Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
The reports of my death are greatly exaggerated – Mark Twain Namazu is not dead! Praise be for that. Trainer Ricky Vale and owner Pav Cheimrdinov have separately contacted us this morning to let us know that although their great galloper suffered a serious and career-ending injury during the race at Rockhampton yesterday, they are […]
Saturday’s fatal fall at Innisfail that resulted in the death of the horse Ancient Song and serious injury to apprentice jockey Mel Campbell might never have happened but for a series of systemic failures. For the purpose of preventing a repeat of Saturday’s tragedy these failures need to be identified and addressed. This is not […]
Racing Queensland’s decision to recommence racing at Redcliffe before the new $6 million LED lights were connected to the power probably wasn’t the brightest idea in the world was it? The comeback meeting on the triangle had to be cancelled before a single race was run. The power on the old lights went out, and […]
We predicted that there would be 17 scratchings from the Mt Isa meeting due to no jockey being available to ride them, but we were wrong. There were actually 21. Jockey Jason Hoopert unfortunately had a fall in the first and had to be taken to hospital, so given there were no riders to take […]
There are five races at Mt Isa today. The field sizes are 8, 9, 9, 9, and 12. The problem is that only six jockeys are set down to ride at the meeting. That means that there will be 17 late scratchings from the meeting for want of a rider. This should have been totally […]
Former Racing Queensland CEO Brendan ‘Pins’ Parnell talks a good game. So he should, for he is a former polished presenter. You want a fact, Pins has got it. Want some buzz words? He has that too. Pins is also a genius at talking himself up, and backing his boasts with stats. How huge company […]
There are 46 acceptances for Saturday’s race meeting at Mt Isa. 32 of the acceptors are trained by one person, Tanya Parry. Parry trains: 6 of the 8 runners in Race 1 6 of 9 in Race 2 3 of 8 in Race 3 Each the 9 out of 9 starters in Race 4 8 […]
In a highly unusual move made in the wake of the controversy surrounding the Albany Racing Club’s finances and the club CEO’s arrest on fraud charges, Racing and Wagering Western Australia (RWWA) has imposed strict conditions on the club’s continued license to operate and hold race meetings. The conditions, imposed for a 12 month period […]
Broadcaster Ray Hadley has been on Scott Steele’s case for long enough to get his facts right, but still he hasn’t and it does him no credit at all. That was proven yesterday when Hadley had another go at Steele – and indeed the whole management of the three codes of racing in Queensland – […]
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 […]
