Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
Well you can’t argue with that can you? The McMullen clan had 4 runners in the race named after their late grandfather J.C. (John) McMullen, otherwise known as Hollywood. They scored the quinella. In fact they ran 1st, 2nd, 4th and 5th, with only Hes Charlies Angel splitting them. Fittingly the winner was trained by […]
How would you be? You’re a kid from Grafton who has moved up to the Sunshine Coast to chase your dream of being a pro jockey. Today you make the trek up to Gympie for your first ever ride in a race, and your dreams come true. Can you believe it? Young Brodie M0ffat must […]
Are we actually considering a track with a chute? pic.twitter.com/ERMy0K4FW9 — Matthew Elkins (@Mattelkins142) July 11, 2023 It is a fair question that Matt Elkins asks. We will put it to the new RQ CEO tomorrow and see what he says. Watch this space.
Dear Minister Grace I write with urgency regarding the Queensland Harness Training Centre. I was elated when I first read of Queensland’s plans for the QHTC but overnight that elation has turned to devastation with the release of the indicative master plan which revealed the location. The centre is being built in the most unsuitable […]
An astute reader named Cathy from Camperdown has highlighted something overnight about the proposed new Queensland Harness Centre that everyone else – including us – seems to have missed. The track is being built next to a speedway! Here is what Cathy says. Bought by a public servant obviously with no f***ing clue about horses. […]
Racing Queensland are calling for submissions on the design of the new QLD Harness Centre, with the initial plan being of great interest to harness racing enthusiast, particularly in relation to the track size and shape itself. The plan is for a 1000m track that at first look appears to be a standard oval design, […]
Meet Neale Parry, the man in charge of Regional Cast. Neale is QLD’s most capable and qualified broadcaster of races at non-TAB meetings. Just ask Racing Queensland. But whatever you do, don’t ask racing people out in the bush. Not unless you are wearing ear plugs. Experience Managing Director CQ Commercial Laundry Apr 2010 – […]
The Battle of the Bush final is the big race of the year for country QLD thoroughbred owners and trainers. Prizemoney for the race is great. You get $116 500 for winning, and it even pays $2750 for running 6th to 10th, although you get nothing after that. A horse named Coat of Arms ran […]
St Lawrence – a joint in the middle of nowhere between Rockhampton and Mackay – was once a booming port and town back in the days of the 19th century copper boom, and the glory era of the Peak Downs copper mine. When the boom busted and a cyclone washed away the port, it became […]
A few years ago I got into some trouble about a story I posted about a certain event, one that contained details and visuals of things that you wouldn’t expect someone that wasn’t there to have or know. Welcome to the world of being a scoop making and taking race writer. Court orders prevent me […]
