Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
An ancient apprentice-master agreement uncovered by archaeologists digging up the site of Winx’s four Cox Plate wins. Agreements like this don’t exist anymore. That’s because in the 21st century they are illegal, just like wage theft is illegal Last week we wrote a story explaining our belief that the 25% of apprentice jockeys earnings from […]
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We have often been critical of the quality of the replays of non-TAB races provided by Racing Queensland’s contractor Regional Cast, and with good reason too, for a lot of the time its tres ordinaire indeed. That is why today’s coverage of the races at Cloncurry was such a pleasant surprise. The replays of the […]
There were 21 horses scratched from the 5 race card at Cloncurry on Saturday because there were no-one there to ride them. Only five jockeys turned up to the meeting. Every rider earned a minimum of $1655 in fees and percentages. Two of them earned around two grand. It’s bloody good money for a day’s […]
peterprofit.com welcomes the news of the appointment of journalist and Racing QLD executive manager of Communications and Corporate Affairs Richard Goodbody as the replacement for Andrew Kelly in the role of CEO of Harness Racing Australia. We don’t know a lot about Richard, but those who have worked with him at RQ and at the […]
For the second year in a row the returns from Queensland greyhound racing have markedly outstripped that of the other two codes, with this year’s $54.5 million profit taking the code’s net earnings over the past two years to almost $100 million, a remarkable result given that the sport has total revenues of less than […]
When is the last time you evert saw a 2-horse race at a metro meeting on a Saturday run on a Good 4 track? How about never, until yesterday. There were eight accepted starters for race 1 at Eagle Farm, a Maiden run over the distance of 2406m. Six of them were scratched, leaving the […]
Murdoch KC is back on his feet to sum up the QRIC’s case. He says that this is an important case. The recordings of Callow’s conduct have gone viral he says, not only in Australia but across the world. The Magic Man tells us that racing is under attack from activists determined to shut the […]
We have been able to confirm that Jeff McKay the trackwork rider who was suspended for 9 months for lodging fraudulent medical clearances for the past 3 years is one and the same as the Jeff McKay who at the time of his fraudulent rule breaking was employed by Racing Queensland as an Industry Educator […]
Hot on the heels of racing medical clearance fraudster Liam Sharrock being disqualified for 9 months for submitting false doctor’s reports for the past 3 years. we now have another bloody idiot who has been done for the same thing. Like Sharrock, licensed trackwork rider Jeffrey McKay also submitted doctored copies of his 2021 medical […]
