Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
The applications have only just closed and the interview process is yet to begin, but the rolled gold mail is that former Gold Coast schoolboy from The Southport School (TSS) turned Bond Boy Mr Josh Blanksby is $1.20 and firming to step into Brendan Parnell’s shoes by being appointed as the next Racing Queensland CEO. […]
Scott Steele is the controversial CEO of Albion Park who is currently stood down as a result of pressure from the Racing Minister, after she became aware that he is presently on bail after being charged the year before last with rape and sexual assault charges involving two separate young woman victims who were racing […]
Here are three different perspectives on the King of the Mountain at Toowoomba. The first two are from readers. The last is my own. Isn’t it wonderful that we live in a democracy? We truly are the lucky country. You are spot on, King Of The Mountain was a belated Christmas gift to the local […]
Well, you could say you’re PeterSay you’re PaulDon’t put me up on your bedroom wallCall me king of the mountain They ran the much vaunted $750 000 King of the Mountain slot race at Toowoomba last night, For all it was worth they might as well just have run it in some wheat farmer’s back […]
Paddy Busuttin is a world renowned horse trainer famous for the deeds of his durable stayer Castletown, and at age just 68 or 69 he’s a whole lot younger than you probably imagined too. Busuttin would be be a great mentor to aspiring QLD trainers who attend the Racing QLD Academy, if it were not […]
Wayne Innes – the bloke with the phone to his ear in the picture above – is a twice jailed fraudster, conman and thief who received a reduced sentence in return for becoming a police informant and wearing a wire to send Paul Pisasale and a bunch of other Ipswich Council employees to jail. That […]
The Racing QLD staff must all be on holidays. But how they do they take acceptances if they are? Surely the 24/7 QRIC have told them about their smashing in the Supreme Court at the hands of lawyer Tim Fuller and Alligator Al. Haven’t they? Fix the form guide RQ! I’m trying to punt here.
Racing Queensland is seeking a dynamic, commercially astute and energetic Chief Executive Officer to lead its organisation into the future. As the Principal Racing Authority for the three codes of racing in Queensland – thoroughbreds, greyhounds and harness – the successful candidate will oversee a $1.9 billion industry with more than 43,500 participants, 13,500 full-time […]
I like to swear, more for emphasis and to challenge boundaries than anything else, and to fit my literary character as the bloke sitting on the bar stool at the Geebung RSL shooting the shit with my mates about racing. But I write for a subscription website and all the readers are over 18. Ben […]
Tuesday 15 February 2005 – Steward knew ‘all about’ race fix Former jockey Danny Hobby has told an inquiry he believed steward Wayne Wood had “known all about” a 1980s race scandal in Western Australia where Hobby was paid to throw a race by jumping off his horse. The inquiry into alleged corruption in Queensland […]
