Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
Adrian Layt is a Queensland based jockey whose official riding weight is registered as 56.5kg. Layt hasn’t ridden under 55kg (plus 1kg gear allowance) for donkey’s years. Yesterday at Townsville he was permitted to ride a horse in race 4 named Riverside Special. It was weighted at 54kg. A. Layt was never a hope of […]
Tim Butt’s trotter Kar Manor is the new Doug, the money sucking beast that breaks at almost every start. His galloping record in QLD is 7/10 so far, five of them when well in the market. He is the sort of horse that should be stood down from racing until he trials acceptably twice, and […]
It was only 3 months ago that Chief Steward Chadwick issued the directive above to QLD trainers and jockeys. Apprentices must claim their full allowance or ride at their declared minimum riding weight (MRW). Under no circumstances will an apprentice be allowed to ride over their MRW. Chief Chadwick also this issued this one – […]
How can a track that has had multi-millions spent to reconstruct possibly be as bad as Ipswich? It simply defies belief. This short clip is from the Stewards vision of a race on Wednesday. They are throwing up clods like they do a heavy. No-one has come out between races to plug the surface. The […]
Well things are crook in Tullarook, or out Hughenden way at least. It’s pissing down out west. The Oak Park track’s a wreck. This year’s races are off. But there is good news. Well sort of anyway. The bras are still on. Well they were until the kids went home from the ball. Muddy hell. […]
Jockey James Baker felt ill when he arrived at the stalls on Champagne at Dawn for the 3rd race at Mackay on Thursday, so poorly that he advised the starter and asked to be inspected by the medical staff. They gave him a quick once over and passed him fit to ride, which is a […]
So jockey Brad Pengelly comes back to scale on Kasinova Kid, the winner of the last race at Rocky on the 13th of December last year, and on his way to weigh-in he slips his mount’s girth to the horse’s trainer Nick Walsh. Walsh hides the girth behind his back. The pair get sprung. Pengelly […]
Yesterday the Toowoomba Turf Club and Racing Queensland unveiled what RQ claims to be the Sunshine State’s newest innovative race, the Mort & Co King of the Mountain. It is a slot race, named after a Noosa pushbike race, that is named after a Noosa festival, that is named after a Midnight Oil song. How […]
Most wins by a Jockey 4 – Gavin Duffy 3 – Jim Byrne 3 – Damien Browne Most wins by a Trainer 3 – John Morrisey 3 – Tony Gollan Most wins by a Horse 3 – Pittance 2 – Adnacon 2 – Final Affair Best Horse to win the race 1 – Mighty Kingdom […]
Isn’t it just great to be taught racing history by people who don’t know it? The picture above is number 2 in the so-called Mr Racing – aka Mr Prior Knowledge of the Fine Cotton Ring In – Bart Sinclair’s top 5 Ipswich Cup winners, as related by ‘racing writer’ Nick Tucker in today’s Courier-Mail. […]
