Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
In a decision that doesn’t make a whole lot of sense, Queensland trot trainer Ryan Veivers has been suspended for just 3 months after pleading guilty t0 three charges of failing to properly care for horses he was responsible for. The convictions arose as a result of QRIC officials having conducted an unannounced inspection of […]
Archie Re the number of recent deaths on Queensland tracks. It is actually 5. And until stewards do something about peptide use the numbers will increase. Pain is a good indication there is an issue. Gutless pathetic trainers chasing dollars just push on!~! The drugs, the drugs. It’s always the damned drugs. Kevin from Kangaroo […]
Deaths on track of harness racehorses are rare, extremely rare, with the sport having the lowest race day mortality statistics of any of the three codes. That’s why the death on-track of any pacer demands a closer inspection. Grubscrew was neither very well named or a very good horse. He only won 2 races, a […]
Good morning Archie I have been watching with interest at what is unfolding in the greyhound industry both here & afar. I can say without any doubt, there needs to be some serious conversations had by Racing Queensland in numerous areas but one in particular, trainer education, they are the reason why dogs are being […]
Lozen was only just turned four-year-old when she lost her life in the twilight at Clifford Park on Saturday afternoon. Well I say lost, but really it was taken from her by the on-course vets, who made the ‘humane’ decision to euthanize the mare in preference to attempting to operate on the mare as Namazu’s […]
This above and below is what happens to a horse when it suffers a heart attack during a race. Ancient Style did not do this. Its off-forequarter gave way and it plunged head first into the turf. There is a cover-up going on here in an attempt to hide the fact that the Stewards had […]
We’ve just watched a replay of the fall at Innisfail last Saturday. The one that the Stewards said may might have been caused by the fallen horse Ancient Song having a heart attack. I’m not at liberty to share the film with you, out of respect for the injured kid, but trust me when I […]
In the same week that the animal activists scored a huge win by shutting down greyhound racing in New Zealand, a bloody dog has to come out and die on us. Khatanga Tex had only just turned three when it suffered a catastrophic injury on the turn out of the h0me straight in the 9th […]
Injuries per 1000 starters 14 Thoroughbred 3 Harness Medical conditions per 1000 starters 610 Thoroughbred 57 Harness Deaths per 1000 starters 33 Thoroughbred 1 Harness Source – Qld Racing Integrity Commission Click to access Equine-lifecyce-and-on-track-injury-report-2023-24.pdf
According to the QRIC published Equine lifecycle and on track injury report there were 3321 gallopers retired during the 2023/24 financial year. Racing QLD’s statistics show that in the much longer period between January 2022 and June 2024 only 274 retired horses were accepted into industry funded retraining schemes, and just 179 of these horses […]
