Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
A funny thing happened after we published out story yesterday about Racing Queensland having accepted NSW trainer Brett Cavanough’s nomination to race his galloper Burdekin for the Battle of the Bush qualifier on the weekend, even though the horse was ineligible to run under the conditions of the race. Within hours Burdekin’s nomination had disappeared. […]
Have you ever seen a half-time score like this in your life? It’s the right one, but it sure would start t0 look like overs if a maroons player got sent off early in the second half. Queenslanders aren’t that silly though. Some first hald observations. Nicho is not up to playing halfback at origin […]
Once upon a time the jockeys who rode in central Queensland lived in central QLD, but a combination of cheap air fares and a diminishing pool of riders in the country changed all that. Now days a large bulk of the jockeys riding in the region are mercenaries from Brisbane or one of the coasts, […]
ATA has addressed the issue again with RQ/QRIC – horses that dual accept and at least one of the races is a Feature (any race $75k or more), trainers have until 5pm on accept day to remove the horse from the Feature race otherwise it MUST run in the feature (even if an emergency in […]
A number of trainers sent us the advice republished in the story below that they received from the ATA (QLD) branch about the dual acceptance rule at the gallops, seeking our opinion. It took us a few reads to get our head around the rule, but once we understood it properly we had to say […]
Trainer David Van Dyke accepted his smart mare My Snow Queen to start in two races on Saturday, the Listed Chief De Beers and a Benchnark 85. She drew a place as emergency in both, 3rd emergeny in the BM85 and 4th emergency in the Chief De Beers. The Chief De Beers was a feature […]
Southern Front finished tailed off first-up at Townsville on the 17th of May, and was beaten 114.84 lengths. It was vetted after the race and no significant abnormalities were found. SOUTHERN FRONT – eased down in the final straight and was distanced at the finish. A post-race veterinary examination of SOUTHERN FRONT revealed no significant […]
Tyler Leslight (above), pictured with former master Billy Johnson In a classic case of the pot calling the kettle black transgender apprentice Tyler Leslight could find himself in hot water after rival rider Wanderson D’vila accused the kid of making a racist remark toward him after the line in race 6 at Townsville yesterday. It’s […]
There was a stack of money for the winner of the 4th race at Ipswich yesterday Majestic Boom, and the smarties who backed the promising 4yo from 3.90 into 2.15 landed the cash. Punters who backed the unplaced 2nd favorite Devastating didn’t have so much luck. A number of them were wondering after the race […]
This is the reasoning that QCAT Member Richard Oliver applied in hearing – and ultimately dismissing – horse trainer George Sitel.s appeal against a $1500 fine imposed on him by the Stewards for improper conduct, and upheld by the QRIC internal reviewer. Senior Member Oliver is a barrister whereas I am just a mug punting […]
