Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
Country racing people out west are up in arms about the cancellation of the Isisford race meeting today and the abandonment of the last two races on the card at Charleville, and not without good cause. Our western correspondent Lou from Longreach explains the situation best. Cox Plate Day is one of those great race […]
What went on here in race 4 at the Gold Coast yesterday? Nothing good, that’s for sure. not unless you were on the plunge horse Unzaga which firmed from $3.20 into $2.45 and bolted in with it’s head on it’s chest. It had to the way this race was run, which was if winning jockey […]
Jockey James Baker got fined $200 for this ‘celebratory gesture’ after winning the 4th race at Mt Isa aboard his family’s horse Field Of Red. Given that it was his entire riding fee the penalty seemed a but harsh. It wasn’t as if Baker was gesturing wildly or standing up in the irons, it was […]
Brad Stewart with his dad Neville Former top flight jockey Brad Stewart’s first winner Masterplan was very special to him, for more reasons than one. Masterplan was bred by Stewart and his family out of a mare named Western Desert that his dad Neville used to own and train. Western Desert is also the mother […]
Yesterday we published our doubts about Jaden Lloyd’s ride on Mission To Love in the 6th at Eagle Farm yesterday. Are We Being Handled Here? We’ve now got a video of the horse’s legs after the race that may explain the ride and the run. Sort of anyway. We accept that what you see is […]
Another positive to cocaine in Toowoomba and this time it’s the right hand man of the most incredibly improved trainer in the country Corey Geran. Cameron Creevey is regarded as family by Corey Geran as recently posted on Facebook for Creevey’s birthday. Creevey is Gerans top dog trackwork rider, stablehand, strapper and reading between the […]
Race 3 – REDCLIFFE LEAGUES CLUB PACE 2040M Getaloadathisgirl Broke in the score up and will be drawn wide in future mobile events, Major Mischief Contacted the barrier arm just prior to the start commencing. Braeview Fella Checked when starter was in the process of starting the event. General: At the request of driver Narissa McMullen the all […]
More than a million dollars has been spent on upgrading the Charleville racetrack in recent years, all of it seemingly to little avail based on the condition of the track at Sunday’s 1st meeting back at the course after an absence of racing for 2 years. Despite all that money thrown at the bush track, […]
The Country Stampede – worth $105 000 to the winner – is a showcase race on the QLD racing calendar. There are 16 qualifying races held around various bush tracks in the state, with the winners meeting in the big money final run at Doomben on the 2nd of December during the summer carnival. The […]
This is a Facebook post published by the Ipswich Turf Club at 10.00 on the morning of the day of the races last week. The races that were cancelled. It was a hot day as predicted, and the track should have been good. No doubt it would have been too, if it wasn’t stuffed. If […]
