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EXCLUSIVE – Did Queensland’s Chief Steward Cover Up a Report About the Construction Site at Eagle Farm Being a Safety Hazard?

by : peterprofitracing5 months ago5 months ago

The picture above is an extract from a story writter by Trenton Akers and published on Racenet on 27 April 2o24 https://www.racenet.com.au/news/jimmysstar-burns-punters-again-in-brisbane-handicap-won-by-mighty-ulysses-20240427 I knew I’d seen it before. A horse shy at the exact same section of the Eagle Farm track as the one on Saturday that caused the fall did. I wrote a story […]

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Brad Stewart Suspended For Punting Again – So Why is He Still Allowed to Train?

by : peterprofitracing5 months ago

Jockey Brad Stewart has a shocking disciplinary history, having been outed on multiple occasions for alcohol and gamblng related offences, and once even jailed. In 2015 the Stewards gave Stewart a 3-month suspended ban for placing 17 bets on his TAB and Crownbet accounts, meaning that when he got sprung again in June having placed […]

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This Protest Decision is a Joke

by : peterprofitracing5 months ago5 months ago

Watch the replay of race 3 at Grafton on Sunday. Keep your eyes on the horse on the inside in these colours and the one on its outside in these ones . See how they jostle in the straight? The finish is a close photo but the one in the red black and yellow flashes […]

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Chloe Lowe Didn’t Let Go

by : peterprofitracing5 months ago

If you’d backed the horse on the outside in the 5th at Mt Isa today like we did, you would have torn up your ticket when its rider Chloe Lowe lost her iron at the furlong pole (the 200m mark for the youngsters). Chloe Lowe didn’t let go. Somehow against all odds thank to her […]

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A Ring a Ding Ding Dong – The Plague of Phones Found in the Toowomba Riders Room Continues

by : peterprofitracing5 months ago

What is it with young female jockeys in Toowoomba and taking mobile phones into the riders room in breach of the rules? Last week it was Tahlia Fenton and Alisha Donald. This week it’s Shania Willis and Olivia Webb. Willis took her phone into the room despite having been afforded two opportunities to hand it […]

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Nikki Olzard Nails Four

by : peterprofitracing5 months ago

18-year-old apprentice Nikki Olzard had a day out at Ilfracomne yesteday, booting home 4 of winners on the 5 race card. It’s a feat never achieved by most riders, and stands as a testament to Olzard’s skill and dedication to her craft. The kid’s only been riding for just over a year, but is already […]

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Nobody Said They Were Rocket Scientists

by : peterprofitracing6 months ago

In scenes straight out of the movie Dumb and Dumber, apprentices Tahlia Fenton and Alisha Donald were both yesterday fined by Stewards at the Ipswich meeting for breaches of the rules relating to jockeys phone use. They should also have been charged with rank stupidity. Fenton’s offence involved using her mobile phone while in the […]

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The Madness of Michael Rodd – And Why He Should Have Been Given Time

by : peterprofitracing6 months ago6 months ago

Michael Rodd’s ride on the leader Fifth Position in the 5th race at Eagle Farm yesterday was sheer lunacy, a misjudged steer of such magnitude by the senior rider that he should have been given time. The times say it all. Rodd took Fifth Position through the first 1200m of this BM78 class 1800m race […]

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Rising star jockey is accused of stabbing her ex-roommate in the back with a pair of scissors during row over stealing

by : peterprofitracing6 months ago

A young apprentice jockey viewed as a rising star in the sport has been accused of stabbing her ex-roommate in the back during a row over alleged stolen kitchen items. Sariah Skye Champkin, 23, faced Toowoomba Magistrates Court last Friday on one charge of assault occasioning bodily harm whilst armed or in company, as well […]

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Poor Nathan Evans Didn’t See That Once Coming – And Didn’t See Much at All After it Did

by : peterprofitracing6 months ago

Keep your eye on the jockey in the royal blue with then black cap. It’s poor Nathan Evans, riding in the 2nd race at Toowoomba on Saturday night. Kapow! A huge clod kicks up and hits him fair in the face with such force that the impact almost knocks him out of the saddle. It […]