Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
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 […]
What’s going on with all these horses formerly trained by Brett Cavanough out at disqualified participant Todd Austin’s property at Barcaldine? At least three of the Cavanough horses – two of them part-owned by Austin’s wife Toni – have been transferred according to Racing Australia’s records, but to who? The records don’t show the horses […]
The Queensland Racing Integrity Commission (QRIC) has observed a noticeable increase in reports of poor behaviour through its Report Something hotline. Much of this misconduct occurs between participants themselves, though incidents involving poor behaviour toward non-racing individuals have also been recorded. The range of negative behaviours includes intimidation, verbal abuse, and social bullying, all of […]
The Queensland crew descended on Menangle last night with high hopes of winning one of the big ones. Grant Dixon had three in The Eureka; Fate Awaits, Path To Greatness and Call To Order. Pete McMullen had Attachment in the Stockade and The Janitor in the Len Smith Mile; and Shannon Price brought Sure Thing […]
The two trackwork riders who submitted doctored health assessment reports in 3 different years have lost their appeal against their nine month disqualifications. Lane Sharrock and Jeff McKay were separately charged with engaging in any dishonest, corrupt, fraudulent, improper or dishonourable action or practice in connection with racing; with McKay also being charged Neither man […]
There was a Stewards decision made over a week ago but published yesterday that raises as many questions as it does give answers. The case involved a horse named OBLIGATED that was doped by mistake. Trainer Lyle Wright had to go to the hospital for an appointment on race day, so he left the horse […]
