Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
Adam Hamilton wrote this about Lochinvar Art yesterday. He was talking about the horse internally bleeding in the race at Melton on Saturday night. A minor bleed he says. It was in fact Grade 4 Exercise‐induced pulmonary haemorrhage (EIPH). That ain’t minor. You’d hate to have Adam Hamilton as your vet. He’d tell you that […]
In December 2020 the South Australian Chief trot Steward issued this media release declaring that it was his intention to charge Amanda Turnbull with breaches of the rules for allowing her then unlicensed boyfriend Nathan Jack to train her horses that were contesting the rich Southern Cross race series in Adelaide. It was an egregious […]
It has come to our attention that despite the rape and sexual assault charges laid against stood down former Albion Park CEO coming to broad public attention, the Brisbane race caller David Fowler continues his long standing tradition of dining at a well known Hamilton restaurant with the man accused of these heinous acts each […]
The strong mail from the south is that controversial Tasmanian Chief Steward (presently stood down) Steven Shinn is returning to QLD, Our people tell us that he is leaving Tassie, and has been re-employed by the QRIC. Believe it or not – at this stage I am struggling to – but we are also told […]
I wrote a story a few months back declaring Verry Elleegant no chance to win the Arc. I stand by it. Here are some extracts from that piece to remind you why. ——————————————————– Verry Ellegant will be seven years old by the time the Arc is run. Do you know how many 7YO’s have won […]
Former bush jockey and trackwork rider Lauren Abbott has been training for six seasons. Her winning strike rate in the first five of them never climbed above 10%, and 41.7% was best place rate. The most winners that she has ever trained in a full season is 13. Her sixth season – this one – […]
Racing animal welfare remains our top priority Former QRIC Commissioner Ross Barnett, 2019 This is an extract from the belatedly released official Stewards Report from the Morven race meeting at Saturday at which three horses died, in unrelated circumstances according to the QRIC. As you can see, it is clear from the report that the […]
The former Racing Queensland Chairman Bob Bentley was an absolute clown in my view, for all the reasons described in the 2006 story below, and more. His greatest achievement was putting himself in the QLD Racing Hall of Fame that he’d established just a couple of years before, when he had no claim at all […]
BOB Bentley readily admits to a “my way or the highway” management style. The chairman of Queensland Racing since April 2002 has managed to upset a good portion of the industry – and makes no apologies. Shortly after he took the reins, he was even the target of a rally attended by race club members […]
