Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
The ridiculous recent trend of jockeys failing to ride their mounts out fully to the finish continued in the 3rd race at Eagle Farm yesterday, when Cody Collis dropped his hands on the well fancied Heartoni and cost it 3rd place. In a sure sign that the Stewards are getting mighty sick of the […]
The Stewards weren’t happy about Doug Hewitt’s drive on Mach Assassin in the 1st race at Albion Park last night. Neither were the punters who backed the horse from $17.00 into $7.50. Both had very good cause, for Hewitt’s steer was a shocker that cost Mach Assassin any chance of probably winning the race, and […]
Breaking news out of Rockhampton is that the QRIC have raided the stables of trainer Nick Walsh after one of his horses threw banned steroid Stanozolol in the trainer’s possession. Older readers might remember that drug, it’s the one that the cheating sprinter Ben Johnson was using when he ran 9.79 seconds for the 100m […]
The reports of my death are greatly exaggerated – Mark Twain Namazu is not dead! Praise be for that. Trainer Ricky Vale and owner Pav Cheimrdinov have separately contacted us this morning to let us know that although their great galloper suffered a serious and career-ending injury during the race at Rockhampton yesterday, they are […]
This above and below is what happens to a horse when it suffers a heart attack during a race. Ancient Style did not do this. Its off-forequarter gave way and it plunged head first into the turf. There is a cover-up going on here in an attempt to hide the fact that the Stewards had […]
Injuries per 1000 starters 14 Thoroughbred 3 Harness Medical conditions per 1000 starters 610 Thoroughbred 57 Harness Deaths per 1000 starters 33 Thoroughbred 1 Harness Source – Qld Racing Integrity Commission Click to access Equine-lifecyce-and-on-track-injury-report-2023-24.pdf
According to the QRIC published Equine lifecycle and on track injury report there were 3321 gallopers retired during the 2023/24 financial year. Racing QLD’s statistics show that in the much longer period between January 2022 and June 2024 only 274 retired horses were accepted into industry funded retraining schemes, and just 179 of these horses […]
The Fall 6-year-old galloper Ancient Style faltered at the 600m mark of a Maiden race at Innisfail on Saturday and crashed to the turf, dislodging apprentice jockey Mel Campbell in the process. Campbell suffered serious injuries in the fall and is presently hospitalized. As bad a state as she is in, it could have been […]
Racing Queensland’s decision to recommence racing at Redcliffe before the new $6 million LED lights were connected to the power probably wasn’t the brightest idea in the world was it? The comeback meeting on the triangle had to be cancelled before a single race was run. The power on the old lights went out, and […]
Morning Reading the article on the race meeting in Mt Isa on Saturday, I thought I’d offer my thoughts. I’ve been following race meetings throughout the year in this region (the North-West) and this is no stand out. It happens every meeting all year, the trainer stacks the races with horses doesn’t matter the class […]
