Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
Finally, belatedly, Racing Queensland have decided to send its Senior Track and Development Manager Marty Synan – the so said ‘guru’ – up to Rockhampton to do the job the RJC said he was supposed to do the whole time, which is mentor their inexperienced new track curator Kent Lean, who was hurled into the […]
I am not blaming individuals on the Rocky Jockey Club track staff for the failure to prepare a race ready surface for today’s meeting, for they didn’t appoint themselves. But you have to ask some major questions of the people that did, and of those who had responsibility for mentoring them and supervising and inspecting […]
A picture tells a thousand words. So this one of QRIC Chief Steward Josh Adams walking the track just before abandoning the Archer meeting today says it all. I’ve just spoken to two highly regarded professional track walkers and two jockeys who walk them twice a week before meetings, and none of them have ever […]
I am not far from alone in hating Saturday metropolitan meetings being run at provincial tracks, and today’s Hawkesbury card is the perfect example why they shouldn’t be allowed. The Hawkesbury track is officially rated a Good 4, which when a course proper is prepared to proper standards is generally regarded as the ideal surface […]
What the hell is going on with Shy Channel. Ballarat race 6 has got $34 000 in the win pool and is the 2nd leg of the quaddie with almost $220 000 in the pool. It is running a bit late due to a delay behind the barriers. So what does Sky do? The flick […]
Racing is a hyper critical game. Noel Callow made a very bad mistake and racially vilified a group of aboriginal Australians, and got punished heavily for it. The jockey they call the King got put out for 10 months, despite his efforts to remedy his wrongs by undertaking at his own expense courses to educate […]
The Sydney Cup’s status as a Group 1 race should be stripped. If this is an elite class affair then we are both monkey’s uncles. Show me a genuine Group 1 horse who has won the once prestigious two mile race in the past 20 years and I will show you a naked centrefold picture […]
Insider Trading? Is it true that after a spate of positive swabs being thrown by horses in the supposedly secure retention barn facility at Menangle used to house runners in big races for two days before they compete, Club Menangle and HRNSW have given up on using the facility and rented it out as stable […]
On the topic of poor race programming, there are only four thoroughbred race meetings today, one each in QLD, Victoria, NSW and WA. The key to maximizing wagering turnover is when possible to schedule your races ten minutes apart so that tote punters who get paid on the declaration of correct weight can collect and […]
Self-flagellation is the disciplinary and devotional practice of flogging oneself with whips or other instruments that inflict pain. Expressions of Interest (EOI) are invited from individuals wishing to be considered for appointment as an independent director of the Australian Turf Club (ATC). The board of the ATC, a company limited by guarantee, comprises seven directors; four directors elected […]
