Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
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 […]
The thing that has troubled me from the start about the Gold Coast Turf Club’s (GCTC) assertion that its track was the target of an attack by one or more unidentified saboteurs was the speed at which the club’s position was assumed, and the seeming certainty with which it spoke. From the very moment that […]
In short: A chemical found in a common weed killer has been detected in damage to the Gold Coast Turf Club. Police say they are looking at a correlation between a boom used at the course and the size of the damaged grass. What’s next? Police say they are yet to identify any suspects and […]
By John Lingrard www.letsgohorseracing.com THE ‘Weather Gods’ weren’t kind to the Magic Millions on Saturday but answered the prayers of those owners and trainers who had horses in big races that were drawn wide or backmarkers. The ‘spin doctors’ can praise the efforts of the track staff, the Gold Coast Turf Club and Racing Queensland […]
Following the running of this event (the 3rd race), further heavy rain engulfed the course, resulting in 28mm of rain falling in this period and following a Stewards track inspection, it was established that numerous parts of the track had become waterlogged and unsuitable to continue racing. Stewards subsequently called off the remainder of the […]
January 11, 2025 Racing Queensland has advised that the remainder of today’s The Star Gold Coast Magic Millions meeting will be transferred to Aquis Park this Friday evening. Following the opening three races, the meeting was postponed due to persistent wet weather. The remaining seven races – including the $3 million Magic Millions 2YO Classic and […]
It was QRIC Deputy Commissioner Kim Kelly who made the decision to race the Magic Millions meeting at the Gold Coast in preference to transferring the meeting to Eagle Farm or the Sunshine Coast, so he will have to wear the blame for the day’s racing being postponed after just three races were run. We […]
QRIC Deputy Commissioner Kim Kelly claims that on the evidence of his inspections and this track gallop, there are no issues with the meeting going ahead on Saturday at this stage at all, and that if required they could have raced on Gold Coast track yesterday. Now we are usually huge fans of Kelly, and […]
