Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
The North West and Central West racing industry is still up in arms over a shift in heat policy. By Matt Nicholls: North-West News, 10/11/25 https://www.northwestweekly.com.au/queensland-racing-s-heat-policy-ruffling-feathers-in-bush-2025-11-10 The forecast of a “cool” 31 degrees will save today’s Mount Isa meeting from being subject to the oppressive heat policy now being forced upon Outback racing clubs. Under […]
Is trainer Lachie Manzelmann’s dominance of the numbers in bush racing a good thing or a bad? Manzelmann had 14 of the 27 runners on the five race card at Moranbah yesterday. He had 5 of the 6 in race one, 3 of 5 in race two, 2 of 4 in race three, 3 of […]
The mail out of Roma Street is that two Queensland jockeys have fallen afoul of police in the past week, one of whom at least a person you would have hoped would be living life on the straight and narrow given their well publicized legal travails over the past year. We speak here of Justin […]
There has been a lot of angst in regional QLD about the QRIC’s new practice of rearranging race meeting times in a purported attempt to best look after the welfare of horses and participants in ‘extreme’ heat. One of the major issues is that things appear to be being directed out of Brisbane, where the […]
It looks like the ongoing problem with getting riders to meetings is about to hit Kumbia on Cup Day, with up to dozen horses likely to be scratched for want of a jockey to ride them. Only seven jockeys have been declared to ride at the meeting: Chloe Lowe, Les Tilley, Corey Bayliss, Brea Harrison […]
Toowoomba race caller Anthony Collins has been kind enough to write in to explain the difficulties he faced during the call of race 3 at Toowoomba on Saturday, the main one being that the fog on the range was so thick that he couldn’t see the horses! That is fair call (pardon the pun it […]
Um excuse me Mr Racing Minister, today is the last day of the month …. The inside mail is that the release of the QLD Racing Review has been delayed because the Government refused to agree to the Review Committee’s centerpiece recommendation that the Point Of Consumption Tax (POCT) rate be reduced from 20% to […]
Archie What know for the ex-trainer Austin who is at the track every morning training out of a car hiding behind the steering wheel? It will be interesting to see what or who takes the horses that are still at Austin’s property without a trainer officially attached to them. Or maybe just maybe the Stewards […]
We continue to receive information that unlicensed trainer Todd Austin is preparing at least 7 horses at the Barcaldine track, and that he is doing it out of a car so he is not visible and can drive off undetected if by chance the Stewards unexpectedly arrive during trackwork hours. Those that know say that […]
Dear Archie, To the best of my knowledge Todd Austin was disqualified for a period of 5 years starting in 2023. Heard a whisper he was at Blackall races on Saturday. Cavanough left some horses behind owned by Toni Austin and Gary Peoples (after winning at Aramac). Have they been getting worked early out of […]
