Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
Laugh as you may, but here is the make up of Queensland’s soon to be announced Racing Appeals Panel. Come back to me in 3 months time and tell me that I am wrong, if you can. You won’t be able to. President – Her Honour Judge Catherine Holmes Senior Member – Mr Alan Reardon, […]
You’d have to think so. After all, official trials and jump outs are run under the same rules of racing. Rafferty’s rules. Or none at all.
For years now everyone has known that the current racing appeals system in Queensland is broken and needs urgent repair. The ‘independent’ Internal Review system is a bad joke, with the reviewer not being independent at all, but rather an employee of the QRIC who can be hired and fired by the Commissioner, and as […]
Palaszczuk Government acts on Racing industry concerns The Palaszczuk Government makes no excuses for its reforms to protect the integrity of Queensland’s $1.2 billion racing industry. Further industry consultation throughout 2021, highlighted the need for a Racing Appeals Panel independent of the Queensland Racing Integrity Commission (QRIC). This new independent Racing Appeals Panel will replace all current internal reviews and the majority of QCAT appeals. Minister for Racing, Grace Grace said “We have long shared industries concerns with […]
Mafuta is Swahili for fat. Mafuta Vautin. Fatty Vautin. It’s a cracker, but there’s one thing Darrel didn’t know when he named it. Words have multiple meanings in the Swahili language. Mafuta also means anointed. The chosen one. Dreams. They can come true. Remember when Fatty’s boys won Origin? He was punting next to me […]
The boom 2-year-old filly Honey Pot missed the start 5 lengths in the 1st race at the Sunshine Coast yesterday afternoon. Despite this massive insurmountable handicap the Gollan trained filly somehow managed to run 5th beaten just half a length in a 1000m race in which the winner came home its final three furlongs (600m) […]
On the 8th of October this year the racehorse Jimmy Neutron, a classical nonnie that has had 32 starts for no wins, was barred from racing for three months after bleeding in a midweek race at Doomben two days before. That meant that the galloper would not be seen again at the racetrack until the […]
In the same race in which Deus Ex galloped – the $30 000 Group 3 Be Good Johnny Sprint – driver Chantal Turpin propelled her horse Will The Wizard off the gate and attacked the leader and favourite Turnitup mercilessly, forcing that horse’s driver Shane Graham to run a suicidal 26.6 second first quarter and […]
How does this make any logical sense at all? LL Cool J is drawn in gate 3 off the front row. Deus Ex is drawn 2 off the back row. The first time they score up LL Cool J gallops and interferes with the horse drawn behind it Colt Thirty One, and with Deus Ex […]
It must be a terrible feeling to have 9 out of the 10 starters in a NSW Breeders Challenge Final and lose it to a Queenslander. A sinking, sick sensation in your stomach indeed. Hello Sydney, remember me? Kevin Seymour AM. From Queensland. My name’s Kevin, and I’m here to help. Relieve you of your […]
