Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
The weather on Saturday in Julia Creek is going to be extreme, with temperatures forecast to rise to 42% throughout the day, yet despite it’s long established heat policy Racing Queensland plans to push ahead with its scheduled 5 race meeting in the town, with the only concession made being that the card will be […]
There are just 5 races programmed for Toowoomba on Saturday night, with the meeting running for just under 3 hours. Surely there is ample time to run another race if one is required, and one certainly is, for the Maiden has 19 acceptances in a maximum capacity field size of only 11, leaving 8 want […]
The QLD Premier is cactus. She made sure of it yesterday by insulting union heavyweight and left faction powerbroker Gary Bullock when she all but dismissed his influence by saying she didn’t need his support to remain in power, and claiming that the people of Queensland would be her judge. This woman is off her […]
Hi Archie, In short the Australian Trainers Association, with support from other members of the racing alliance group ( jockeys, owners, breeders etc) met yesterday with Minister Grace Grace (pictured above) and advised her of our intention to issue a strongly worded press release stating that the industry had no confidence in the ability or […]
Hi Archie, I have very much this year to date been sitting back watching and listening to different media comments around how racing in Queensland is traveling around numerous issues. The smokes and mirrors around RQ and QRIC do your head in. Consultation processes with either RQ and QRIC with Industry are what I would […]
Not sure if this relates to your QRIC Rumble story but…. Apparently a Racing QLD representative and the QRIC Deputy Commissioner are on a charter flight to Rockhampton on Thursday to pick up Senior Steward Shane Larkins en route to flying on to Longreach, from where they will drive to outback Isisford to inspect the […]
As we read earlier, the QRIC rostered a junior Steward named Ethan Suli to chair the stewards panel at the meeting in Barcaldine on Saturday, despite having the experience Senior Steward Tate Hudson working at the meeting. It wasn’t an isolated incident. Junior steward Ethan Suli chaired yesterday’s meeting at Mackay too, while Tate Hudson […]
It’s just a fast growing whisper at this stage, but the mail is that there is apparently a delegation comprised of members of the Trainers Association, the Jockeys Association, the Owners and the Breeders who are meeting with the QLD Racing Minister on Wednesday to vent their deep concerns about the QRIC regarding their lack […]
See how Marcus Wilson had 5 of the acceptances in this 9 horse race at the Gold Coast yesterday, and scratched 4 of them? The minimum field size in Queensland is five. You need that many final acceptors to run a race. They didn’t have enough at the close of acceptances so the noms were […]
Gun 19-year-old apprentice jockey Bailey Wheeler needs to grow up, get off the piss and learn to behave himself if he wants a career riding at the top level for a hyper-disciplined, super successful trainer like his current master Annabel Neesham. Wheeler has only just been granted a comeback date from a spell of next […]
