Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
Sometimes when I see what the Stewards get all worked up about I begin to wonder whether I am living in a parallel universe or something. Take race 3 at Albion Park last night for example. Grant Dixon is driving the favourite Beast Mode, drawn the 1. Obviously from that draw he either wants to […]
So the Stewards arrive at the non-TAB QLD race meeting at Clifton, and discover that the track has a hole in it near the crossing at the 1400m mark that nobody seems to have noticed before. A couple of blokes grab shovels and fill them in with some loose dirt they dig up from the […]
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 […]
