Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
This is the time my Uncle Jimmy’s horse ran over the mile on the grass track at Warwick in 1926. It was flying for those days. He held the track record for years. I’ve still got the ribbon. It was passed down through the generations as a family treasure, and remains one of my most […]
Well sportsfans, I have been bagged all over the Isa this morning for my perceived slag at the great city that represents everything that is good and true about God’s own country, Queensland. I was only being a larrikin and taking the piss, but to clear things up it’s time to be serious, and tell […]
There were four $52 000 Group 2 APG finals run at Albion Park on Saturday night. The QRIC Stewards only took pre-race swabs – blood samples – in two of them, and from only one horse in each. One of them was the $1.40 favourite in the 2YO Colts and Geldings classic, but the other […]
Someone at the QRIC or the race club forgot to take a number 15 saddlecloth to the Barcaldine races on Saturday. Which meant that come the last race where the emergencies gained runs, Lasco didn’t have a number. So someone tore a sheet or tablecloth apart and hand made one. They didn’t do a very […]
If there was only 1 steward at the Chinchilla races yesterday, why were there 2 stewards – one Tony Preston, another his offsider – at the phantom meeting held at Quilpie after the actual meeting was abandoned on Thursday due to the state of he track after the town received some much welcome and long […]
Pakistan Star’s amazing effort had nothing on the win at Toowoomba yesterday Look inside the yellow circle. The horse drawn the inside. Do you see the barrier attendant blocking it’s path out of the gate? It’s a bit dark, so watch the slow-motion replay instead. Look closely. What is the barrier attendant doing? The attendant […]
A crupper is a simple but essential piece of harness racing gear that prevents the saddle from slipping forward and keeps all the rest of the gear in place. They cost seventy bucks to buy. Trainer Charlie Chiang sent his pacer Barboo around at Redcliffe on Wednesday in one that was of such poor standard […]
During the running of a race a driver shall not shout loudly, or make any improper noise Harness Racing Rule AHR.162(1)(t) Harness Racing Authorities shall not waste money promoting imbecilic race series that reduce wagering revenue while quadrupling costs The Reverend Archie Butterfly What’s all that bloody noise? Are they racing pigs now? Mrs Mango, […]
Bob Katter, made headlines in 1989 for famously promising to “walk to Bourke backwards if the poof population of North Queensland is any more than 0.001 per cent”. His half-brother, Carl, later came out as gay, but it didn’t make Bob anymore interested in marriage equality or human rights. The Mad Hatter had more important […]
