Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
Brett Cook is the Chairman of the Gold Coast Turf Club, and runs the show. He is also the owner and managing director of a company named Coastal Tipper Hire, which was as the name suggests hires out earthmoving vehicles. Cookie is the Man Who Can Fix Up the Gold Coast Track – After All […]
RACE 5: GC BOWLS CLUB MARCH 15TH 0 – 60 HANDICAP 1000 M Following this race, Apprentice L. Martyn, who was struck in the face by a clod during the race, was examined by QAS officers and cleared to fulfill her remaining engagements. Is it any wonder that poor Leah Martyn got hit by a […]
I backed Torque To Be Sure in the Magic Millions Guineas yesterday, so thank God I wasn’t on the Stewards panel, because I would have upheld the protest and cost myself plenty. That interference was all Ben Melham’s, and it cost Ninja the race. Everyone wanted to talk about the margin, but that is not […]
The horrific injuries that licensed QLD racehorse trainer Darleen Duryea suffered in the trackwork fall we showed you earlier this week have confined her to a wheelchair, hopefully not forever, but at least for now. After four years of hard work and intensive therapy, during which she maintained her training license but was unable to […]
See this video someone sent me? They say it’s trainer Darleen Duryea, in the fall back in 2021 that almost killed her. I don’t if you noticed it at full speed cos I didn’t first time around, but as her horse goes down there a huge clod dirt come up, next to left side of […]
A funny incident occurred in the 4th race at the Gold Coast on Saturday. The whips of jockeys Anthony Allen (in the blue and white) and Danny Peisley (in the red and white) became entangled. Allen ended up with both whips. Jockey A. Allen is not a strong rider with the persuader in the right […]
Humid started the short-priced $1.50 favorite in the 3rd race at the Gold Coast on Saturday. It went like a busted banana, beaten 7.5 lengths in running second last. The vet found nothing wrong with the horse. Rider Jai Williams disagreed. He told the Stewards that Humid had been kicked by another galloper when they […]
The much promised free to air broadcast of the Magic Millions 2YO Classic, the feature event on last night’s rescheduled card, didn’t happen, leaving tens of thousands of disappointed race fans perched in front of their TV screens wondering what the hell was going on. It is fair to say that one of the problems […]
The view out the unit window of the Gold Coast track blanketed with rain The Gold Coast weather is looking evil. Will the Magic Millions be able to be run tomorrow night? The already suspect track has copped a battering this afternoon. More rain is expected tomorrow. Can it hold up even after the rain […]
Is that man in the orange working on the Gold Coast track repair who I think he is? Bill Shuck? Surely not. It was only four years ago that Shuck pleaded guilty to five counts of fraud committed when he worked as Infrastructure Operations Manager for Racing Queensland in 2014 and 2015. The frauds involved […]
