Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Saturday’s race meeting at Morven was abandoned after race five of the six-race program. Stewards consulted with jockeys after race five on Saturday and it was decided that the last race on the program be abandoned due to the deterioration of the track. Prior to calling off the race meeting there had been three unrelated […]
No horse deserves to die at the races. Imagine the outcry if it was punters dropping dead like flies. What the hell is wrong with this track?
