Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
Hi Archie, I have very much this year to date been sitting back watching and listening to different media comments around how racing in Queensland is traveling around numerous issues. The smokes and mirrors around RQ and QRIC do your head in. Consultation processes with either RQ and QRIC with Industry are what I would […]
Not sure if this relates to your QRIC Rumble story but…. Apparently a Racing QLD representative and the QRIC Deputy Commissioner are on a charter flight to Rockhampton on Thursday to pick up Senior Steward Shane Larkins en route to flying on to Longreach, from where they will drive to outback Isisford to inspect the […]
As we read earlier, the QRIC rostered a junior Steward named Ethan Suli to chair the stewards panel at the meeting in Barcaldine on Saturday, despite having the experience Senior Steward Tate Hudson working at the meeting. It wasn’t an isolated incident. Junior steward Ethan Suli chaired yesterday’s meeting at Mackay too, while Tate Hudson […]
It’s just a fast growing whisper at this stage, but the mail is that there is apparently a delegation comprised of members of the Trainers Association, the Jockeys Association, the Owners and the Breeders who are meeting with the QLD Racing Minister on Wednesday to vent their deep concerns about the QRIC regarding their lack […]
See how Marcus Wilson had 5 of the acceptances in this 9 horse race at the Gold Coast yesterday, and scratched 4 of them? The minimum field size in Queensland is five. You need that many final acceptors to run a race. They didn’t have enough at the close of acceptances so the noms were […]
Gun 19-year-old apprentice jockey Bailey Wheeler needs to grow up, get off the piss and learn to behave himself if he wants a career riding at the top level for a hyper-disciplined, super successful trainer like his current master Annabel Neesham. Wheeler has only just been granted a comeback date from a spell of next […]
The Isisford Race Club are deeply saddened by the decision made by the Steward on Saturday 28th that prevented the horses racing. We, hand on heart, were confident that the track was safe and in the best possible condition. We still believe that to be the case. We sincerely apologise to all the Trainers, Owners […]
The official QRIC Stewards report is finally up for Saturday’s race meeting at Charleville, and it’s a cause for huge concern. The track was rated as sand in the report, when on RISA it was rated as slow. The starting gates seem not to have been functioning properly, with horses breaking through them or blundering […]
Just listen to this will you? The Queensland Racing Minister Grace Grace is trying to tell us that Chareville is a world class track. What the hell would she know? Grace had never even been to the races until we was appointed as Minister, and now suddenly she is an expert on track surfaces and […]
Lou from Longreach provides us with the latest on the abandonment of the last 2 races at Charleville on Saturday. Please note that despite all the other Stewards reports from the weekend being up, at present there is no report for Charleville. As Gomer Pyle used to say, surprise surprise surprise. I have heard from […]
