Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
Mal Charlton (right), with great mate and driver Steven Doherty. Rest in peace. I was very sad to hear of the passing this week of Mal Charlton, a much loved and highly respected member of the Queensland trotting community. I only had the pleasure of meeting Mal a couple of times over the years at […]
One of Queensland’s prominent racing and construction identities is defending allegations from companies associated with his sister that he deliberately shortchanged the Tax Office almost $15 million by setting up labour hire firms to take the fall. Helga Bennett is a director of two labour hire firms suing her older brother, Gerhardt “Hoss” Heinrich, and […]
Brisbane has been smashed by rain and floods over the past week. What’s new? It always has been. People just forget. I was a kid in 1974 sitting on my grandpa’s knee at the top of the second level stairs, and the water was up to my ankles. Those like me who grew in the […]
The multi hundred thousand dollar live country racing broadcast vision contract handed on a platter to On The Bit Racing by Racing Queensland continues to return huge results for the people of both the city and the bush, as you can see by the outstanding vision at the top provided from yesterday’s Mt Isa meeting. […]
We recently wrote a series of stories in which we were highly critical of the Racing Queensland funded ‘broadcaster’ On The Bit Racing and its related entity the Queensland Country Racing Awards for nominating a licensee that both organisations were aware was facing serious criminal charges for their prestigious Queensland Country Trainer of the Year […]
What you see above are the Victorian TAB win pools on the Queensland gallops meetings held on the turf last Wednesday at Doomben (in the blue) and for the meeting held this Wednesday on the poly track at the Sunshine Coast (in the orange). The difference is stark, isn’t it? It is vividly clear that […]
The poly track at the Sunshine Coast is about to get its first big test. South-East Queensland is literally under water, with the heaviest rain seen for a long time lashing the coast from Gympie to the NSW border. The prospects of racing on any grass track on the weekend at this stage look mighty […]
We have had a couple of calls since we put up the story about Jaden Lloyd being allowed to claim 2 kilos off Hatchet’s weight when he replaced the over weight Ryan Maloney at the last minute in the $127 500 QTIS 3YO Handicap at Caloundra on Saturday, and most of them are saying that […]
The rule that is printed at the top of this page relates to the replacement of riders at race meetings, in situations where for whatever reason one jockey cannot meet their declared commitment to take the mount, and another jockey must ride it instead. The words in the rule are simple and clear – another […]
Barkaway Arnold is a cat. A nice cat, and one who tries his hardest too. But a cat nevertheless. He is 11 years old, and a pacer. Most pacers are well and truly retired at Barkaway Arnold’s age, but not him, because he is consistent. At his past ten starts Arnie has run 1.57.5, and […]
