Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
Roy Chillemi trains for leading FNQ owner and all round dodger Tom Hedley, who is a very sharp man with a dollar. Chillemi entered the Hedley owned Valenki for the Open Handicap at Cairns on Thursday. Given that it was the highest rated horse in the field by far, Valenki – who had raced 3 […]
We have written extensively about horses connected to the McMullen clan recently improving their best times by huge margins, and here is yet one more example. Havetimetodream came across from NZ to join the Chantal Turpin/Peter McMullen stable late last year as a 4 start maiden with a best time of around 1.58.5 run on […]
North QLD trainer Belynda Kliese bought a 3yo bay filly named Dark Fae in an online auction. At the time of the sale the filly was trained by Joe Pride, who logic suggests must have been the person in charge of her. Dark Fae was sent north to the buyer by the seller. Or so […]
Power and the money, money and the powerMinute after minute, hour after hourEverybody’s runnin’, but half of them ain’t lookin’It’s going on in the kitchen, but I don’t know what’s cookin’ – Coolio The news just filtering in is that one of leading Sunshine Coast trainer Stuart Kendrick’s horses has thrown yet another positive swab, […]
It’s a big day out at Nanango two and a half hours north-west of Brisbane this afternoon. One of Gympie’s favorite sons is there among the madding crowd. The prodigal son returned home. Word is that he winning thousands too. Good luck comes to those who support country racing. The only question is who is […]
The first wave Aussie raiders hit the Cambridge trots in just over an hour. Leap to Fame is not there yet, but the other two Queensland stars are. Gus got his arse kicked by Keayang Zahara last time out in the Hammerhead at Menangle after a poor Peter McMullen drive, but being beaten by the […]
Seminal QLD racing writer Matt Nicholls has for weeks been calling for the Queensland racing authorities to put measures in place to assist racing participants during the current fuel price crisis. Matt’s entreaties make sense. QLD trainers travel further than any others in the country to get to race meetings, and the cost burdens on […]
Oakley Shard was a slow pacer in New Zealand that won just 2 races from 25 starts during its three and four year old seasons, the fastest of then in only 1.59.8, which is pedestrian even at Manawatu. The mare then came to Australia and joined the Hollywood Keith McDeed stable, for whom she had […]
Alwaysbjoy had 2 runs in New Zealand and was only average. It gets sold to Australia and sent to the stable of Chantal Turpin aka Pete McMullen. You can see what is coming next, can’t you? Alwaysbjoy runs a bottler first up when it sits in the death outside its super smart stablemate in the […]
We have learned that Noel Callow’s successful appeal against his second disqualification on Monday will be the last case heard by Judge Kerry O’Brien as Chairperson of the QLD Racing Appeals Panel. Judge O’Brien was engaged for a 3-year term as the inaugural leader of the Panel, and has done a superb job. We may […]
