Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
The strong mail from the south is that controversial Tasmanian Chief Steward (presently stood down) Steven Shinn is returning to QLD, Our people tell us that he is leaving Tassie, and has been re-employed by the QRIC. Believe it or not – at this stage I am struggling to – but we are also told […]
The former Racing Queensland Chairman Bob Bentley was an absolute clown in my view, for all the reasons described in the 2006 story below, and more. His greatest achievement was putting himself in the QLD Racing Hall of Fame that he’d established just a couple of years before, when he had no claim at all […]
Bob Bentley in a dry gully, where he belonged IN a move that will send shock-waves through the racing industry, the new LNP Government plans to re-appoint Bob Bentley as Chairman of Racing Queensland. Speaking from Dubai where he is attending the Asian Racing Conference, Bentley told letsgohorseracing that he was both ‘surprised’ and ‘delighted’ by the […]
No horse deserves to die at the races. Imagine the outcry if it was punters dropping dead like flies. What the hell is wrong with this track?
This Casey Bailey, a one-time contender for the title of 2020 Australian Rodeo Queen. Casey is from Wangaratta in Victoria, and likes rodeos and football, and does Equine Breaking-in and education services. I suspect that she may be partial to kung fu movies too, at least if what occurred at the Callaghan Racecourse, Rockhampton on […]
We tipped you into Peter Chadwick’s departure months ago if you remember, and reminded you of the tension between he and the QRIC Commissioner Shane Gillard just last week. As usual we were right. It’s not that hard to be on the money if you keep your nose to the ground and work hard, instead […]
The Chief Steward (of) thoroughbreds is a significant role within the commission, the successful candidate will need to be an expert on racing and have a sound understanding of the industry here in Queensland. They need to be a strong leader too as a key element of the role will include training and coaching the […]
Danny Bougoure has been in the wars lately, after being kicked out of his infield stables at Eagle Farm to make room for Annabel Neesham to have some. Matt Rudolph from the BRC that run the track reckoned that D. Bougoure’s strike rate was not good enough to justify him keeping barns there, and as […]
MT ISA Six years ago trainer Tanya Perry told the local paper that she needed to cut back on horses because of the cost. Thankfully she didn’t, because we wouldn’t be racing in the far north west districts if she had, and Tanya wouldn’t have trained a double in the Isa on Saturday. It was only […]
The Cloncurry & DRC non-Tab race meeting scheduled for Saturday September 10 has been rescheduled to be conducted at Mount Isa due to the state of the track. A QRIC Stewards inspection of the Cloncurry racetrack (also attended by 2 senior jockeys) on raceday morning found a number of small stones remaining on parts of […]
