Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
I have a question for you. In these long overdue woke days of gender fluidity, catfishing, gaslighting, smiley winking weird yellow balls sent to you by text, hash tags, snapchats, tattoos, idiots on reality shows and all that jazz, why is the Oaks worth $300 000 less to the winner than the Derby? Aren’t girls […]
Racing Queensland published the wrong race times for the Thangool meeting yesterday. Someone stuffed up and listed them in daylight saving time. Queensland doesn’t have daylight saving. It operates on Eastern Daylight Time, which is where the clock runs normal, not an hour ahead. Of course no-one from either RQ or the QRIC double checked […]
We have been writing for some time now about the terrible standard of Stewarding in Central Queensland since Ben Cooke assumed the Chief Steward role in December last year, and we have been doing so not because we hold any beef against the chief – we don’t – but simply because what we are saying […]
There are a number of punters blowing up about the way the last race at Doomben yesterday was run, and claiming that two of the three Gollan trained runners set it for the third, the winner Ulysses. The claim is that Rock Amore and Academy deliberately went forward and put on the pace so that […]
In a statement released by Racing Victoria on Friday, the industry says it has asked the Racing Integrity Commissioner to: • Create the chance for historic victims of physical or sexual abuse, assault or harassment, to report concerns and complaints to someone independent of the racing industry and to access support services as required; • […]
We have been writing about Gerald Ryan and his sick abuse of young racing participants for a long time. Not once have we taken a backward step, and nor should we. Call it for what it is has been our attitude. Gerald Ryan is a paedophile. We know this because we are friends with a […]
Queensland horse trainer David Reynolds, who is facing a number of criminal charges for serious offences, has had his appeal against the suspension of his license dismissed on internal review by the QRIC. It is the right decision. What is of huge concern is that Reynolds has reportedly been telling people that it his intention […]
You may remember the case of Norm Loy, the country gallops trainer who was last year disqualified for three months after the following comment on his Facebook page about the then NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian: “You are the biggest fucking moron Gladys Berefucklien. How can you lockdown an entire state you stupid fucking mole. All […]
Queensland’s thoroughbred Chief Steward Peter Chadwick doesn’t seem to know which way is up. The official Steward’s Report states clearly that jockey Nathan Day was disqualified for 9 months in relation to the ‘incident’ that occurred at Callaghan Park involving the Clerk of the Scales. Disqualification means that Day cannot participate in the racing industry […]
A reader sent this to us in response to our story about Nathan Day being handed down a 9-month disqualification for reasons unknown It’s checked and correct. —————————————————————————- N Day provided money to Wally Welburn (clerk of the scales) and Trent Williams (racecourse manager) for unknown reasons, but noting that Wally has been well known […]
