Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
Story by Aaron Kelly, ABC Angela Jones can still remember being bucked off her pony onto a prickle bush as a kid on the family farm. Then there’s her first horse that her father, Jason, bought for a carton of beer. Not to mention taking an equine companion along with her to boarding school in […]
MS B ASIF ASKED MINISTER FOR SPORT AND RACING AND MINISTER FOR THE OLYMPIC AND PARALYMPIC GAMES (HON T MANDER) With reference to the Next Lap Report, and the Minister having specifically made note that ‘Careful consideration will be given to the sale of Deagon Racecourse’ – on the potential sale and future of Deagon […]
Following the running of Race 4, Stewards interviewed Trainer B. Dias regarding the activities undertaken when saddling IN SOCIETY prior to this event. Stewards adjourned the inquiry to a time and date to be fixed. This is taken from the Stewards Report of race 4 at Eagle Farm yesterday. What does it mean? What activities […]
Silver Wedding was backed from $5.00 int0 $2.45 to win the second last race at Eagle Farm yesterday. It didn’t. The horse missed the start by 6-8 lengths and went down by a length. A tragedy beaten it was. Or was it? Silver Wedding is the horse in the black and gold, second from the […]
To the best of our knowledge the author Nick Butterworth is no relation to Copy That’s owner Merv Hi mate Can’t agree re Grant Dixon drive He didn’t go inside a marker He touched it no more than you would the old style wooden hub rail I haven’t looked but I would be fairly sure […]
Watch the horse behind the leader go straight over a marker peg and flatten it as it goes to the inside early when the runners turn for home. That is an offence against the rules, and the horse got the run up (and over) the rail well before it should have as a result. The […]
Enigmatic jockey Bailey Wheeler was interviewed by Ben Dorries for a story published on Racenet last week, and in it the talented young rider bemoans the fact that he is currently unlicensed because he didn’t finish the required training modules required to complete his apprenticeship. What Bailey Wheeler didn’t say, and what Dorries didn’t tell […]
After riding in more trials than a Supreme Court judge QLD apprentice jockey Jess Emmerson finally made her debut as professional jockey at Texas in the State’s south-west on Saturday. What a day it was for the young rider too. Emmerson had five rides for three winners, a second and a third, a haul that […]
It is quite amazing that the imported head of the QLD Racing Review Matthew McGrath still stands by his two key recommendations that the Government knocked back, a reduction in the Point Of Consumption Tax (POCT) rate from 20% to 15%, and relocating the trots to the Doomben infield. Both proposals were utterly inane. QLD […]
There is a lot of conjecture on social media about whether Anthony Allen, the jockey on the leader in the red and white, jumped off the horse or was thrown off. Much of the more informed speculation relates to in-play betting. We don’t have an opinion either way. Or not one that we are prepared […]
