Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
If you had backed the favorite The Hairdresser in the 6th at Rocky yesterday you have very good reason to be throwing chairs and kicking in walls, for it sure was something beaten. First the fave misses the kick by a couple of lengths and lands out the back, and I have to say that […]
Take a look at this ride by Micheal McDonald on the odds on favorite Head Honcho in the 5th at Townsville today. It’s the horse in the blue and white. McDonald flops it out of the gate last. He then drives it up to make ground, but instead of positioning it one off the fence […]
The Queensland Racing Integrity Commission (‘QRIC’) has been advised that a licensed racehorse trainer has been arrested and charged by Queensland Police for criminal offences. QRIC Commissioner Catherine Clark advised that the participant’s licence has been suspended immediately. “QRIC’s role is to maintain the integrity of racing. Therefore, the trainer has been stood down from […]
There is something wrong with the handicapping of race 3 at Rockhampton today. Every horse in the race has been weighted to their proper rating listed on RISA bar one. Svindal. The plunge horse that has been backed from $19 into $5 at the time of writing. This horse is a rating 79.5, as per […]
For some reason the name of Sunshine Coast gallops trainer Damian Batters keeps crossing my desk today. I have no idea why. Please don’t tell me because I don’t want to know. What you don’t know can’t hurt you they say. Like all things, I guess we will find out why Batters name has been […]
We’ve all heard of trainers giving horses an easy run, but this is ridiculous. Tambo’s Justice joined the Georgie Holt stable in October just weeks after it has trialed for Tony Gollan over 1050m at Deagon and finished 2nd last beaten 8.25 lengths. On the 6th of November the horse trialed for Holt over 850m […]
Popular Queensland gallops trainer John Manzelmann appears to be pulling the pin on racing, judging by the huge number of his stable runners that have been listed for sale with online auction house bloodstock.com.au Manzelmann, a former leading trot trainer before switching his attention to the gallops, has had a long career in both codes […]
How many QRIC directed staff does it take to run a six-race Non-TAB trot meeting on a triangle? Ten. This is Queensland we are talking about after all. There were 4 Stewards, 2 judges, 2 starters, 1 swabbie and a vet at the no bet Redcliffe meeting yesterday. The only people missing were the maid […]
For the second time in four days the officials in QLD have forgotten to remove the ear muffs from a horse before leaving the barriers, resulting in it running around looking like Scotchman with blue sideburns. It happened in race 4 at Bundaberg yesterday, and what happened afterwards was a comedy in itself. Starter B. […]
The 6th at Beaudesert this afternoon was delayed due to a snake reaching the winning post first. They say it was big one too. One brave member of the track staff shooed it away. I bet the job ad didn’t mention snake catching as a required skill. Only in Queensland. The royal state of racing […]
