Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
More than a million dollars has been spent on upgrading the Charleville racetrack in recent years, all of it seemingly to little avail based on the condition of the track at Sunday’s 1st meeting back at the course after an absence of racing for 2 years. Despite all that money thrown at the bush track, […]
We have made a new discovery. On the 1st of April 2022 a contract with a value of $384 100 was awarded to a Mango Hill (near Caboolture) based company named Project Pumps and Irrigation for the supply of irrigation materials to the Central Warrego Race Club, which is the Charleville club. No-one has mentioned […]
The news out of New Zealand is that, as we predicted on the weekend, Sharp ‘N’ Smart’s Melbourne Spring campaign is over. Owner Merv Butterworth has confirmed that while a full physical inspection of the star horse on Monday revealed no physical abnormalities or injuries, comprehensive blood tests have revealed that the NZ Horse of […]
Have you watched the first part of the newly released series about the Everest? The Race it’s called, and it’s a cracker. You can find it here at the link below. I highly recommend it. https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/nsw/the-race-documentary-meeting-date-clash-the-latest-salvo-in-bitter-interstate-battle/news-story/f4a85c3dde78a7dff83fb61f339d6d71 PS –Â Love the name too. Won’t the Victorians be loving this. Wonder if they will try to copy […]
For the 8th consecutive year Queensland harness racing has returned a 7-figure loss, taking the total losses over these 8 years to over $45 million. The only good news is that the loss this has been reduced to ‘only’ a million dollars, but still it is unsustainable in the long term, and something has to […]
Independent investigator Ray Murrihy early last month released his interim report into the allegations of animal cruelty are race fixing made against trainer Ben Yole, but to the disappointment of most the key questions were not answered, with those to be addressed in Murrihy’s final report due to be released at the end of the […]
Ratings The ratings system is a national one, adopted by all but one state in Australia. However in my view, with Tasmania having full race fields and only racing usually two race dates per week, the ratings system is not conducive to the best outcome for competitive racing. Tasmanian handicap conditions need to effect changes […]
The Commission’s Intel strategy, which uses intelligence data to crack down on wrongdoing in the racing industry, was fruitful in several cases this year, including when our RSC found evidence of a new substance being abused in greyhounds after using new information to target high-risk substances. When wastewater in a particular region was found to […]
Almost 40 years ago the name Harbour Gold became infamous after the horse was beaten in a close finish by Fine Cotton, but almost immediately promoted to first place when it was discovered that the winner was rung in. Now all these years Harbour Gold has done a Lazarus and risen from the grave to […]
If the cost per sample of swab testing decreases, then how does the cost of each test increase? Wouldn’t logic suggest that if the number of animals you test each year goes down, the cost per test would too? Instead though the median cost of the tests has risen from $302 the year before up […]
