Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
We wrote a couple of days ago about how disappointed we were that the standard of Stewarding at the trots in QLD hadn’t improved since Neil Finnigan assumed the role of Chief Steward, and the total inaction taken about a number of horses that galloped at yesterday’s Marburg all trot meeting reinforces our fears. Let […]
It seems that it may not only be the 1100m start point at Emerald that is more than a few meters short of where it should be. Based on times the 1000m start appears to be about a dozen strides short of where it should be as well. Sunnycoast won the 1000m Open at Emerald […]
The Stewards at Emerald on Saturday expressed concerns about the winner of the maiden running a time of 1.00.7, which was just outside the track record, and upon investigation discovered that there was no fixed marker to denote the 1100m starting point. They ordered that one be placed before the next race meeting at the […]
Racing Review question Doesn’t QLD gallops race clockwise? And QLD harness (all harness just about) race anti clockwise? So if they shift it inside a gallops track are they: A/ going to build a grandstand and finish line stuff and all at the other end of the front straight or in the back straight? B/ […]
Confusion reigns supreme in the racing ranks as the handing down of the Report of the Racing Review scheduled for Monday has been postponed without explanation to a date to be fixed. Racenet reports that it is understood that the government’s response to the Review – the flagship announcement of Monday’s planned event – has not […]
I came across this photo of rider Wanderson D’Avila in the jockeys room at Saturday’s Gordonvale race meeting while scrolling through the pictures posted on the Facebook page of the superb North QLD racing photographer Peter Roy. Sadly for jockey D’Avila, as well as being a great photo – my wife just walked past and […]
Powder Puff looks to sweet to be the kind of hoop who would punch a horse, doesn’t she? Queensland jockey Ceejay ‘Powder Puff’ Graham has been suspended for a week after pleading guilty to an improper action at Caloundra last Sunday. Graham – who has been out of form this season sitting outside the top […]
Former Hall of Fame greyhound trainer Ron Ball has lost his appeal against the QRIC’s refusal to relicense him after serving a 10-year disqualification for using an animal for a purpose connected with greyhound racing in a manner which is improper, such action commonly referred to as live baiting. Ball had been refused a license […]
It was a busy weekend in the bush up in QLD, with race meetings being run all across the State. Here’s a quick look at the highlights from them. Mount Isa Rober Faehr booted home a double in the first two races on the small five race program. He followed that up with a second […]
Maestro QLD bush trainer Bevan ‘Billy’ Johnson may not have affected the weights for the 1450m Country Cups qualifier at Mt Isa by putting in a dummy nomination for Han Dynasty (see story here), but there is more than one cat to skin at the races and more than one way to skin it. Billy […]
