Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
Today’s Kilcoy race meeting has been abandoned, in a period of brilliant sunshine. The word is that the track hasn’t however been Puckeridged, but rather that the club has Puckeridged it themselves. We are told that machinery was driven across the track during recent remedial works in a way that damaged the course proper, and […]
A lucrative program which would see Hong Kong apprentices trained up in Queensland before returning to their home country is being stalled by an extraordinary previous decision by the state’s governing body not to employ them. Racenet can reveal the Hong Kong Jockey Club has approached Racing Queensland to have their apprentices trained in the […]
Masters racing was introduced in Australia as a measure to afford older 42 month old or older greyhounds the opportunity to extend their racing careers years past the age when they used to retire. The concept is simple, or should be. Dogs run in races against others their age, and do it in when possible […]
Maxwelton is a town of just 22 people located in the middle of nowhere, but there was plenty of action at the races yesterday. The QRIC sent Karl Stefanovic’s cousin Sharon out to take urine swabs from the female riders. There were a whole 2 at the meeting. The whole town and a few assorted […]
By Ray See After recent controversial protest decisions at Beaudesert and the Gold Coast, which are now to be investigated by former Victorian Chief Steward Des Gleeson, a far less serious issue has come to light from the race meeting at Winton on April 6. In the second race at the meeting, a humble 800 […]
The $64,000 question on the lips of most owners and trainers at the coalface of Queensland’s embarrassing track issues is why no-one seems to be prepared to identify the elephant in the room. They want to know if no-nonsense Racing Queensland CEO Jason Scott raised this contentious topic during his crisis meeting with curators on […]
The Albion Park Raceway will play no role in the 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games, despite once being touted as the likely site of a new Brisbane stadium. The Queensland government opted to rebuild the Gabba instead, until an independent review this week recommended a new stadium at Victoria Park. The government then decided not to have an […]
QRIC Steward Sharon Coulthard and her cousin Karl A week or two ago we told you the story of the female jockey who went the bash on one of her rival hoops after a race out at Longreach. What we missed in the story was the famous connection. The Chief Steward on the day was […]
We told you before the 8th race at the Rockhampton dogs on Wednesday night that the meeting would be abandoned because the casual lure driver had been called into work at his main job in the mines after others rang in sick. It seems of course that we were spot on. This leaves three questions […]
The 12 race card at the Rockhampton greyhound meeting has been abandoned after just 8 races, just as tipped. Here is why. Sit down before you read this. The reason was that the lure driver got called in to go to work. Not this side hustle steering a fake bunny around the track. To his […]
