Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
The Apprentices Cup was held at Gatton yesterday. This time honoured race is a big deal for the kids, who get to pit their skills against each other head to head in a race unencumbered by senior jockeys, in a battle against their peers. It’s a bit like your own child’s school graduation ceremony. It’s […]
Has the world gone mad? Or has Racing Queensland? RQ is a Statutory Body set up under State Government legislation. It is run by a board comprised of members appointed by the Government. All of its functions, including the parameters of its financial management and operations, are regulated by Government instruments. It reports to the […]
There is a huge problem in regional Queensland with the current shortage of jockeys. Everyone knows it, but no-one wants to fix it, or alternatively they don’t know how. Only 6 jockeys turned up to ride at the Mt Isa meeting yesterday. As a result 6 horses on the 6 race card had to be […]
Racing Queensland is paying a company named On The Bit Racing a staggering six-figure sum to act as broker to arrange live streams of non-TAB races on the internet. It is a noble idea that we all wanted to see happen, but they are wasting their time. On The Bit used to be a community […]
A few questions. How does it cost $600 000 to remediate a hundred year old red dirt track that my Dad and Ben Currie’s both used to ride work on when they were 12? Why would the contract to remediate a dirt track go to a company called Global Turf Solutions when there isn’t a […]
I was looking through the contract disclosure list that Racing Queensland are required by law to publish each year, and found a few contracts of interest. Here are some of them. I will show you some more tomorrow. $7.02 million to Martin Collins Australia to build us another useless synthetic track at Caloundra. Martin Collins […]
