Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
This is Nutso, pictured in the tie up stalls at Charleville before he raced in 38 plus degree heat on Saturday afternoon. He doesn’t look like a horse suffering from colic to me. Nutso won his race by 4 lengths. And now he’s dead. The owners, many of them making their first venture into the […]
We are reliably informed that the words exchanged by jockeys Thomas and Morrison are not the subject stewards inquiry into a mounting yard incident after the running of the last race. Mud in our eye. Sorry Nathan and Lacey. All we can say in our defense is that we were having a stab in the […]
When I worked alongside the now QLD Premier Steven Miles at the United Voice union a decade ago he never had guns like this. Back in those days Miles was a skinny kid turned fleshy, an absolute wimp. Oh how things have changed. People used to carry on about Annastacia Palaszczuk going overseas on holiday […]
It’s been a cracker of a weekend for horses in Queensland racing, a real ripper indeed. Two of them are dead within 48 hours, one a galloper at Charleville, the other this pacer at Albion Park. What a wonderful two days in the annals of animal welfare. At the least the undertakers are doing good […]
A horse named Nutso racked up win 4 from 10 careers starts in winning Race 1 at Charleville by 4 lengths yesterday afteroon. Five hours later the horse is fighting for his life after suffering heat stroke during his race, but at this stage the bands still playing. It’s 38 degrees in the shade despite […]
Poor Poly, nobody loves her. Especially not Queensland racehorse trainers. All they do is abandon her. Poly is the Sunshine coast cushion track. This Sunday’s race meeting was transferred from the turf track to Poly due to the grass surface being unsuitable to race on. Now due to Poly’s unpopularity there will be no racing […]
Obviously Animal Welfare is not important any more unless it is hidden away with one of the other ELT portfolios listed on the QRIC website. But then it must be important enough to fly a Vet into Queensland from South Australia for metro race meetings and pay accommodation as well to assist the one full-time […]
You can see the Steward report about race 2 at Townsville yesterday. Now look at the race. And tell me that Amanda Thomson didn’t ride this second placed grey horse the $1.80 favorite dead. Puh-lease. Gimme a break.
You’ve read the official report about race 7 at Albion Park yesterday at the top of this story. The Chief Steward Steve Shinn – a former top level trot driver who once steered Pure Steel, and a man well known to be partial to a bet – allows the cousins Nathan Dawson and Pete ‘Noddy’ […]
