Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
Last week’s decision by the Tablelands Regional Council to get rid of 44 council owned buildings and facilities in a cost-saving push seems surely likely to imperil the future of racing in Atherton. The council intends to divest or demolish the Atherton Turf Club storage and equipment sheds at Tolga racecourse and, crucially, the on-course […]
Do the Stewards in Far North QLD not know the rules, or is it simply that they choose not to apply them? Trainer Alwyn Bailey failed to transport his runner in race 4 Bring Me To Life to the track. Bailey told the Stewards that he left the horse at home because in his opinion […]
Regional Cast advises that we are unable to provide live streaming for any of today’s race meetings. The live-streaming server we utilise, located in Townsville, is currently impacted by severe weather events and extreme heat conditions. We sincerely apologise for the inability to deliver the live stream under these circumstances. All races will, however, be […]
Bubba Tilley returned to his hometown of Roma today and lifted the biggest race of the year. Wasn’t he happy about it too. He will get a fine for sure, but who cares? Not Bubba the Lair, that’s for sure. He’s won the Cup And good on him too.
Time To Turn wasn’t a very good racehorse. In fact it is fair to say that he was a rather poor one. 37 starts without a win and failures at its past four starts at Eidsvold, Burrandowan, Gayndah and Kumbia tell you the story. Now how slow he was though, Time To Turn didn’t deserve […]
The North West and Central West racing industry is still up in arms over a shift in heat policy. By Matt Nicholls: North-West News, 10/11/25 https://www.northwestweekly.com.au/queensland-racing-s-heat-policy-ruffling-feathers-in-bush-2025-11-10 The forecast of a “cool” 31 degrees will save today’s Mount Isa meeting from being subject to the oppressive heat policy now being forced upon Outback racing clubs. Under […]
Is trainer Lachie Manzelmann’s dominance of the numbers in bush racing a good thing or a bad? Manzelmann had 14 of the 27 runners on the five race card at Moranbah yesterday. He had 5 of the 6 in race one, 3 of 5 in race two, 2 of 4 in race three, 3 of […]
Saturday’s race meeting at Longreach was conducted under the QRIC caring for racing animals in extreme heat policy. Start time for the first race was brought forward to 11.00am. Races were run at 35 minute intervals. Pre-race parade times significantly reduced and there were on-course cooling stations in the race-day tie-ups, parade areas and a […]
There has been a lot of angst in regional QLD about the QRIC’s new practice of rearranging race meeting times in a purported attempt to best look after the welfare of horses and participants in ‘extreme’ heat. One of the major issues is that things appear to be being directed out of Brisbane, where the […]
We continue to receive information that unlicensed trainer Todd Austin is preparing at least 7 horses at the Barcaldine track, and that he is doing it out of a car so he is not visible and can drive off undetected if by chance the Stewards unexpectedly arrive during trackwork hours. Those that know say that […]
