Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
The original enforcer, the great L.R. Dittman extraordinaire Mick Dittman earned the nickname ‘The Enforer’ in the 1980’s for his ability to get somerthing extra out of his mounts to carry them to victory when their realistic chances of winning their races looked forlorn. “Dittman’s lifted it to the line!’ was Ian Craig’s regular exclamation, […]
Brutal Bowler is the horse in the red. Can you see any construction on the outside of the track? I can’t. All I can see is a bunch of tidy looking demountable buildings. Methinks rider A. Mallyon is telling porkie pies to avoid a ban being placed on his mount, which was a good thing […]
Jockey Justin Huxtable was due to ride at yesterday’s cancelled Sunshine Coast meeting. Instead he spent his unplanned Sunday off snorting coke and drinking piss. The day didn’t turn out well. A drunken Huxtable got arrested for assaulting police and possession of drugs, and spent the night in the cells at the Brisbane Watchhouse, which […]
A number of Queensland jockeys are known to be very upset about the late cancellation of the meeting at the Sunshine Coast yesterday, in circumstances where the weather forecast showed very early in the day that increasingly heavy rainfall would almost certainly render the troubled track at Caloundra unsafe to race. It has been raining […]
Isn’t it a great boost for QLD country racing that James McDonald has elected to drive up to Blackall for a mount on Saturday in preference to riding in the Group 1 Champagne and All Aged Stakes. It would be fantastic, if only it were true. Sadly however it’s not. RISA – which should know […]
Why was rider Tamara Noble stood down from riding last week? Hopefully not for the same reason as she was in late 2o02, when she was outed after returning a personal positive swab to a banned substance. We don’t know if it was that this time or something else. All we know is that when […]
A lucrative program which would see Hong Kong apprentices trained up in Queensland before returning to their home country is being stalled by an extraordinary previous decision by the state’s governing body not to employ them. Racenet can reveal the Hong Kong Jockey Club has approached Racing Queensland to have their apprentices trained in the […]
More corruption in Albany WA with Natasha Faithfull putting the whip away on truckloaded favourite Beautiful Baroque and allowing the donkey down the outside to win. — Greg Larkins (@GregLarkins4eva) April 11, 2024 This claim of corruption by Greg Larkins – whoever he is – has spread all over the internet. It’s ridiculous. Natasha Faithfull […]
Re: your story about the last race at Cairns on Tuesday. You’re an idiot Archie. Nathan Day lives in Cairns. He is 5 rides back from a collarbone/shoulder type injury. He is limited to a certain amount of rides until back to full fitness. N Day coming back from injury is naturally heavy IVO 60kg. […]
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 […]
