Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
The QRIC Stewards hearing into the assault on trainer Ricky Vale by jockey John Stephens was held yesterday. We don’t have an outcome. Late in the afternoon Mr Stephens advised the Stewards that he was suffering from a medical issue, and the hearing was adjourned. It is unknown at this stage when it will resume. […]
You would imagine that the 12 horse field for a hotly contested $305 000 feature harness race would have a very clear selection criteria so that connections of the contenders would know what they had to do to get into the race. You would also imagine that an Order of Entry updated in real time […]
Jockey Michael Murphy is one year younger than James Orman, and not far short of him in raw natural ability, but in terms of maturity, discipline and stability the pair are a world apart. Murphy’s a great young kid too, a really nice bloke who would give you the shirt off his back. The sort […]
Suspensions: Race 8. J. Kah – AR131(a) – careless riding – 13 days. From midnight 11th June 2022 until midnight 24th June 2022. I am totally confused. Did Jamie get suspended in the Stradbroke or did Craig Williams? If it was J. Kah, then why was Williams advised of his right to an internal review? […]
How can it possibly take six years to conduct and conclude what should have been a relatively simple Stewards Inquiry into a horse throwing a positive swab? I don’t care how many excuses about delays and unavailable witnesses that the stipes throw up, that is just duck shoving. No inquiry should take this long, and […]
The Nonnie is the curse of punters the world around. Nonnie stands for non-winner, and we’re talking maidens here. We are talking horses that appear to have the world of ability and often start favourite, but just refuse to stick their head out on the line when it counts, or shirk the task when they […]
Bose means to strike the ground with an object to try to find what’s underneath. They say that the chap in the picture Ron Johnson – aka the Brown Rice Man – has been out at the Wattles ground at Toowoomba bashing the ground with his head for the past three hours, trying to discover […]
Mirrors is a con man, a fraudster, a thief and a weak gutted cat. He’s a dog too. The fact that he is still allowed on Queensland race courses is a disgrace. I don’t know what to say about the licensees who walk up and shake his hand. There is something very wrong with this […]
There is a bit of a problem with how race 7 at Albion Park on Friday was run. A lot of a problem actually. Trainer Dan Russell had 2 horses in the race. One was Sharp Shooter, driven by Matt Elkins. The other was Heartbreak, driven by his ever loving spouse Narissa McMullen. Sharp Shooter […]
