Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
IMPOSING BEAU – Due to a clerical error some gear publications displayed the gelding as wearing both winkers and blinkers. The correct gear changes- Winkers off, Blinkers on. Near the 1100m was checked to avoid the heels of MY ODDETTE which wasn’t completely clear. Jockey R Wiggins the rider of MY ODDETTE was reprimanded as […]
Look at the Stewards Report at the top from Mackay last week? See how there were no swabs in race 1? The reason is because the plane from Brisbane was late. WTF you ask? What’s that got to do with it? The answer should be nothing, but it seems that either the swabbie or the […]
We are hearing deeply disturbing rumours that a licensed person working in the stables of a well known South-East Queensland trainer is one of the men in the QPS media release below who was last week arrested on child sex charges. The man, who cannot be named for legal reasons, was granted bail after his […]
Five men have been charged with multiple child sex offences following a joint investigation by officers from Argos and the Gold Coast Child Protection and Investigation Unit. The investigation commenced on November 20 on the Gold Coast, identifying the men engaging with Argos Detectives online where they arranged to meet and access a child. It […]
Question One Where exactly did Chris Taylor’s mount Going To The Sun stumble at the 700m mark? Question 2 Is it acceptable for a jockey to ease their mount out of the race when are they in contention as a chance, in circumstances whereby an official vet could find nothing wrong with the horse? Question […]
Senior steward on the ground in Birdsville told the inquiry they were not required to search the campsites of Austin or McMahon the morning after the image was posted on Twitter, despite having the power to do so. Rion Hitchener said former chief steward Peter Chadwick instructed him and fellow stipe Ben Cook not to […]
Last Saturday’s card at the Gold Coast was the main racing show in Queensland, the metro meeting. The races on the program carried prizemoney of between $75 000 and $150 000. Prizemoney at the Toowoomba meeting was between $21 500 and $30 000. Betting turnover on the Coast meeting was 4-5 times the amount held […]
There was a ladies 40th birthday party booked in and paid for at Clifford Park on Saturday night. The woman had booked a package that even included a race named after her, the ‘Happy Birthday XXX’ class whatever handicap. The birthday girl rocked up early to Weetwood park to set up for the big celebration […]
At the time that a man named Nicholas Dargush posted the disturbing images republished above and below, he was a primary school teacher at Kelvin Grove State School, which is the largest school in the QLDEducation Minister Grace Grace’s electorate. Ten years later – today – Nicholas Dargush is still working with primary school children. […]
The newish QRIC Commissioner has come up with this wild and wacky idea about ‘regionalisation’, meaning that he intends to recruit and train race day Stewards from Upper Muckadilla Siding to officiate twice a year at the Lower Muckadilla Siding races, or in the case of the example I am about to give you, the […]
