Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
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 […]
I never cease to be astounded about the massive contradiction between the devout faith in racing integrity espoused by the people who run the three codes in this State, and the records of people employed or licensed in Queensland under their rigorous regulatory watch. Here are just a few off the top of my head. […]
It’s lucky King Charlie’s not riding at the track in the town named after him We have been writing about the problems with the million dollar redeveloped track at Charleville for more than a year now, and judging by the Stewards report from the meeting there on Saturday not much has changed. The sand track […]
For the past few months we have been telling anyone who will listen that the Bundaberg greyhound track is unsafe and presents a danger to racing animals, and backed our assertions up with facts and figures about injuries sustained by dogs at the course, particularly on the turns. Racing Queensland and the QRIC agree, and […]
Racing Queensland’s annual report released last week reveals that turnover on thoroughbred racing declined by $500 million over the past 12 months, with code revenue for the gallops falling by $26 million for the year. Despite the reduced income the thoroughbred code still managed to return a profit after expenses of $13.5 on TAB meetings, […]
Three cheers to the track staff at the Gold Coast who took over from the ‘guru of grass’ Nevesh Ramdhani. They’ve done a great job to get the turf track fixed and back up and firing. It played fair all day. The times were fast. Every horse had an even chance. No-one slipped or slid. […]
New amendments to the local rules of greyhound racing introduced yesterday by Racing Queensland have made owning a dishlicker a whole lot more difficult than it was the day before. The new rules place a strict onus on owners to rehome their greyhound, or to cause the greyhound to be rehomed to an appropriate home, […]
Not exactly sure where the frogs are but I presume they live in the brick pit pond, where the water is. The brick pit is an excavation about a 100m drop below the surrounding land, the brick pit walk is an elevated walk that goes out over space across the pit. Access to the pit […]
