Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
Take a look at this ride of Noel Callow in the 4th race at Doomben yesterday, and tell me how he avoided a suspension for either not giving his mount every possible opportunity to obtain the best finishing position, or alternatively for failing to ride the horse out to the finish. Callow is on Who […]
Now Richmond in outback Queensland is a long way from anywhere, and petrol costs $2 a litre. So what are the chances of getting 4 jockeys to spend $200 in fuel and half a day one way and half a night home driving on dusty roads lined with kangaroos seven feet tall so they can […]
I never cease to be astounded about the massive contradiction between the devout faith in racing integrity espoused by the people who run the three codes in this State, and the records of people employed or licensed in Queensland under their rigorous regulatory watch. Here are just a few off the top of my head. […]
The first race at Mt Isa on Monday turned into a horror show when two horses broke down badly in separate incidents during the event and had to be killed by the vet, although in racing we call it humanely euthanized because it sounds so much better. I Am Gold was a 4-year gelding on […]
We’ve been telling you since the day he became Premier that Steven Miles is a bucking idiot. This proves it. We’re a week out from the State election and Miles party is facing political oblivion. Many of his parliamentary colleagues are facing the fight of their lives to retain their seats. They and the ALP […]
Has there ever been a horse that has started at a longer price than Light A Dragon? $2100.00 it went off at, 2099-1. It was unders. This is the worst racehorse in the world. It was thrashed by 22 lengths yesterday when it ran last in a maiden at outback Ewan. The start before on […]
Look on my Works, ye Mighty, and despair! Nothing beside remains. Round the decay Of that colossal Wreck, boundless and bare The lone and level sands stretch far away – Percy Bysshe Shelley Disappeared in the night former QRIC Commissioner Shane Gillard has etched his name in QLD racing history by becoming the first leader […]
You need five acceptors in a field to make a race in Queensland. Should less than five horses accept to run the race is deleted from the program. If you get five and some of them are later scratched the race still goes ahead. With that in mind what do you reckon the crafty pair […]
Here’s a super hard Queensland racing quiz for people as old or older than me. A free year’s subscription goes to anyone who gets 10/10 without cheating. You have to pass a lie detector test to claim it. Good luck. You’ll need it. ————————————————- 1. Kiwi jockey Linda Jones became the first female to ride […]
It’s lucky King Charlie’s not riding at the track in the town named after him We have been writing about the problems with the million dollar redeveloped track at Charleville for more than a year now, and judging by the Stewards report from the meeting there on Saturday not much has changed. The sand track […]
