Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
Track guru Mick Goodie is one of the resources Racing Queensland has committed to helping the Ipswich Turf Club overcome problems with its track. Ipswich lost its fifth meeting in recent months on Wednesday. A track inspection found two small patches past the winning post were not suitable for racing. READ: Wednesday’s Ipswich meeting switched to Doomben […]
As is well known, prior to turning to race writing I was a trade union official for many years, quite a senior one too. I was good at what I did when I tried, which wasn’t all the time because I had undiagnosed PTSD and it interfered with my senses. But all in all I […]
Brissythoughbreds is spot on. South-East Queensland racing is a circus. $30 Million has been spent on rebuilding Ipswich, and they can’t even race on a Soft 5 track. We have been telling you about the problems with the course proper since the day the track reopened, and time and time again our warnings have proven […]
This feature story produced by Racing Queensland about International Women’s Day and republished by the Albion Park CEO Scott Steele on the club’s website appeared six months after he – Steele – had been arrested and bailed on charges of rape. The Chairman of the Clun knew, because it was his brother. Racing Queensland knew, […]
6.5 ENFORCEMENT Where any entity or person is knowingly in breach of this Policy, RQ may take the following actions available to it under the Act, the Rules of Racing or RQ’s other legal rights: If the person or entity in breach is a Licensed Club: Issue a control body direction under s.82(3) of the […]
1. BACKGROUND This Policy is made under s.102(1)(b) of the Racing Act 2002 (Qld) (“the Act”), which authorises the Racing Queensland Board (“RQ”), as the control body for all codes of racing in Queensland, to make policies for good management. 2. POLICY NAME This policy is named the No Fault Stand Down Policy (“Policy”) and […]
On Wednesday CEO Brendan Parnell’s team at Racing Queensland decided in their infinite wisdom to transfer Sunday’s scheduled turf meeting at the Sunshine Coast to the poly track, in a single second slashing the already decimated by corporate bookie industrial action wagering turnover on the meeting in half. The reason given was that after an […]
We have attempted to reason with the corporates by flagging potential changes to the race field fees when they come up for renewal next year. Brendan Parnell, CEO Racing QLD The reality is they (the Corporate bookmakers) have secretly pushed through these changes, with zero consultation with anyone other than Tabcorp. It is based on […]
Thangool is a two pub town with a primary school, a post office, a servo, an aerodrome, and a population of 741, about the same as Lancaster Rd that runs along the entrance to Eagle Farm, or maybe a little less. It’s also got a really good racetrack, one of the best in the district, […]
To the best of my knowledge there are 4, maybe 5 mobile starting barrier vehicles available for use in harness racing in QLD – 1 at Marburg, 1 or 2 at Redcliffe, and 2 at Albion Park. On the 25th of January this year Racing Queensland paid a company named Carey Industrial the seemingly incredible […]
