Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
Almost $1 million in taxpayers’ money has been wasted on upgrades to an outback Queensland racetrack that remains unusable. The Central Warrego Race Club in Charleville was one of many regional racing organisations to receive track upgrade funding from the state government as part of the Country Racing Program. Bush racing is a beloved part of the […]
Since mid-2019 Racing Queensland has been involved in litigation against Tabcorp, seeking hundreds of millions of dollars that it claims the company has underpaid in taxes and fees on various agreements struck by the parties. On the strength of the evidence presented, RQ has generally been regarded as a short priced favourite to win the […]
One of the striking features of the new POC tax regime about to be introduced by the Queensland Government is that the 20% tax will be applied to winnings from bonus bets. A bonus bet has no real monetary value. It is a notional gift given to punters by a bookmaker as a reward for […]
TO: The Punters of Queensland FROM: A.J. Butterfly, Sportsman and User of a Calculator SUBJECT: The Great Rock ‘n Roll Funding Rip Off Punters, we’ve all been robbed. You are all getting excited about the massive injection of funds into racing now that we are going to get 80% of the Point of Consumption (POC) […]
Wayne Innes is a parasite, a conman, a fraudster and a thief. He stole hundreds of thousands of dollars from Racing Queensland by deception, and went to jail for it, which wasn’t the first time that the former corrupt copper had seen the inside of a cell. Innes is not only a racing thief, he […]
You can understand an outfit like Racing Queensland having one, or maybe two, lawyers on staff to deal with matters of legislative and contractual importance, but four? That’s weird. This was taken from the Racing Queensland website yesterday. I think it might be yet another of those clerical errors that seem to permeate the operations […]
There is nothing better than watching a race until the 200m mark only to have the screen go black, is there. After all, it is the service that we pay On The Bit Racing $300 000 a year to provide. A blank screen. The contract is up for tender at the moment. If this mob […]
This is a video of a jump out conducted somewhere in wretchedly unsafe circumstances, and without any regards for proper standards, jockey safety or animal welfare. For some reason the QLD government funded country race broadcaster On The Bit Racing – which is not run my Matt Peters, just ask him – has sought fit […]
The NSW Derby is one of the great races on the Australian harness calendar. The honour roll boasts named like Vincent, Lenny the Shark, Smolda, Elsu, Il Vicolo, Courage Under Fire, Westburn Grant, Rowleyella, Rufus Youngblood, Rip Van Winkle, Paleface Adios, Peak Hill, Lawn Derby. Stars one and all. This is a good horse’s race. […]
The cushion track at the Sunshine Coast is about as popular as Scomo. Yesterday there were a staggering 54 scratchings on the 8 race card, which has pretty much become the norm. The problem is this. Poly tracks were designed and invented to allow a course to race all year round regardless of the weather […]
