Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
Take a look here at the finish of race 6 at Redcliffe last night. The inside horse veers out off the fence and bangs into the one on the outside, checking it and causing it to lose its momentum. Inside wins. The margin is a nose. Protest lodged. Upheld every day of the week. Except […]
By John Lingard letsgohorseracing.com.au RECOMMENDATONS of the Racing Review have not even been released but already a gun has been put at the head of the LNP Government if it tries to move the headquarters of harness racing in Queensland from Albion Park to Toowoomba. Racing Queensland is pressing ahead with plans for the Creek […]
This morning on his radio program The Press Room broadcaster David Fowler and Albion Park Chairman Greg Mitchell discuss our recent story about a proposal being considered by the QLD racing review committee to move harness racing to regional Toowoomba. Mitchell says if it were to happen it would be without his club. The well […]
Watch Nathan Dawson’s drive on Majestic Lavros in this race. It’s the horse last in the grey. It wouldn’t have won, but gee it was unlucky when finishing fourth. Couldn’t find a run anywhere could it. That’s because Dawson wasn’t looking hard enough. Watch it again on the Steward’s vision, and keep your eye on […]
It was funny sort of race the 5th at Albion Park. Sweet Addition blew in the betting like the proverbial dunny door, blowing from $3.50 out to $6.50. She is a pacer who has been driven with a sit in all of its Queensland starts, even when drawn inside barriers. On Saturday night driver Peter […]
I was going to write this as a story about what a great and safe racetrack the Q1 Lakeside was compared to its trouble plagued sister circuit the Q2 Parkside; but before I did I decided to check to see if my observational analysis was right. Sadly it wasn’t. Yet another dog died at the […]
Trainer Trevor Rowe was questioned by Stewards about his decision to scratch Major Artie from race 3 at Cairns on Thursday. Rowe told them that upon reflection he decided that running the horse over 2100m with 61kg on its back might not be a good idea, and that he would look to find a race […]
Two things happened yesterday that show up how differently racing jurisdictions deal with the same offence. Both involve cobalt. In Queensland thoroughbred race trainers Wil and Peter Hulbert presented a horse to race and win at Eagle Farm in late April with cobalt levels above the threshold in its system. Neither Hulbert was stood down […]
John Lingard from letsgohorseracing.com.au has a few alternative ideas for the relocation of the trots. They are all good ideas, but are a snowflake’s chance in hell of ever happening. The last one brought back memories. ———————————————– Albion Park is owned by the Government so harness bosses have little bargaining power. It would be interesting […]
You may notice the name C. McGuigan in the ownership of many of the N40 horses trained by Michael Brennan. Catherine McGuigan is Brennan’s wife and mother of his kids. She is also a struck-off drug-using equine vet. Strange sort of person to have living at a registered training address and owning horses isn’t it? […]
