Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
What does Toowoomba trainer Kylie Geran’s FB post about Kobie O’Brien mean? Isn’t he only temporarily absent from everyone’s favorite racehorse syndicator while he deals with an emergent personal issue? Doesn’t read like it does it? Which 64-year-old trot trainer from Toolern Vale is said to be under investigation by HRV for sexual harassment of […]
The QLD Forfeit List is a record of defaulters on debts owed to Racing QLD. Anyone whose name appears on the list is treated the same as a disqualified person, meaning that they cannot ride, train, own or race horses; are barred from entering any race track; and cannot associate with licensed persons for purposes […]
It is during the last race meeting at Saratoga, and one evening I am standing out under the elms in front of the Grand Union Hotel thinking what a beautiful world it is, to be sure, for what do I do in the afternoon at the track but grab myself a piece of a 10-to-l […]
Isn’t it good to see the QLD Stewards hard at work with their feet up writing the race day reports? Nathan Thomas didn’t ride the Cup winner at the Cairns amateurs, but he did manage to pick up two careless riding suspensions in the one day, which is a pretty good achievement. Did the trainer […]
Malcolm Turnbull had only been recently elected when Zumikon kicked off his racing career in February 2o16. Since that time the until Saturday afternoon 11-year-old had won 9 races from his 58 starts in an injury plagues career that once saw him spend 2 1/2 years off the track before coming back to win in […]
Was that the long-forgotten trot media identity Marshall Dobson seen entering the caretaker’s cottage at the Redcliffe Paceway with a suitcase under his arm? Why is Dobson seemingly holidaying just a half hours drive away from his home without his wife? Will John Paul Langroek give his good mate Dobson a media advisor gig when […]
Take a look at the Rockhampton jump out winner in the picture above. Do you reckon that’s a chestnut filly by the name of Rosedale Miss? Or could it have been it’s stablemate Greylist, a grey gelding that won the first race at Mackay last Thursday week after being backed from $26 into $6? Note […]
A few years back we wrote a story, based on information received from what we regarded as credible sources, about a licensed Victorian trainer/driver having been accused of sexually assaulting a minor. Based on what we had been told, we formed an immediate emotive based conclusion that the licensee was guilty of the matters accused, […]
James McDonald may be only 32 years of age, which is an incredibly young age to be considered an immortal, but if he is not the next jockey inducted into the Australian Racing Hall of Fame at the annual ceremony being held in October this year then I will eat my leg. McDonald has ridden […]
Which racing chief is soon t0 become the next to go? Is the bloke starting to get used to being punted, after his wife won the first? The owner of which world’s richest pace winner is said to have got set at $71 in early markets for the Eureka? He’s said to have kept backing […]
