Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
The Ipswich racecourse has been deluged with rain in the 24 hours up to yesterday, copping a downfall of 55m of water that has rendered the track as of 5.30pm yesterday a Heavy 10. Being built on a flood plain next to a river Ipswich doesn’t drain real fast. Racing QLD knowing this has postponed […]
The Q tracks were supposed to be the safest in the Southern Hemisphere, the panacea to cure all ills in greyhound racing. Sadly they have turned out to be anything but. More dogs are getting hurt and/or dying at the custom designed ‘safe’ circuits than were ever injured at Albion Park or Ipswich or any […]
You’d be smiling too if you tipped six winners in a row Who is this academic who tipped the Big 6 with single selections many readers are asking. We came across this rare piece of footage in the archives of the naked tipster Dr Georgia Whiting being interviewed by the ABC on the streets of […]
We are often critical of Racing QLD at its acting CEO Muz, but credit where credit is due. This initiative is a ripper. Hopefully one that will prevent talented young kids from falling by the wayside. Queensland Apprentice Jockey Program launches inaugural 2026 intake May 14, 2026 Racing Queensland has today launched its intake for the […]
The people in charge of running the QLD racing industry must be either masochists who enjoy feeling pain, or sadists who enjoy inflicting it on others, for what other reason could there be for some of the gallops programming decisions over the weekend? Do these people even know the geography of QLD, or understand the […]
It looks like only 6 jockeys will be attending the Battle of the Bush qualifier meeting at Cloncurry on Saturday, which is a shame for connections of the hopefuls in the big $250 000 race series, for at means at least 2 and maybe 3 of the entrants in the qualifier will have to be […]
A question has recently arisen about whether every greyhound trainer in QLD who employs staff are paying the requisite workers compensation premiums to ensure that these low paid workers are covered by insurance for lost wages, medical bills and possible disability payouts in the case of injury. The answer as far as we can ascertain […]
Finally, belatedly, Racing Queensland have decided to send its Senior Track and Development Manager Marty Synan – the so said ‘guru’ – up to Rockhampton to do the job the RJC said he was supposed to do the whole time, which is mentor their inexperienced new track curator Kent Lean, who was hurled into the […]
In our previous story we wrote that long serving track foreman Rob Burnell was mentoring the new Callaghan Park track manager Kent Lean. We based that on publicly available material, most of it published by the Rockhampton Jockey Club. Since then we have been informed that Rob Burnell resigned from his employment with the club […]
So the Rockhampton Jockey Club is once again blaming a sprinkler malfunction for the track being unsafe to race today for the Archer meeting. Yeah good. No doubt they will once again dive into the junk pile in the shed and pull out an old disused rusted valve like they did last time and blame […]
