Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
There are concerns that racing will be less viable in warmer months as the industry makes changes. By Matt Nicholls: North-West News The Outback racing industry is up in arms over a change in heat policy that is taking control away from local clubs and placing it in the hands of south-east Queensland officials. There […]
A Q&A with the boss of Queensland racing integrity, Kim Kelly. By Matt Nicholls: North-West Weekly, 30/10/2025 This is the full transcript between North West Weekly editor Matt Nicholls and Queensland Racing Integrity Commission (QRIC) deputy commissioner Kim Kelly in response to criticism from the Outback racing industry about changes to the heat policy. You can read […]
Is was revealed today in the Racing Appeals Panel that the QRIC had cut a deal with trainer Todd Austin to reduce his disqualification over the Birdville Incident involving shocking a horse with jolts of electricity from jigger from 5 years down to 3. The question that must be answered by the QRIC is why? […]
Mrs. Haggas reckons that Zac Purton rode against her instructions to get stuck into the horse. She says with scorn that Purton just sat there like a sissy. We must protest. Take a look at the ride of Ciaron Fallon on the horse in last year’s Golden Eagle (above), and Zac Purton’s ride on it […]
Lombo Pocket Watch was one of the greatest juvenile pacers that Australia has ever seen. This horse won 18 races in a row as a 2-year-old, including five Group 1’s, and became the first of his age ever to win the Australian Horse of the Year. Being a rare grey in color, he was also […]
Keep your eyes on the rider in the blue and red silks with red cap on the inside. It’s Rory Hutchings. Watch what he does. For some reason the Eagle Farm Stewards Report is not up yet, so we don’t know if the stipes have seen it. The rest of the animal loving world has […]
Powder Puff looks to sweet to be the kind of hoop who would punch a horse, doesn’t she? Queensland jockey Ceejay ‘Powder Puff’ Graham has been suspended for a week after pleading guilty to an improper action at Caloundra last Sunday. Graham – who has been out of form this season sitting outside the top […]
There is strong mail coming out of Waltzing Matilda country that the owner of one of the runners at Winton on Saturday has recently had animals removed from his property by the RSPCA, who were concerned about their welfare. We don’t know what the bloke – who owns what is sure to be one of […]
Tasmanian horse trainer Liandra Gray has been disqualified for 2 years for animal cruelty after pleading guilty to a charge under the rules related to her whipping a horse more than forty times with a race whip as she was trying to force it to lunge in a sand roll. In August Gray was convicted […]
Anyone watching the last race at Mackay on Thursday afternoon could see that something catastrophic had happened to the Phillip Pengelly trained Thunder Mania, which was pulled up at around the 700m mark after clearly going amiss. The horse had been sweating up like a pig before the race, which was unusual for it (my […]
