Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
That’s the final resting place of Kiwi, the last to first winner of the 1983 Cup who was bought as a stockhorse by gumboot wearing farmer, and was trained mustering sheep up and down steep hills. Kiwi is the horse who put The Pumper J.A. Cassidy on the map, and showed the whole world the […]
Bold Personality is one of the most famous names in Australian racing. Not because the galloper of that name was a champion. Because he ran as Fine Cotton in the famous Eagle Farm ring-in. And here he bobs up again, this time in harness at Redcliffe. Some names should be sacrosanct, his being one of […]
Cluden Park, a place like no other. Ain’t that the truth. The races in Townsville were abandoned today after a 40mm deluge of rain flooded the back straight. That’s the official story anyway, and in part it is true. After that amount of rain the track almost certainly wouldn’t have been safe to race on, […]
Kim Daly sat on the QLD Racing Review panel. No-one elected him. He was appointed by his childhood mate the Racing Minister. The review panel recommended huge changes to QRIC. QRIC employ the Stewards. And here Kim Daly is. How interesting. It’s only a rort if you are not in on it.
There has been a lot said written and said about the QRIC’s proposed changes to license conditions in QLD that will require dog trainers to have ten starters a year before they can get or keep one, and the Deputy Commissioner Kim Kelly has responded to letsgohorseracing to state his side of things. But no-one […]
The connections of the beaten horses in the under-distance Hobart Cup appear have no hope, particularly those of the second and third horses. The rules of racing permit protests within a 30-day window after the declaration of correct weight under certain circumstances. But a Chief Steward being made aware of an irregularity in the distance […]
Drenched to death? Why do so many Group 1 winning gallopers seem to be dying of colic lately? Could it have anything to do the drenches and drips they are being fed? Do as I say, not as I do You’d think the Australian Turf Club would have more things to worry about at the […]
Australian Turf Club staff face investigation over alleged pilfering of food and alcohol from function areas as the embattled organisation prepares for a crucial Supreme Court hearing. Peter Jenkins –Exclusive February 12, 2026 – 4:36PM A number of Australian Turf Club staff are under investigation over secret raids on racecourse function areas to allegedly pilfer […]
There are a number of Australians who are key note speakers at the Asian Conference this week in Saudi Arabia. These are they. Apologies to anyone we’ve missed. And BTW they are not really rogues, I was using jingoism for a cute headline. PS – Has anyone seen a real Kiwi? ——————————————————— Gillon McLachlan TABCORP […]
Those of us with long memories remember Mitch Faulkner (pictured) as an Armidale trot trainer/driver. He later became a gallops trainer in QLD. Faulkner wasn’t much good at either. As a person he is a whole lot worse. Last week in the Southport District Court he pleaded guilty to one count of possessing child exploitation […]
