text messages. The Premier stood up in parliament to deny the claims, but now 9News can reveal an explosive photo, telling a very different story. @TimArvier9 #9News pic.twitter.com/Wjodhqn97i — 9News Queensland (@9NewsQueensland) March 4, 2024 We warned you from personal experience […]
This is Nutso, pictured in the tie up stalls at Charleville before he raced in 38 plus degree heat on Saturday afternoon. He doesn’t look like a horse suffering from colic to me. Nutso won his race by 4 lengths. And now he’s dead. The owners, many of them making their first venture into the […]
What sort of worst practice head injury assessment (HIA) is this? A horse rears up and smacks its jockey in the head. No assessment at all is done by a paramedic or doctor – or indeed and trained professional – to ascertain the rider’s state of health, other than to ask the jock if they […]
The Stewards at the Charleville race meeting on Saturday afternoon have alluded in their official report that the winner of race 1 Nutso died of colic, not heatstroke. Now I am no vet, but it seems a remarkable diagnosis given the distinct similarities in symptoms shown by horses suffering from either condition; that no modern […]
