Do You Reckon if My Horse Misses the Start in the Third Leg of the Quaddie it Can Get a Run in the Last?
You’d have to think so. After all, official trials and jump outs are run under the same rules of racing. Rafferty’s rules. Or none at all.
Tom Wore a Rasberry Beret – But He Lost the Receipt
There is something rather curious about the 2020/21 annual report and financial accounts of the Cairns Jockey Club. Well a few things really. The first is that some directors of the club – namely Greg Stanton and Scott Carpenter – provide in kind (i.e. free) professional services to the club in their field of calling, […]
At Long Last – QCAT and Internal Review Gone in 2022 – Queensland to Introduce New Racing Appeals Panel
For years now everyone has known that the current racing appeals system in Queensland is broken and needs urgent repair. The ‘independent’ Internal Review system is a bad joke, with the reviewer not being independent at all, but rather an employee of the QRIC who can be hired and fired by the Commissioner, and as […]
Government Release re Racing Appeals Panel
Palaszczuk Government acts on Racing industry concerns The Palaszczuk Government makes no excuses for its reforms to protect the integrity of Queensland’s $1.2 billion racing industry. Further industry consultation throughout 2021, highlighted the need for a Racing Appeals Panel independent of the Queensland Racing Integrity Commission (QRIC). This new independent Racing Appeals Panel will replace all current internal reviews and the majority of QCAT appeals. Minister for Racing, Grace Grace said “We have long shared industries concerns with […]
The Biggest Dog at the Track’s Evidence Falls in a Hole
I have written many times about the former Balmain winger, corrupt NSW cop, fraudster, thief, con-man, convict, liar, lag and all round shitman Wayne Innes, and anyone who has read my stories knows that I hold this man who made cowardly threats against me and my family and then went to water when fronted in […]
The Rain Came Down, the Floods Came, and the Wind Blew – No They Didn’t, A Government-Funded State Principal Racing Authority Just Totally Stuffed it All Up
Everyone therefore who hears these words of mine, and does them, I will liken him to a wise man, who built his house on a rock. The rain came down, the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat on that house; and it didn’t fall, for it was founded on the rock. Everyone who […]
Does Racing Integrity Mean Anything at All Anymore?
Melbourne racing can at times be a joke. Saturday was one of those times. I guess it was always going to be really. After all, how can you run the Sandown Cup at Caulfield and expect people to take you seriously? It’s impossible. Working out how Dragon Storm managed to turn its form around from […]
Exclusive – The Jungle Beat is That Saint Pete VL’s Leaving Racing, Marc Van Gestel is Getting His Job, and Wade Birch is Taking His
Sounds strange doesn’t it? Perhaps it is. But that is the mail coming out of level 7, 51 Druitt Street, Sydney today. The word is that PVL has been told it is either footy or racing, pick one but he can’t have both. He has picked footy they say. Those who say it claim that […]
Some Protests Just Have to Be Upheld
Sometimes protest decisions are controversial. This one wasn’t. The past the post winner is in the green. The horse that ran second, and was subsequently promoted on protest, is in the red and white. The margin was a short head.
Breaking News – NSW Racing Appeals Tribunal Grants Trainer Norm Loy a Stay Pending Appeal – We Hear Certain People Named Peter Are Not Happy At All
In September Racing NSW suspended trainer Norm Loy’s license for 3 months for conduct prejudicial to the interests of racing after comments critical of then NSW Premier Glady Berejiklian that he made on his personal Facebook page were brought to the attention of the authorities by a rat. At the time many, including this website, […]