Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
Racing Victoria has appointed a bloke who runs the netball in NSW as it’s new CEO to replace Giles Thompson, after the latter lost the battle with Peter V’Landys and walked the plank. Netball hey? That’s interesting. Let’s hope Andrew Jones (pictured at top) does a better job that his predecessor did, for despite the […]
This is race 4 at Townsville on Thursday. See the horse coming through the barrier early? It is hard to miss isn’t it? People saw it as clear as day. Not the Stewards. They missed it completely. Five of them, and a starter, and an assistant starter, and a vet, and three barrier attendants. Eleven […]
Nothing much other than the usual happened at the Mackay races yesterday. Chief Steward Cooke decided to sit on the interchange bench and let someone else chair the meet. The Chief Vet in the State Dr Martin Lenz decided to fly up to Mackay because he had nothing more important to do. Former QRIC Integrity […]
Late last week – in the wake of the much hush-hushed Nathan Day bribing the Starter to let him slip him a leadbag and the Clerk of the Scales to let him weigh in light scandal – the QLD Chief Steward (Thoroughbred) Mr Peter Chadwick laid down the law on overweight jockeys, and all power […]
Some like my mate Gold Coast Greg say that Queensland has a desperate shortage of jockeys. I say that there are far too many race meetings run on a Saturday to find enough jockeys for. We are both right at the same time. The solution is therefore many-fold. The scope of the problem is clearly […]
Some horses just love certain tracks. Luthers Luck loved Sandown, and won a million races there in the 1980’s. Zipping adored the god forsaken joint too. Chief De Beers and Doomben went hand in glove, and he couldn’t win anywhere else. Remember Mary’s not a name you’d usually put alongside those three top liners, but […]
Racing Queensland published the wrong race times for the Thangool meeting yesterday. Someone stuffed up and listed them in daylight saving time. Queensland doesn’t have daylight saving. It operates on Eastern Daylight Time, which is where the clock runs normal, not an hour ahead. Of course no-one from either RQ or the QRIC double checked […]
This is the replay of race 2 at Mount Isa today, courtesy of On The Bit Racing, the outfit that gets paid hundreds of thousands of dollars for the privilege. Aren’t we getting great value for our large dollops of money. My seven-year-old grand-daughter in going to tender for the next contract. If they decide […]
We have been writing for some time now about the terrible standard of Stewarding in Central Queensland since Ben Cooke assumed the Chief Steward role in December last year, and we have been doing so not because we hold any beef against the chief – we don’t – but simply because what we are saying […]
This steer here by Brad Pengelly on the horse that starts the replay in 3rd last place in the red and white was the hottest ride in the world. If Pengelly didn’t hook this then I am Mick Dittman. Watch it side on first. Now have a look at the head on. Do you see […]
