Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
A lot of punters and scribes are getting excited about the Group 1 Tatts Tiara at Eagle Farm on Saturday, and many are talking up the chances of the Naked Tipster’s favorite mare Splash Back, but I warn them all not to get too excited. The word from the early morning track that I’m hearing […]
Jockey David Sparks had a day to forget at Julia Creek on the weekend, and not only because he didn’t ride a winner. Sparks got into an unprovoked verbal altercation with a fellow rider in the jockeys room after race 4, and abused them using language that we are told was most offensive indeed. He […]
Dear Sir Response to your recent story about the race clubs who don’t deserve a license, straight way there is one that comes to mind immediately in the Emerald Jockey Club. This club is involved in very well-known ongoing tirade and hostility towards a very popular and successful trainer at Emerald. Not only is this […]
There was a protest 2nd v 1st in the 4th race at Bundaberg today. The inside was the winner. The outside lodged the objection, interference over the last 100m. Stewards dismissed it. It’s hard to tell from the side angle, and we don’t get a head on, but those at the track watching them front […]
Questions are being asked about a young QLD Steward’s interactions and friendships with a number of licensees, including some whose phones have been seized by the stipes colleagues in what appears to be an investigation into the activities of former trainer turned racing manager Ben Currie. We make no indictment of either Currie or the […]
Richmond is a rural town in north-west QLD, not that far from Mt Isa. The race club out there put on a five race meeting on the weekend. Jockeys who rode at it earned $1250 in fees, plus the chance of up to $1700 in commission on prizemoney won, which is not a bad earn […]
There is nothing whatsoever in the official Stewards report about the matter, but those who were on course at Gayndah on Saturday tell us that a deputation of three jockeys approached the stipes about 20 minutes before race 1 expressing a reluctance to ride at the meeting due to concerns about the state of the […]
It’s 12.30am on Tuesday morning and finally I have returned back to Port Douglas after my marathon journey to Swan Hill f0r the 3-day carnival. I was put through the trials of Job along the way, but gee it was worth it. Swan Hill is a ripper. A great track, great racing, a great club […]
What is it with country QLD race tracks and their love of water? We have all seen the problems caused by over irrigation at Callaghan Park in Rockhampton, the issues that the local club blames on mysterious unidentified leaks in the sprinkler or pipes. Now its Barcaldine’s turn. This struggling club’s feature Battle of the […]
The riders at Mt Isa today paid a fitting tribute to their fallen comrade Shane McGovern, who has been tragically lost to a terrible trackwork incident. All jockeys at the meeting are wearing black armbands in the memory of Shane. It is a very somber mood indeed. No-one wants to be out there riding today. […]
