How Do You Get a Photo Wrong in the Digital Age?
I can understand a trainee starter mucking things up early in their career. We all do that. But how can a judge get a photo wrong in the digital age? It’s a good trick isn’t it? Only in Queensland.
Man trapped under horse and flight diverted in double outback emergency
Story by Cameron Bates A man has suffered critical injuries in a bizarre incident at a jockey club in Charters Towers. Queensland Ambulance Service confirmed a male in his 60s had sustained “life-threatening injuries” in an incident, believed to be the Towers Jockey Club on Hackett Tce at 1.44pm. A QAS spokeswoman said the man […]
How To Compress the Weights in One Easy Step – It’s Only a Rort if You Are Not in On It
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 […]
Here We Go Again, and Again, and Again – This Ain’t Normal Bubba – It Ain’t Normal At All
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 […]
Joe Pride Sends the Wrong Horse to Belynda Kliese
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 […]
Stuart Kendrick Throws Yet Another Positive – Surely This Time He Has To Go
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, […]
There Is Nothing Like A Good Country Race Meeting
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 Australian Invasion Begins in Just Over an Hour – Multi Up The Maroons
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 […]
It is Time For Racing QLD to Listen and Act
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 […]
The Mare Than Matt and His Mate Pat Improved Our of Sight
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 […]