Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
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 […]
QLD Deputy Chief Steward Daniel Aurisch sucking up to Her Royal Horseness Zara Phillips. He’d be better off doing his leadership job by applying the rules properly and fairly instead Yesterday we told you the story about how last week the Bundaberg Stewards panel had wrongly assessed and approved apprentice jockey Cody Collis’ allowance as […]
It wouldn’t be right to let a whole week pass without mentioning Clip Clop Kev’s quinella in the Brisbane APG Gold Bullion final at Albion Park last Saturday night. When he dramatically scaled back his broodmare band a couple of years ago most people thought that K and K Seymour A.M. were just about finished […]
https://www-harness-org-au.akamaized.net/qld/APC16022114.mp4 I get really sick of trainers and training teams that I believe are cheating both us punters and their professional rivals by breaking the rules of racing. Why can’t these people just be honest? If they are going to do something naughty to a horse, what’s the problem with telling us all? Obviously the […]
One wag has suggested that to address the current woes being expressed by Queensland gallops trainers about their long working hours and their inability to get cheap, non-penalty rate east Asian student visa holder labor as a result of COVID-19, a working group of trainers should be formed to come up with some solutions. He […]
