Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
Presidential candidate Rebecca Conlan, competing in the Masters Games, with her mum Barb, who lived in the street behind my parents in Aspley before moving up north to the promised land The election for President of the Cairns Jockey Club will be decided today. It’s Tom Hedley v Rebecca Conlam. The old vs the new. […]
The animal activists hate greyhound racing, and they hate the hurdles too. Horses jumping over hurdles I mean. Dogs doing it would horrify them. It shouldn’t. All the experts say that the slower the racing, the safer the greyhound. When dogs have to fly over fences they slow down, and are slower to quicken up […]
There is no Stewards Report up yet, so we cannot say it for certain, but if the Tanya Parry trained galloper I’lltellyouafter isn’t dead this morning then I’m not here. It’s break down in the maiden yesterday at Richmond in Far North Western QLD was catastrophic. It brought tears to your eyes. How the mare […]
The Queensland Government has given us an update on The Next Lap, it’s plan for the future of racing in the Sunshine State. Basically the guts of it hold the phone. Here is what is happening, or for those who like firm, swift decisions isn’t. An ‘Oversight Committee’ full of public service bureaucrats is at […]
This above is the QRIC definition of an industry participant, as expressed in its newly released adverse weather policy. It’s bullshit in my opinion. If you watch the footy grand final that does mean you are an AFL or NRL participant? I don’t think so. Just like watching the 100m sprint final at the Olympics […]
The big news out of the north is that long time Cairns Jockey Club powerbroker Tom Hedley (above) is facing a challenge in the coming weeks for his position as club president, and it’s a formidable one too. Prominent local business woman and high achieving club committee member Rebecca Conlan (pictured at top) has thrown […]
Australia’s favorite punter David ‘Baldy Frolley’ has been to almost every race track in Australia, and declares that he will do them all before he dies, which gives him plenty of time to make it. But he will have to do it in new wheels. You see sadly Baldy’s old chariot carked it just before […]
The fringe dwelling Animal Justice Party has received disproportionate influence over the pat 4 years since its flagship politician Georgie Purcell, thanks to a preference swap deal, was elected as a member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly with just 1.5% of the primary vote. It won’t happen again. Purcell and her party are gonzo at […]
Accused fraudster Darren Wilson (left) with trainer Kelly Schweida, our man Wayne Innes mate. The plot gets thicker when it comes to the pork. We told you last week that prominent porcine producer Darren Wilson, the racing identity currently facing a raft of criminal charges in relation to his alleged financial dealings, was the father-in-law […]
The online abuse directed at jockey Tyler Leslight by other racing participants, and the threats made to him, are absolutely disgraceful and totally out of order. The Stewards failure to take action against those involved is too. We can reveal the names of those involved. Justin Hodges – who is not the footy player, but […]
