Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
The NZ Thoroughbred Racing Starters Manual stipulates in no uncertain terms that the starter shall (must) test the starting gates before the first race to ensure they are working properly. It is not an if or but situation; the gates must be tested. The starter at Gore race meeting on 21 January, Steve Batt, didn’t […]
For a long time now I have been telling you that the NSW swabbing regime at Menangle is off. The Stewards proved it again last night. In the main race of the night there were only three horses in the betting market, the McCarthy trained Spirit of St Louis at $2.40 and Bondi Lockdown at […]
Chad Schofield rode a double at Rosehill yesterday, but it was a strange, strange day for the son of Glyn, and one so lucky that you’d hope he went straight from the course to the newsagent to buy himself a lotto ticket. In race 2 Schofield weighed in more than a kilogram over on the […]
I don’t know what you make of race 5 at Doomben on Wednesday, but personally I am not quite sure it was on the level. The Stewards of course disagree, but that’s because they don’t do or know form. The horse in question that I reckon was off was the $1.50 favorite Nashira, trained by […]
The word out of the Brekky Creek bunker is that that the Stewards in charge of the swab attendants and the pre race swabs they took on Saturday last week at Magic Millions MK1 have had a wee accident. Scott Heidke is one of them, Kim Daly is the other. It appears that the pair […]
We reported overnight about the appointment of Karen Lees to the position of Deputy Chief Steward in North Queensland. Now I want to tell you how lucky we are. I don’t think I have ever seen a better qualified or experienced Deputy in my 50 years of following the game. Lees ticks every box ever […]
To save QRIC the trouble because we know they are busy, we are pleased to announce the following appointments to senior Deputy Steward roles. Deputy Chief Steward South QLD – Geoffrey ‘Gus’ Goold Deputy Chief Steward North QLD – Karen Lees Geoffrey joined the Brisbane stewards’ panel after starting as a mature age jockey apprentice […]
Wayne Pasterfield – He’s a damn good lawyer this bloke Tommy Berry will be choking on his corn flakes this morning after reading the decisions made yesterday by the NSW Stewards in relation to jockeys Kayla Nisbet and Jack Martin taking slings for tips from owner and professional punter Jacob Hoffman, and once he recovers […]
Say what you like about Marc Van Gestel, but when he used to decide to press serious charges against licensees very few mistakes were made. You can’t say the same thing about the current NSW Stewards under should be retiree Steve Railton’s watch. Just look at this above as the perfect example. Jockey Jack Martin […]
Tommy Berry was a licensed person who copped cash for tips, and breached mobile phone rules over 300 times. Berry also deceived the Stewards by concealing the WhatsApp messages that he sent to and received from the Butcher, messages that he knew were of interest to the stipes, and which if discovered would put him […]
