Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
Our Brisbane correspondent sent us this report of the J. Taylor appeal hearing today …. Introductions. Piece of paper handed to chairman. Chairman sets aside stewards decision and replaced with a Not Guilty verdict. Before a word of evidence is even heard. Thank you linesmen, thank you ball boys. J Murdoch KC wins by first-round […]
As you can see in our story republished below, in July last year jockey Isabella Teh was hit with a 26 day suspensionafter being found guilty of causing interference in a race at Townsville that resulted in rider K.Quilty suffering a fall. Teh lodged an appeal but it never got heard, for after realising that […]
A funny thing happened after we published out story yesterday about Racing Queensland having accepted NSW trainer Brett Cavanough’s nomination to race his galloper Burdekin for the Battle of the Bush qualifier on the weekend, even though the horse was ineligible to run under the conditions of the race. Within hours Burdekin’s nomination had disappeared. […]
Once upon a time the jockeys who rode in central Queensland lived in central QLD, but a combination of cheap air fares and a diminishing pool of riders in the country changed all that. Now days a large bulk of the jockeys riding in the region are mercenaries from Brisbane or one of the coasts, […]
For reasons as yet unexplained Gemma Steele’s appeal against her penalty for failing to weigh in after a race at Bundy has been cancelled. Our proposition about there being a requirement under the rules to engage or employ a Clerk of the Scales will have to live to be argued another day.
We am not quite sure why every racing licensee who is forced to face the QCAT or the Racing Appeals Panel doesn’t contact us for a bit of free advice first, for we are rarely wrong. This morning we tipped that George Sitek would get off his conviction of a breach of AR228(b) if he […]
‘Gorgeous’ George Sitek has a hurdle to get over if he is any chance of winning his matter before the QLD Racing Appeals Panel this morning, that hurdle being the the delay in the lodgment of his appeal. Under the standard operating procedures appeals have to be lodged within 3 business days of the incident […]
There is a potentially interesting matter going before the QLD Racing Appeals Panel on Monday. It’s jockey Gemma Steele’s appeal against a $200 fine issued to her for failing to weight in after a race at Bundaberg last Saturday week. It is an unusual one, for Steele’s horse finished 5th and due to its placing […]
Queensland jockey Dale Evans has lost his appeal against his 6 month suspension for placing more than 2000 bets through accounts with corporate bookies. Given Evans appalling track record of suspensions, disqualifications and criminal offences of fraud committed to get money for the punt that’s no great shock at all, because he got off very […]
Archie Re your story yesterday. I think Glenda Bell (pictured at top) can seek an appeal. Section 241 of the Racing Integrity Act – person affected by an original decision – confers the right on her. Elton I rarely disagree with our regular correspondent Elton, for he has a good grasp on the rules of […]
