Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
There is a wee bit of funny business going on with the nominations in the bush this weekend. Han Dynasty is nominated for 3 races this weekend. One is over 1200m at Longreach. Another is the Country Stampede qualifier over 1000m at Mt Isa. The third is the Country Cups qualifier over 1450m at the […]
25-year-old Queensland apprentice rider Reece O’Connell has made one of the most spectacular starts to his riding career in recent memory, with a double at Dalby on the weekend coming on top of the treble he rode on debut at Nanango seven days before. O’Connell’s record now reads 10 rides for 5 wins, 2 seconds, […]
Queensland gallops trainer Kerrod Smyth has been disqualified for 10 months after one of his maiden gallopers returned a positive swab to elevated levels of TCO2 after a race at Rockhampton in July. 38.5 mmol/L carbon monoxide was the reading the horse returned, well in excess of the threshold of 36.0 and almost certainly indicative […]
The much awaited decision in the Noel Callow appeal will be handed down at noon on Monday. It’s important to note that this appeal relates strictly to Callow’s 10-month disqualification for his conduct in the published recordings made in Darwin last year. Any alleged rule breaches emanating from subsequently released recordings will be dealt with […]
Another Queensland jockey has been stood down from riding. It’s apprentice Mitch Goring this time. We don’t know at this stage the reason why, but judging by recent events it will be either a positive test result or, more likely, a doctored Health Assessment Report. These errant jockeys are giving the integrity officials a lot […]
Is this who I think it is snorting coke in the video below? A prominent but troubled QLD jockey who has had addiction problems in the past but told the press a couple of years ago that they were clean? It doesn’t look like they are too clean here does it? Oh dear.
We regularly bang on about the poor standard of harness race stewarding in Queensland, and usually with good reason. The Stewards Report about race 9 at Redcliffe last night is the perfect illustration. Rally Around was sent out at as the $2.90 favorite in the race. Its driver is in the Leap To Fame colors. […]
Here are some quotes from the Stewards when sentencing jockey Taylor Marshall to a 9-month disqualification for doctoring his annual Health Assessment Report. They are worth reading to understand why it is so important that a proper assessment of a riders fitness to compete is undertaken each year, and why jockeys who have submitted altered […]
It seems at least another 3 racehorses formerly trained by Brett Cavanough out of the property of disqualified participant Todd Austin have been transferred. To Nobody. As far as I am aware the mysterious Mr Nobody doesn’t have a trainer’s license, which does not seem to make him unique out in the west of Queensland […]
It appears that we may not have heard the last of the doctored Health Assessment Report scandal yet. The mail is that up to a dozen jockeys are going to be charged for submitting bodged up reports, including at least one big name rider. A person in addition to Jeff McKay is said to have […]
