Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
The recently named former law boss who repeatedly exposed his female staff to porn on his computer has been working as an adjudicator and steward at the Racing Integrity Board, Stuff can reveal. Damian Botherway – the former principal of a Waikato-based boutique commercial law firm and a premier division rugby union referee – was named on Monday as the […]
QRIC Deputy Commissioner Kim Kelly has responded at his earliest possibility to our story questioning why and how a participant disqualified for serious animal welfare offences leading to the preventable death of at least one racing animal, and at least two other non racing animals, could possibly be allowed to be involved with the auction […]
Daniel Moor is a multiple Group 1 winning j0ckey. How many of the Stewards on duty have ever even thrown a leg over a horse? Why did Moor go to the lead? Umm. Because there was no pace in the race, and he was on a weak gutted cat which had won just 3 from […]
This is race 2 from Launceston Cup day last Wednesday. One of, if not the, biggest race days on the Tasmanian calendar. Liam Riordan is on the horse in the Godolphin-like blue but a little bit lighter with the white cap coming widest around the turn. See how many he knocked down?* Depending on whether […]
Dear Peter QRIC have a strict gambling policy which I’m pretty sure means you can’t bet on anything when you’re on duty, even stuff that you’re otherwise allowed to bet on. (Editor’s note – It’s our understanding that QRIC Stewards aren’t allowed to bet on anything at all, although we may be mistaken). Notwithstanding the […]
The latest mail filtering out of Tasmania is that the Hobart Starter, a highly experienced chap with over three decades in the job, did in fact notice that the barriers were in the wrong position for the start of Sunday’s Hobart Cup. Word is that he challenged the position of the barriers either before or […]
.. that the five trainers whose horses threw them, and who have been charged, were told on the sly by Racing Victoria Stewards that if they pleaded guilty all they would get is a $500 fine. In good faith, and based on the representations made to them, the trainers all pleaded guilty. Then at VRT […]
What you see at the top is New Zealand harness racing rule 869(3)(b). Can you read what it says in red? Any time a driver hits a wheel it is an offence, punishable by a fine or suspension. Junior driver Seth Hill knows this. He recently shifted in and hit another driver’s wheel during a […]
A gold star to the HRV Stewards for smarts. They keep the two greatest champions of the modern era under all day watch, but don’t do the same to any of Jason Grimson or Emma Stewart’s. I get that they were trying to protect their employer’s bonus, but as HRV have told us a million […]
https://www.racenet.com.au/news/group-1-jockey-kyle-wilsontaylor-banned-19-days-after-causing-interference-to-multiple-runners-20260217 Kyle Wilson-Taylor was only charged with careless riding for knocking over half the field at Doomben last Saturday week. Chief Steward Josh Adams said the stewards’ panel could not be comfortably satisfied that Wilson-Taylor had knowledge that his mount’s head was turned out, and that his panel (meaning him as their leader) could not […]
