Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
The $64,000 question on the lips of most owners and trainers at the coalface of Queensland’s embarrassing track issues is why no-one seems to be prepared to identify the elephant in the room. They want to know if no-nonsense Racing Queensland CEO Jason Scott raised this contentious topic during his crisis meeting with curators on […]
The Albion Park Raceway will play no role in the 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games, despite once being touted as the likely site of a new Brisbane stadium. The Queensland government opted to rebuild the Gabba instead, until an independent review this week recommended a new stadium at Victoria Park. The government then decided not to have an […]
QRIC Steward Sharon Coulthard and her cousin Karl A week or two ago we told you the story of the female jockey who went the bash on one of her rival hoops after a race out at Longreach. What we missed in the story was the famous connection. The Chief Steward on the day was […]
We told you before the 8th race at the Rockhampton dogs on Wednesday night that the meeting would be abandoned because the casual lure driver had been called into work at his main job in the mines after others rang in sick. It seems of course that we were spot on. This leaves three questions […]
The 12 race card at the Rockhampton greyhound meeting has been abandoned after just 8 races, just as tipped. Here is why. Sit down before you read this. The reason was that the lure driver got called in to go to work. Not this side hustle steering a fake bunny around the track. To his […]
It’s 9.43pm and race 8 at the Rockhampton dogs has just been run. There is a huge tip floating around that the meeting is about to be abandoned, for a reason that is scarcely believable in an multi hundreds of million dollar industry. I will tell you why if the tip proves correct.
If you want to see a red hot trot race, then look no further than the last at Albion Park yesterday. Maywyn Bonton Boy was trained by Kelli Dawson and driven by her partner Shane Graham. It blew from $5.50 in the betting out to $8.00. Cyclone Tony was driven by Kelli Dawson’s close family […]
A number of people in Far North QLD are asking questions about the last race in Cairns yesterday, most particularly the corporate bookies and Betfair traders who were skinned on the winner Go Getaboy, which is predominantly owned by Cairns Jockey Club chairperson Tom Hedley or his companies, and his mate and fellow committee member […]
Maybe Tess Townsend needs a rest between engagements. Townsville on Thursday, Home Hill on Saturday, Mareeba on Sunday, Longreach on Monday and back to Cairns tomorrow. That’s a hell of a lot of driving. Do the stewards even monitor this? There are enough accidents in racing already, and frayed tempers come from tired people. Walter […]
You can see Racing Queensland’s mandatory 12-day stand-down protocol for jockeys diagnosed with conscussion above. This is what QRIC Commissioner Shane Gillard who was involved in developing the protocol had to say about it. Racing Integrity Commissioner Shane Gillard welcomes the introduction of the new concussion protocol which brings Queensland thoroughbred racing into line with […]
