Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
Grubby Day tells the panel that he usually sweats in the spa at home, but Ewan being in the middle of nowhere (as he describes it) there were no facilities of that kind. So he had to go old school by wrapping himself in plastic and hitting the street to go for a run in […]
Justice O’Brien begins to deliver the Panel’s verdict. He starts by saying it is appropriate to read Grubby’s appeal submission in full. It’s much as we’ve already reported. O’Brien then launches into the Stewards decision to charge Grubby and find him guilty. He explains that Grubby doesn’t have to prove himself innocent, the onus is […]
Despite suffering a $20 million decline in wagering revenue in the past year as part of a national trend, Peter V’Landys oft criticized micro-management of Racing NSW finances has steered the organization to record a bumper profit of $12.6 million for the 2023/24 financial year. And he’s done while increasing prizemoney by $36 million at […]
We can’t find any record of Grubby Day having been suspended in the past month, so you can only assume that this is appeal into an unpublished penalty that he has been issued for disappearing from the Ewan races last month when officials with human swab kits turned up on course. It will be interesting […]
This looks like being the summer of North Queensland racing’s discontent if the rumors coming out of Cluden Park about the Townsville Turf Club’s financial problems are true, which our sources inside the TTC inner sanctum assure us they are. The club’s recorded a million dollar loss for the year we’re told, which is an […]
The appeal hearing resumes, and as per the usual practice Justice O’Brien delivers the verdict. We get the preamble first explaining the background of the matter. Reminder this is an appeal on penalty only, that penalty being a 3 week suspension. O’Brien reads out Cain’s submission that he felt Kerr was placing him in danger, […]
Supplementary From Redcliffe 4 September 2024 Race 7 Hearing 10 September 2024 Albion Park Stewards Room Stewards Panel S Shinn (Chair), W Barr, A Dowsett Stewards today inquired into the actions of Leonard Cain, driver of Three Machs, in race 7 at Redcliffe on 4 September 2024. After taking evidence from Mr Cain and viewing […]
Lenny Cain has rocked up with former trot driver turned lawyer Scott Neaves as his representative. Steve Shinn is representing the Stewards and Wayne Kelly is there as lawyer for the QRIC. The panel is Justice O’Brien, Juanita Maiden and Daryl Kays, who I must say is looking well. Cain is here to appeal a […]
Shinn is rambling and raving now. QRIC’s lawyer Kelly gives him a prod and tells him to shut up. Shinn shuts up. Panel member Maiden pipes up and asks for the race vision to be replayed so Cain can point out where exactly Kerr’s horse ran up onto him. The footage doesn’t help Cain a […]
The annual performance report of the still relatively new QLD Racing Appeals Panel has been released, and I must say that on every level the Panel has proven to be a huge success. 42 applications were decided in the past year. All bar 1 of them were completed on time. Of the 42 determined applications, 18 […]
