Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
There were three judges in the box at Eagle Farm yesterday, which you would have thought was plenty to make sure that they got the photo finishes right, especially with the aid of modern digital technology that if calibrated properly could do their job for them. The equipment worked fine, it was the people who […]
The word coming out of Central QLD is that the holders of slots in The Archer, the new race that kicked off earlier this year, are up in arms about changes to the conditions of the race, or – to me more precise – increases to the amount they pay for their slot. You might […]
We’ve just been told that Ahooshu, the galloper that was the subject of our earlier story, did a suspensory ligament in the race at Mackay yesterday, and has been euthanised. This of course is not the kid who rode the other horse’s fault. It is just one of those tragic accidents that sometimes occur on […]
What the hell happened here in race 6 at Mackay yesterday? The favourite was Ahooshu, the best horse in the race. It always races forward, usually in the lead, and that’s exactly where it’s rider Chris Whiteley took it, which must have been a great relief to the punters who’d backed it and then watched […]
Bowen It was a great day out at the mango capital of QLD on Saturday afternoon, with a card of good fields and competitive racing. The spoils were shared equally with no one trainer or jockey winning more than a single race. Garry Dickson – the man known the length and breadth of the land […]
A couple of weeks back a race meeting was abandoned at Emerald in controversial circumstances. Trainers were driving from near and far to come and race at the meeting, most from far. If they had been provided with early notice of the meet being called off they could have stayed home. Instead many of them […]
Time heals all wounds they say, but leaves the scar So I think I’ll not go back to Camooweal No I think I’ll not go back to Camooweal Slim Dusty If it’s good enough for Slim, it’s good enough for Racing Queensland. There hasn’t been a meeting held at the track up at Camooweal track […]
Have a bet on my horse Pentito in the last at sunshine coast tomorrow, currently 3.1 on the fixed. Trained by Jason Edwards who’s going well. I believe he’s a 1.70 chance in that field but carrying big weight at 60kgs. I still think we’ll be too good, best of luck with the punt I got […]
There were 35 pre-race swabs taken from runners at the Rosehill meeting yesterday. Victoria took 32. South Australia pre-race swabbed 23. How about in Queensland you ask? They took just 5. Yes that’s correct, only 5 runners on the whole card in the 3rd biggest racing state in the land were pre-race swabbed so that […]
I’ve been telling people for years to forget about the Miracle Mile and the Inter Dominion and the Hunter Cup and the Blacks a Fake and all that sort of nonsense. There is only one show in town, and that’s the EKKA. The EKKA, better known as the QLD Royal National Association Show, is the […]
