Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
Brendan Barnes drove the $1.70 favorite Promising in the 4th race at Albion Park on Saturday night. Drove it like a lunatic straight to destruction. Barnes took Promising straight to the death off the gate, but at no stage did he have a dig for the lead. The lead time was run in a flying […]
It has been pointed out to me that half of the Racing NSW Stewards Panel officiating at the Championships meeting at Royal Randwick yesterday are Queenslanders, each of whom could very well be working here for the QRIC if only it wasn’t such a dysfunctional beast of an outfit. Steve Railton used to be the […]
Kim Kelly is one of the best racing stewards in the world. You don’t become the Chief Stipe in Hong Kong if you are not. Kelly is a Queenslander who owns property on the Sunshine Coast, so when he retired from his super high paying job in Asia he should have been immediatetly grasped with […]
Racing Victoria Limited’s Director of Integrity Services, Des Gleeson on Wednesday announced that he will retire from his role at the end of the racing season on 31 July 2008. Gleeson, 61 has decided to call it a day in an industry that has been his life. He has worked for nearly 35 years as […]
Breaking news out of Launceston is that Ben Yole and others (presumably his brother and the Ford brothers) have lost their substantive appeal against being warned off from all racetracks. We are told that TasRacing will be reissuing the warning off notices against the four on Monday, meaning if the mail is right that after […]
A number of people in Far North QLD are asking questions about the last race in Cairns yesterday, most particularly the corporate bookies and Betfair traders who were skinned on the winner Go Getaboy, which is predominantly owned by Cairns Jockey Club chairperson Tom Hedley or his companies, and his mate and fellow committee member […]
See the Stewards Report from Sunday’s Launceston harness meeting on Sunday? The Tasmanian race day Stewards questioned trainer B – for Ben – Yole about the performance of Endeavour Stride in race 9. That would be fine except that Ben Yole isn’t the officially registered trainer of the horse. His father Wayne Yole is. It […]
Maybe Tess Townsend needs a rest between engagements. Townsville on Thursday, Home Hill on Saturday, Mareeba on Sunday, Longreach on Monday and back to Cairns tomorrow. That’s a hell of a lot of driving. Do the stewards even monitor this? There are enough accidents in racing already, and frayed tempers come from tired people. Walter […]
You can see Racing Queensland’s mandatory 12-day stand-down protocol for jockeys diagnosed with conscussion above. This is what QRIC Commissioner Shane Gillard who was involved in developing the protocol had to say about it. Racing Integrity Commissioner Shane Gillard welcomes the introduction of the new concussion protocol which brings Queensland thoroughbred racing into line with […]
GENERAL After the running of race three apprentice S McCann was assessed by QAS officers inclusive of a concussion test and stood down for the remainer of the day. Ms McCann was advised that a medical clearance is required prior to resuming riding. After the running of race five apprentice T Townsend was originally assessed […]
