Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
Some weird and wacky things happen in Queensland racing, and yesterday we saw another one. As the barrier stalls at the Sunshine Coast were being moved from the 1800m starting point of race 1 to the 1000m chute where race 2 would start from the steering mechanism on the tractor pulling them failed, and the […]
Some people in racing don’t seem to want to help themselves. Take for example these two riders photographed recently working at the Callaghan Park track in Rockhampton. Trackwork riders are supposed to wear high-vis vests so that they can be easily seen by others in the pre-dawn darkness. The rider pictured – – understood to […]
Barcaldine Trainer Toni Schofield combined with veteran jockey Jason Missen to land a double at the birthplace of the modern Labor Party and home of the Tree of Knowledge. The duo also teamed up to finish a pair of seconds on the five race card. Single Honour – who was trained at various times by […]
As we have written several times recently there appears to be an infectious disease sweeping the QLD racing ranks that is making people turn to (alleged) crime and landing them in court before a Magistrate or Judge. Sunshine Coast based rider Morgan Butler is yet the latest to catch the wicked virus. Butler appeared in […]
The picture re Racing Queensland’s pull out from the Redcliffe Yearling Sale becomes a little clearer, and murkier at the same time. It is believed that the dispute centers on the involvement of auctioneer Darren Ebert (pictured above) in the sale. Ebert is believed to have been charged with some form of animal cruelty offence/s, […]
Peter McMullen is a top-shelf reinsman, arguably the best in the State. Which makes it all the more troubling that he has put in a couple of queer drives lately, steers that you’d swear were intended to advantage his stablemate. We told the story yesterday of his drive at Redcliffe on Wednesday night aboard Beachbabe […]
Hi Archie, A couple of your stories around QLD harness lately are not totally correct. Regards Call it Bling the first 2 trials were green trials which apart of the education process and you don’t qualify from them. The last trial was a official qualifing trial which I was some what surprised he was given […]
Dear Archie, The great smouldering pile of decay that is the state of integrity management and administration of Queensland Racing ticked a new box this afternoon at Townsville’s Cluden Park. When acceptances for Tuesday’s (today) Townsville meeting closed at 9am last Friday, 11 April, a gelding named ELLEVES was a 46 rated horse and was […]
Serious trouble is brewing at Toowoomba racetrack. It’s all due to the unacceptable number of horses and jockeys that are falling at the crossing on the training track. Numerous horses have come down lately, and the response from the track staff has been a simple one. Those coming off just don’t know how to ride. […]
Globetrotting Queensland senior apprentice school coach Shane Scriven continues to follow the National Apprentice Series caravan around the country to support Queensland’s entrant/s in the series at Racing Queensland expence. A week or two ago Scriven was in the Northern Territory mentoring Queensland’s sole contestant in that leg of the series, yesterday the coach was […]
