Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
It was a Good 4 track at Gatton on Thursday. There was no rain of any significance, or really at all. But by race 6 the track was rooted. There was a patch between the 500m and 300 mark that became totally unsafe to race on. After the 6th the club attempted to fix it, […]
A personally signed copy of the greatest unsung dance albums ever made Famous Adagio dancer, actor, singer, author, nightclub owner, gambler, family man, philanthropist, and raconteur Antonio Bellino has passed away. Antonio – known to many as Tony – died yesterday morning of kidney failure. He was 83 years old. Many words will be written […]
Maggie’s mate Solar Whisper – aka David White – from the Daintree is a world renowned expert on crocodiles. He tells me that the old dinosaurs are pretty upset about the ref whose Dad’s a life member of the Parramatta clubs call that cost the Cowboys a spot in the Grand Final. Real upset indeed […]
If you have been convicted of any of the above offences, and your conviction was recorded after 1 July 2016, you cannot get a racing license of any description in Queensland. You are totally banned. If you were convicted prior to 2016 you are subject to the fit and proper test, and at its own […]
Twin Hills (Fri-Sat) I think it’s because I like sex more than somewhat, but whenever I hear the name Twin Hills I think of Maggie’s boobs, and when they run a double header the imaginations starts running away from me if I don’t pull it back quick (oops, gave myself up), so we will concentrate […]
Jack Bruce is a new trainer on the Brisbane scene who many don’t know, but they will soon. This young Deagon based trainer is a gun. He won the Weetwood yesterday with Axe, It was worth $87 000 to the winner. That makes it over $400 000 in earnings for Bruce just 8 weeks into […]
Ever since the closure of Eagle Farm for reconstruction almost a decade ago now, the Doomben race track has been over-used, over-worked, and under-maintained, and it has caused a dramatic change to course proper. Not that long ago Doomben was one of the most resilient turf tracks to in Australia. The course proper raced consistently […]
The strong mail from the south is that controversial Tasmanian Chief Steward (presently stood down) Steven Shinn is returning to QLD, Our people tell us that he is leaving Tassie, and has been re-employed by the QRIC. Believe it or not – at this stage I am struggling to – but we are also told […]
The former Racing Queensland Chairman Bob Bentley was an absolute clown in my view, for all the reasons described in the 2006 story below, and more. His greatest achievement was putting himself in the QLD Racing Hall of Fame that he’d established just a couple of years before, when he had no claim at all […]
Bob Bentley in a dry gully, where he belonged IN a move that will send shock-waves through the racing industry, the new LNP Government plans to re-appoint Bob Bentley as Chairman of Racing Queensland. Speaking from Dubai where he is attending the Asian Racing Conference, Bentley told letsgohorseracing that he was both ‘surprised’ and ‘delighted’ by the […]
