Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
Former Fairfax racing editor and Senior Olympics reported John ‘Lucky’ Lingard hasn’t lost his touch, either at race writing, tipping or punting. He nailed a 100-1 multi on Derby Day, and a 40-1 one too. Loaded up he did. Texted me a picture of himself lying on a bed covered in green ton notes, with […]
“These new guidelines will provide clear penalties for breaches of the whip rules,” said Mr Chadwick. “This will assist in providing greater consistency to the penalties applied and it’ll also ensure that riders are well aware of the potential penalties for any breaches of the whip rules. “The new guidelines will also significantly reduce the use […]
How many Saturdays in a century would a hoop go to a secondary provincial meeting and find themselves riding up against a Hong Kong Jockeys Premiership winner, a Brisbane Apprentice Jockeys Premiership winner, a dual Group 1 winner, a multiple Group 1 winner in South Africa, and Vo Rogue’s rider? Perhaps the young jocks who […]
Late last year we published a series of stories about how a middle aged North QLD jockey sexually harassed a starry eyed young teenage kid who wanted a life in racing, and traumatised her so much that she was driven out of the State, and damn near driven out of the game. We told you […]
The latest excuse from the Ipswich Turf Club for the appalling state of the track after a $30 million rebuild is that the trees at the 1400m mark are blocking the sun. Sadly there is just one problem with the proposition, and it is a rather biggish sort of one. There aren’t any trees on […]
14 months ago five of Tony Gollan’s horses were blood tested at the trials, and threw up positive swabs to Frusemide, better known as Lasix. Big Ben Dorries reported that the substance was primarily a diuretic. That’s because he is a bloody idiot. It’s really an anti-bleeding medication, one that is banned for use in […]
This Stewards report is somewhat frightening. Neither the barrier attendants nor the jockey, or the starter or anyone else at the start at the Mitchell races knew how to properly secure a girth. For goodness sake, it’s not that hard. What the hell is going on in Queensland racing. This whole thing was a debacle.
Queensland Racing Minister Grace Grace used to be a union official. She says the ‘movement’ means everything to her. It’s all about working people, Grace reckons. That’s why she goes straight into the members area on the rare occasions that she attends the races, and never leaves, except to go to the committee room. Kitted […]
First Kevin Seymour, now Dean Shannon (an old St Paul’s boy from Redcliffe may I add). Tabcorp cannot resist the might of Queenslanders. Especially ones that employ up to 1000 or more locals. We were told Tabcorp’s head office would be in QLD. That’s what they said when they conned their way into the retail […]
Immediately following the declaration of correct weight starter Mr D Bannister approached Stewards and reported that the four runners drawn to the outside had started from incorrect barriers. Stewards immediately opened an inquiry into the matter. They questioned the Starter, Mr D. Bannister, Jockey J. Felix (RIVERINA DEMAND), Jockey N. Summers (FRAZZLED), Jockey A. Holt […]
