Dogs, Birds, Bent Rails and Bloody Idiots – A Day at the Mt Isa Races in Pictures
A Man Who Just Doesn’t Know When to Stop
Robert Heathcote pleaded guilty to administering, or causing to administer, a product that is well known to contain cobalt to 23 horses in the space of just 2 months. His disciplinary history showed that he had been convicted of like offences before, and was thus a repeat offender. Many trainers with no disciplinary history at […]
Anyone Know Mr K.A. Thomas? – I Hear He Might Have Had a Real Good Win
There were only four horses in the 2nd race at Mackay on Tuesday. Two of them were owned by the same person, Mr K.A. Thomas. One was trained by Tim ‘Lay Down Sally’ Cook and ridden by his apprentice Alisha Donald. It’s name was Corporal, and it started at $31. The other one was called […]
It Did Rain in Muttaburra, and Other Interesting Tales From the West
Gday Archie, Was just reading through your stories from the weekend and wanted to confirm that it definitely did rain in Muttaburra on Saturday morning, it was still raining at 7.30am when they did the ring around. Two of the dirt roads into the town were also closed due to the rain and have only […]
The True Background Story to Thrilla in Townsvillla – Or 50% of it Anyway
Ricky Vale, far right I was wrong about the prelim to the big fight at the Ville Casino on Saturday night. Ricky Vale was not cutting Tim Cook’s lunch by shagging his missus, firstly because he doesn’t have one, and secondly because Mr Vale professes that he wouldn’t go within 10 foot of her if […]
Tom Hedley Pulls Another Swift One – Right in Broad Daylight in Front of the Stewards, and on National TV – Ain’t QTIS Bonuses Grand
Tommy sure did kick didn’t he? How terrific. Or should that be horrific? I’ve met a lot of bent blokes in my lifetime, and quite a lot of crooks too, hundred if not thousands of them combined. It’s what you get when you grow up on racetracks of all three persuasions, and when you are […]
Are Racing QLD Telling Us the Truth Here, Or What?
I haven’t been to Muttaburra for a couple of years, and I wasn’t there last week, so I can’t tell you what the rainfall was from eye witness experience. But Elders are Australia’s number one rural company, and their word can usually be relied on. They say that it hasn’t rained at all in the […]
Like the Girl Who Flew to Fantasy Island to Pursue Brad Pitt – And Went Home Married to Mr Bean
The Horse Racing Division faces its first defection before the racing season has even started. Indeed, the one who was to act as Chief Stipe, that is to say race commissioner, got stuck in the stalls… of the stable. He never went out on the track at all. He arrived in Mauritius two weeks ago, […]
Queensland’s Integrity Ranks are Becoming Thinner Than the Cards in a Blacks a Fake Barrier Draw, as the Toy Soldiers All Fall Down
https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=10154542601368687 It seems the Stewarding ranks in Tamworth may soon be getting unexpected boost of numbers, for integrity officials seem to be leaving Queensland faster than Jack Callaghan twigged to the stuff up in the recent Blacks a Fake draw held on the 19th hole at a piss up at a golf club 33km south […]
There is Something Wrong With This Race – Everything
We are looking at race 5 at Albion Park last night. Pete ‘Noddy’ McMullen is on the fave Dance In The Sun, in the light blue, white with little red stars colours out the back. It blows from evens ($2.00) out to the $3.50. There is a very good reason for that. Noddy’s not trying. […]