Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
Pop’s crying too. We all are. Bring It Home Pop was a very good galloper who won 7 races and $460 000, and ran 4th in the BJ McLachlan at the age of 2. I am told by all her friends that the horse’s owner Natalie Lee was even better, as a person, a wife, […]
If there was only 1 steward at the Chinchilla races yesterday, why were there 2 stewards – one Tony Preston, another his offsider – at the phantom meeting held at Quilpie after the actual meeting was abandoned on Thursday due to the state of he track after the town received some much welcome and long […]
So if the NSW Government doesn’t cough up the $800 million that it promised for the upgrade of Accor Stadium (formerly Stadium Australia), and now wants to renege on because the COVID-19 bill for vaccines that didn’t work is so big, then St Peter of V’landys is going to turn the NRL Grand Final into […]
I spoke to you in whispers As shells made the ground beneath us quake We both trembled in that crater A toxic muddy bloody lake I spoke to you and pulled your ears To try and quell your fearful eye As bullets whizzed through the raindrops And we watched the men around us die I […]
Brad Stewart appealed a 14 day suspension. It was a good idea at the time. He lost. The internal reviewer upped his spell to 19 days. Not that it matters. Stewart will seek an external review by QCAT and have a stay by tomorrow. Come time for his next overseas holiday he will withdraw the […]
Queensland country racing is in the doldrums. We have few trainers, even less horses, bugger all prizemoney, and huge overheads. Peterprofit.com has a plan to revive it, and make it great again. This is the plan, or a rough sketch of it to start. Background There were were 5 country meetings run in the Central […]
The two judges at yesterday’s Gladstone meeting were the club President Dave Weinhert, and club committee man David Thomsen. Under the Rules of Racing race day judges are engaged and employed by Racing Queensland or the QRIC. Both are Government bodies, and as such must advertise all employment vacancies, even casual ones. There are reasons […]
Some horses just love certain tracks. Luthers Luck loved Sandown, and won a million races there in the 1980’s. Zipping adored the god forsaken joint too. Chief De Beers and Doomben went hand in glove, and he couldn’t win anywhere else. Remember Mary’s not a name you’d usually put alongside those three top liners, but […]
There is something about race 2 at Mudgee that set off my rort radar. This race just isn’t quite right. The winner was backed from $61 into $6.50. Every time it firmed the top weight whose price was hovering around the $3.50 mark did too. Then started to blow like a gale and drifted out […]
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 […]
