Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
Two more horses lives were ended by a magic green needle as a result of racing incidents in Queensland yesterday. Ivanov broke down at the 4oom mark in race 5 at Beaudesert, and was put to sleep by the vet. He was only 4-years-old. Up north the 3YO Hopetoun Sunrise suffered the same fate after […]
The QRIC Stewards have started and then adjourned an inquiry into Angela Jones ride on Baller in yesterday’s Victory Stakes at Eagle Farm, and it is easy to understand why. Baller is a horse whose usual racing pattern in recent years has been to back in the field, and the now aged gelding had done […]
Gee Eagle Farm is a funny track. It raced like a Soft 7 yesterday when it was only a Soft 5, with horses throwing up clods almost the size of bowling balls. Yet winners were running Good 3 type times. Mishani Lily is only a 2YO, but she won in just 3/4 of a second […]
In an amazing feat rarely or maybe even never sever been before, Vlad Duric landed two winners and three suspensions all in the one day at Eagle Farm on Saturday. The former Victorian rider via Singapore won the Dalrello on Mishani Lily and the Victory Stakes on Antino, his big day out was dulled a […]
Hi Archie, I remember going to the Mingela races in the early 70’s. The two-up game started after the last race. When the pool built up to a sizeable the two coppers from Charters Towers who were there for the day walked through and scooped it all up. Queensland being what it was back then, […]
As country racing has kicked off in western Queensland in recent weeks, momentum is building for a “jockey school” – or mentoring program – to recruit more jockeys and track staff to offset crippling shortages. Amid claims that the North-West had only five or six locally-based jockeys for the 2023 season, which prompted scratched horses […]
The word out of northern NSW is that a third slot in the Protostar has been filled, even though Racing Queensland are yet to announce it. Apparently the slot runner is a Group 1 winner from NSW, circa the Bathurst region. They say it’s filly, and a real good one too. Four from four and […]
Bailey Wheeler’s riding just goes from bad to worse. He is on the horse in the Heathcote colours here displayed at the top. It’s the $1.75 favorite to win the race, but has been laid heavily on Betfair. Remember what I told you the other day about riders being paid by someone unidentified to get […]
The Sunshine Coast track was at one time one of the best in Queensland. It was great in the wet or the dry. Sadly ever since they spend nearly $20 million on the poly track and new stables it hasn’t been so much good as crap. I don’t know why. Race cards have been abandoned […]
Rockhampton based horseman Ricky Vale is one of the most under-rated trainers in the country. He’s brilliant at his trade too, as he showed by winning the $750 000 slot race The Archer on his home track with Namazu yesterday. A lot of knockers claim that Vale can’t train. That’s because they are imbeciles who […]
