Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
It’s like we have written the script isn’t it? Funny that. Just wait until you see what comes out in the plea deal. There are some questions that keep playing on my mind. Has Scott Steele been protected for so long just because of brotherly love? What about before that? How did he get to […]
Queensland’s Racing Minister is backing a decision to withhold hundreds of thousands of dollars in funding from a leading Brisbane race club after it refused to stand down its CEO, who has been accused of rape. Scott Steele, the chief executive of the Albion Park Harness Racing Club (APHRC), was last month committed to stand […]
This feature story produced by Racing Queensland about International Women’s Day and republished by the Albion Park CEO Scott Steele on the club’s website appeared six months after he – Steele – had been arrested and bailed on charges of rape. The Chairman of the Clun knew, because it was his brother. Racing Queensland knew, […]
6.5 ENFORCEMENT Where any entity or person is knowingly in breach of this Policy, RQ may take the following actions available to it under the Act, the Rules of Racing or RQ’s other legal rights: If the person or entity in breach is a Licensed Club: Issue a control body direction under s.82(3) of the […]
These hush-hushers who run the Albion Park Harness Racing Club have got to be kidding haven’t they? Two-tenths of fuck-all members of the public go to the trots anymore, and I know that for a fact because 1/10th of the attendees are three of my mates. In Queensland harness racing is losing $5 million a […]
In a story published recently on this site we said that there was no temporary stabling at Albion Park. We were wrong. There are 24 temporary stables that have been made available to interstate visitors. Apparently they come replete with paddocks, although I must admit than in about half of a century of going to […]
Tim Butt’s trotter Kar Manor is the new Doug, the money sucking beast that breaks at almost every start. His galloping record in QLD is 7/10 so far, five of them when well in the market. He is the sort of horse that should be stood down from racing until he trials acceptably twice, and […]
Sometimes you just look at something and have to shake your head. This Stewards report is two of them. How was Jilliby Kung Fu disadvantaged by track conditions? The winner of the big one – the QLD Sun, the very next race – came from exactly the same position up the sprint lane, as did […]
Miley Cyrus’s ex. Hemsworth. Albion Park r 8 no 8. Sits, sprints, wins. He’s double figure odds. Get on. Miley did.
By Adam Hamilton 10:43am • 28 June 2022 TOP trainer Grant Dixon thinks his outstanding three-year-old Leap To Fame is a false favourite for the $305,000 Group 1 Rising Sun. I wonder if trot writer Adam Hamilton ever checks the betting markets before he writes stories about them. This one published on Racenet yesterday works on […]
