Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
Brisbane trainer Wil Hulbert’s appeal against the $1000 fine he was issued for making and distributing an expletive laden diatribe abusing jockey Andrew Mallyon was always ambitious, and $1.10 to fail. If you took the shorts you got the money. QCAT decided that Wilbur’s defence that his crazed rant was just a chat between mates, […]
You wouldn’t talk to Jimmy like this would you Bob? Last week we presented you with Will Hulbert’s expletive laden rant about Andrew Mallyon that the trainer sent to stable owners after a race at Caloundra. This week we give you leading trainer Robert Heatcote’s spray to Mark Du Plessis after his ride on Stuttering […]
Brad Stewart appealed a 14 day suspension. It was a good idea at the time. He lost. The internal reviewer upped his spell to 19 days. Not that it matters. Stewart will seek an external review by QCAT and have a stay by tomorrow. Come time for his next overseas holiday he will withdraw the […]
Queensland country racing is in the doldrums. We have few trainers, even less horses, bugger all prizemoney, and huge overheads. Peterprofit.com has a plan to revive it, and make it great again. This is the plan, or a rough sketch of it to start. Background There were were 5 country meetings run in the Central […]
Boulia is the arse end of the earth. No-one except council, railway or government workers live there, and no-one wants to. It’s a shit hole. The only thing it’s got going for it is the Min Min Lights, but you can park down the road and see them so why would you bother driving into […]
The Gladstone race meeting in Queensland was a five race card carrying $61 500 in prizemoney, including QTIS bonuses. It should never have been held at all. The whole thing was a scam. Racing Queensland guidelines specify that a race has to have five acceptors to proceed. If it does not, then the race is […]
Racing Victoria has appointed a bloke who runs the netball in NSW as it’s new CEO to replace Giles Thompson, after the latter lost the battle with Peter V’Landys and walked the plank. Netball hey? That’s interesting. Let’s hope Andrew Jones (pictured at top) does a better job that his predecessor did, for despite the […]
This is race 4 at Townsville on Thursday. See the horse coming through the barrier early? It is hard to miss isn’t it? People saw it as clear as day. Not the Stewards. They missed it completely. Five of them, and a starter, and an assistant starter, and a vet, and three barrier attendants. Eleven […]
Nothing much other than the usual happened at the Mackay races yesterday. Chief Steward Cooke decided to sit on the interchange bench and let someone else chair the meet. The Chief Vet in the State Dr Martin Lenz decided to fly up to Mackay because he had nothing more important to do. Former QRIC Integrity […]
Late last week – in the wake of the much hush-hushed Nathan Day bribing the Starter to let him slip him a leadbag and the Clerk of the Scales to let him weigh in light scandal – the QLD Chief Steward (Thoroughbred) Mr Peter Chadwick laid down the law on overweight jockeys, and all power […]
