Jill Boots One Home
Watch this. It’s Jason ‘Jill’ Grimson on the eventual winner. He’s the one I have circled above. Keep your eye on his right foot. See it? If you didn’t then watch it again. Grimson has hitched his sulky tight, and it twisting his foot so that it comes into contact with his horse, using its […]
Crack That Whip – Kick This Flogger Out
Now whip itInto shapeShape it upGet straightGo forwardMove aheadTry to detect itIt’s not too lateTo whip itInto shape My God. This jumpout is over just 530 metres. Watch the prick one from the outside in the yellow cap flog his horse. His name is Colin Lennon. He hits this horse 14 times, all before the […]
Police Charge Jockey Ric McMahon With Criminal Possession of a Jigger
I felt bad for about 2 seconds when I heard the news that rider Ric McMahon had been charged with a criminal offence carrying up to two years jail for carrying the jigger at Birdsville. Then I reminded myself that jiggers aren’t parasols, and jockeys don’t carry them to look cool. They carry jiggers so […]
Congratulations Owners, Trainers and Jockeys – Your 1% Animal Welfare Levy is Very Well Spent – Not
Almost $1.7 million was raised last year from the 1% animal welfare levy that Racing Queensland deducts from thoroughbred racing prizemoney (but not for some inexplicable reason from harness or greyhound stakes). Do you know how many horses were rehomed for your money? Fifteen. I kid you not. Fif-bloody-teen. Eight pacers or trotters, and seven […]
Will Austin and McMahon Both Cop a Tenner? – Or Will Poor Ricky Be Forced to Walk the Plank Alone
There is weird tendency in racing around the world to smash jockeys for using jiggers, and pretend that the trainers didn’t know. It happens everywhere, just like this one below Jockey Tomas Mejia receives 10-year suspension, $5,000 fine from stewards at New Jersey's Monmouth Park for possession of an electrical device in 7th race Sept. […]
Ever Murdered a Banteng? – Well the Wait is Over – All You Need is Ten Grand and a Heart of Stone
Have you? I bet you don’t even know what one is. They’re this weird looking Asian cow that looks half buffalo, and they are a critically endangered species. Only somewhere between 4000 and 8000 of them still survive. A bunch of them are up at the 600 000 hectare Mary River Station in the Northern […]
Doing the Right Thing By Your Horse – Drugging it to the Eyeballs in the States
We have to do what’s right for the horse now. He’s been so good to us. Kevin Gordon, owner Lochinvar Art This bloke would have to be kidding wouldn’t he? He is going to do what’s right for Lochinvar Art. Take him to the USA, pump him full of who knows what drugs, hit him […]
Questions to the RIB About the Investigation into Multiple Deaths of Stonewall Stud Trained Horses
Good morning My name is Archie Butterfly and I author the racing website peterprofit.com As you are aware, I wrote the story about the deaths of the three Telfer trained/Stonewall Stud owned pacers that died on the track in the space of just months. I also wrote about a 4th incident involving a horse from the same […]
How Did a Healthy Horse That Just Raced Suffer an Acute Attack of Colic and Die Within Half an Hour?
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 […]