Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
When is the last time you saw 50 horses scratched from a meeting, when all of them could have got a run? You have today at the Sunshine Coast in Queensland, at the meeting moved to the poly track there from the Gold Coast due to the rain soaking the state’s south-east. There were 115 […]
I’m on a mission to dig up the truth You think we’re stupid and there’s no proof Well let me tell you that the time has come To pull the trigger on the smoking gun Lies lies lies lies lies lies lies I’m on a mission to bring out the facts You got your stories […]
Greyhound racing, most impressively, is now contributing almost a quarter of a million dollars in economic value to the State. Brendan ‘Pins’ Parnell, CEO Racing Queensland. Um, no Pins. $245 million is a quarter of billion mate, not 1/4 of a million. Do you want me to buy you a calculator for Xmas? Or would […]
This is the Stewards rear footage of the run down the back straight and the home straight in the first race at Ipswich yesterday. Tracks don’t throw up like this when it hasn’t rained for a week. Not properly constructed ones that cost a good part of $26 million. What the hell is going on […]
Four desk jockeys pose for the cameras dressed as builders, pretending to look like they know what they are doing You can’t make a silk purse out of a sow’s ear – ancient truism Over the past 3 years Racing Queensland has spent $26.4 million on redeveloping the long trouble plagued Ipswich racecourse. That’s a […]
Well I am buggered if I know why every good jockey in Australia doesn’t move to Mt Isa. After all, you get to ride 5 horse a week and earn a grand, live in the sort of suffocating heat that killed Burke and Wills, eat crap food and drink in pubs with bogans, live out […]
I was trying to watch my mate Battling Benny’s horse run in the first at Thangool today on the six-figure RQ live stream provided by On The Bit. I dunno how Battling’s horse went. But gee that bloke had a nice hat.
During the running of a race a driver shall not shout loudly, or make any improper noise Harness Racing Rule AHR.162(1)(t) Harness Racing Authorities shall not waste money promoting imbecilic race series that reduce wagering revenue while quadrupling costs The Reverend Archie Butterfly What’s all that bloody noise? Are they racing pigs now? Mrs Mango, […]
From 1 May 2021, the Australian Rules of Racing will prohibit: the possession of injectable products containing cobalt salts; and the administration of cobalt salts by injection. These bans are set out in new rules AR 252A (possession) and AR 254A (administration). Penalties apply for failure to comply with these rules. Racing Australia reiterates its […]
Queensland country racing is in the doldrums. We have few trainers, even less horses, bugger all prizemoney, and huge overheads. Peterprofit.com has a plan to revive it, and make it great again. This is the plan, or a rough sketch of it to start. Background There were were 5 country meetings run in the Central […]
