The Bookies VIP Party Beside the Canal With the Free Coke, The Lawyer, the Inducements, the Sharks and Me – A Story in Pictures – Sshhh, Don’t Tell Maggie or the Supermodel
It’s Only a Bloody Shark Billy – There Are Plenty of Them Out There – Just Ask the Boys From Pointsbet (First Published 13 February 2020)
Well sportsfans, it seems that poor old Billy Moore is deathly afraid of sharks, which is probably why he never played for Cronulla. What the hell is wrong with the so-called Origin hard man though? My old mate Bunger Johnson, who trained Flashing Red to win a million Group 1’s, is about 103 years old […]
Thank God I Wasn’t on the Panel
I backed Torque To Be Sure in the Magic Millions Guineas yesterday, so thank God I wasn’t on the Stewards panel, because I would have upheld the protest and cost myself plenty. That interference was all Ben Melham’s, and it cost Ninja the race. Everyone wanted to talk about the margin, but that is not […]
Warwoven or Stitched Up?
Warwoven is currently $2.10 on the TAB, which is not the sort of price that anyone would want to be taking about a 2YO that has twice been tested as lame on the day before the race. It should be $10.00 and blowing, but no-one is game to make the call. Or maybe they just […]
3yo Age – 2023 Magic Millions Yearlings
The best performed graduates – sorted by group status. Outstanding results from Magic Millions graduates, with 27 of these top 30 winning a group race Four of these graduates from the 2021 crop are Group 1 winners. 18 of these 30 winning graduates have already earned more prize money than money than their purchase […]
Free to Air Blank Screems
The much promised free to air broadcast of the Magic Millions 2YO Classic, the feature event on last night’s rescheduled card, didn’t happen, leaving tens of thousands of disappointed race fans perched in front of their TV screens wondering what the hell was going on. It is fair to say that one of the problems […]
Will the Magic Millions Meeting Be Able to Be Run?
The view out the unit window of the Gold Coast track blanketed with rain The Gold Coast weather is looking evil. Will the Magic Millions be able to be run tomorrow night? The already suspect track has copped a battering this afternoon. More rain is expected tomorrow. Can it hold up even after the rain […]
Police detect weed killer in Gold Coast Magic Millions track damage
In short: A chemical found in a common weed killer has been detected in damage to the Gold Coast Turf Club. Police say they are looking at a correlation between a boom used at the course and the size of the damaged grass. What’s next? Police say they are yet to identify any suspects and […]
Racing Queensland Statement on the Postponement of the Magic Millions Meeting
January 11, 2025 Racing Queensland has advised that the remainder of today’s The Star Gold Coast Magic Millions meeting will be transferred to Aquis Park this Friday evening. Following the opening three races, the meeting was postponed due to persistent wet weather. The remaining seven races – including the $3 million Magic Millions 2YO Classic and […]
Kim Kelly Channels Kenny Rogers and Becomes the Gambler – Let’s Hope His Bet on the Gold Coast Track Wins
QRIC Deputy Commissioner Kim Kelly claims that on the evidence of his inspections and this track gallop, there are no issues with the meeting going ahead on Saturday at this stage at all, and that if required they could have raced on Gold Coast track yesterday. Now we are usually huge fans of Kelly, and […]