Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
The information at the top is an extract from a questions and answers document published by Harness Racing Australia on its website at https://www.harness.org.au/hra/papers/TC02Q-A.HTM The information is accurate, albeit with the natural TCO2 levels being if anything a little on the high side. Evidence from a study of 231 horses tested by the New Jersey […]
5 June 2021 A well fancied runner in the last is listed in official publications as having had a gear change by adding winkers. It is in fact wearing blinkers. The false advice to punters is blamed on a clerical error. 12 June 2021 There are delays to advertised starting times throughout the program due […]
Queensland Racing Integrity Commission (QRIC) Stewards concluded an inquiry into licensed Apprentice Jockey Ms Alisha Ross for providing an altered doctor’s clearance and giving false and misleading evidence to Stewards at the Townsville Turf Club on 1October and the Mackay Turf Club on 2 October 2021. After taking into consideration all the evidence tendered by […]
In the wake of the hugely successful new Constellation series run during the Winter Carnival harness racing in Queensland looks all bright, shiny and sparkling, but beneath the smiling veneer hides a horrible truth. That truth is that Queensland harness racing is not far from the brink of financial collapse. The annual report published by […]
It’s not good for business to be giving your competitor’s a boost, but I am just a mug racing writer not a businessman so what does it matter? This article by David Fowler* published on justhorseracing.com.au about the Ben Currie travesty is an excellent short analysis of both Currie’s current situation and of the systemic […]
Racing Queensland (RQ) is a quasi government/semi independent body created to administer the three codes of racing in the state, as the name suggests. RQ receives the State’s income from wagering – or in the case of the Point of Consumption Tax revenue, 35% of it – and distributes it according to priorities determined by […]
I have been raving about Kevin Seymour AM’s 2-year-old colt Leap To Fame for about six months now, and talking up his chances against the big guns of the south. Well today the moment has come. In race 6 at Menangle today, the second colts and geldings heat of the Breeders Challenge, Leap To Fame […]
Toowoomba is abuzz with talk about the main event at Clifford Park on Saturday afternoon, which wasn’t the Weetwood or the Cup, but rather an unfortunate incident that occurred not long after the runners passed the post in the last. It seems that a trainer’s wife with a well known surname wasn’t happy that her […]
We all know about Ben Currie and why he got disqualified. His stable staff administered boost paste – a totally legal sold over the counter at Garrards Horse and Hound amino acid tonic, with huge therapeutic and health benefits – to a horse named Eight Over on the morning of a race, which was in […]
The news out of the Ray Green camp is that the great Kiwi pacer Copy That has recovered from the minor hoof soreness that afflicted him last start in the Harness Jewels final, and is back up and raring on all cylinders. Copy That will trial on Friday at The Creek, then head straight into […]
