Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
This is an excerpt from the QLD Harness Racing Board Annual Report 2013. There are always lessons to be learned from history, particularly for those who weren’t there. With commissions paid from the TAB as a consequence of wagering turnover being harness racing’s primary source of income, it is essential that everyone associated with the […]
Oh give me a home where the buffalo roam, Where the deer and the antelope play, Where seldom is heard a discouraging word, And the skies are not cloudy all day. On what should be the greatest night of harness racing in Queensland this century a chill wind is blowing across Albion Park carrying whispers […]
The Birdsville Jigger (pictured) In March 2023, in what became known as the Birdville Jigger Affair, Todd Austin was found guilty of commissioning an act of cruelty to a horse and two charges of providing false or misleading evidence to stewards at the inquiry into the matter. Austin was disqualified for five years. That means […]
The Brisbane Winter carnival is over, and the swabs seem to have gone on vacation. Only 8 runners on yesterday’s 9 race card at Doomben were pre-race swabbed, two of them in the same race. No horse was pre-race tested in races 3 or 8. Not one of Tony Gollan’s seven runners copped one. None […]
Portrait of Ben Currie as a young man. Lucky for him his old man never missed. Nothing’s changed about Boof except the waist line and the color of his hair. Those Currie boys from up on the range sure know how to pull off a plunge. Courtesy of a perfect ride by Jackson Murphy they […]
Poor Jessica Lindsay (pictured) – God bless her soul Bailey Wheeler was fined $750 on Tuesday for accepting a ride for which he couldn’t make the weight. It was at least the 2nd time in the past month that he has offended against the rule. There is real concern about this talented hoop’s marked weight […]
The battle for the QLD jockeys premiership title took a wicked double twist and turn this week. First on Monday the Racing Appeals Panel of Judge Kerry O’Brien and former jockeys Ken Waller and Eddie Wilkinson knocked back the title front runner Angela Jones appeal against her 10 day suspension for careless riding, commenting that […]
There is one question every racing fan in Queensland is asking aloud this morning, and it is a simple one. How f**king hard is it to build a race track? In every State of Australia bar Queensland the answer is it’s not hard at all. But up here in the Sunshine State the answer to […]
STATEMENT BY RACING QUEENSLAND Racing Queensland advises that Saturday’s tentatively rescheduled Brisbane Cup feature meeting has now been abandoned. On Monday, the Queensland Greyhound Racing Club oversaw the refurbishment of the track which was graded and power harrowed to a depth of 150mm. This evening, Queensland Racing Integrity Commission Stewards conducted an inspection with an independent […]
How utterly odd it is that none of Grant Dixon’s three runners in the Rising Sun got pre-race swabbed. Five of the twelve starters had samples taken from them, but not one of his. Two of the five three-year old’s in the race were tested but none of them were Dixon’s. I guess he is […]
