Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
Former champion North Queensland jockey Ian Toward has called in to tell us that we and the ABC are wrong about Fabs Cowboy equaling the record for most wins by a horse in the State when the great bush galloper racked up his 52nd race victory last week at Mt Isa. According to the man […]
The st0ry being cast about regarding the horrible state of the Gold Coast track on Saturday is that a mistake was made whereby not enough water was placed on the course proper in the days leading into the meeting, resulting in the problems that the turf surface displayed on the day. Quite frankly I reckon […]
We have been telling you since December that the Gold Coast track is Friar Tucked. It gives us no pleasure at all to be proven right. How does a brad new multi-million dollar track throw up like this? Because it hasn’t constructed properly and is rooted, that’s how. The track looked like a cow paddock, […]
Finally after all these years, a decade or more after everyone else did, Racing QLD has introduced a computer package that stores licensees training records online. Being so far behind the times is hardly cause for applause in usual circumstances, but RQ CEO Jason Scott deserves a clap for finally rectifying the inactions of his […]
New Zealand Racing has a specialized program to attract overseas apprentice riders to come over to live there and learn their trade by riding in the country. A prospective apprentice must have achieved a score of 5.5 on their International English Language Testing System (IELTS) exam, which is compulsory to sit and means that they […]
Some wags who were watching the Cairns races with me yesterday are saying that the inquiry into the incident after the 9th race is about how the Racing Queensland website has Fanciful Mr Fox being ridden by Graham Kliese and finishing 5th, when we all saw that is was actually Lacey Morrison who booted the […]
What do you do when a meeting with Poly goes awry and has to be called off? Why, schedule another one of course. Next week’s meeting’s been transferred from the turf to Poly too. She may be shunned by most, but Poly’s obviously the pin-up girl at RQ headquarters at Deagon. Perhaps they can pay […]
Last night we asked the hard questions about the state of the Gold Coast track, and lo and behold this morning track manager Nevesh Ramdhani goes on radio to talk about it. A Cautious Approach, Or a New $63 Million Track With Major Problems? – Another New Twist in the Gold Coast Saga Sadly however […]
Racing QLD CEO Jason Scott yesterday announced that the Gold Coast will not race again on the recently laid multi million dollar course proper until the QTIS Jewels meeting on the 9th of March. That will mean that the highly expensive new turf surface will have been out of action for almost two months since […]
What the hell is going on with the new mega multi-million track at the Gold Coast? They raced on it once on the 9th of December, and then twice in early January for the Magic Millions meeting, where quite a lot of questions were asked about the quality of the surface, particularly on the big […]
