Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
Racing Queensland confirms that a back-up race meeting has been programmed for the Polytrack at Sunshine Coast Turf Club on Sunday, March 22, in the event the club’s race meeting on its course proper on the day is unable to proceed. In the event there is a deluge of rain which causes the course […]
Leap To Fame’s popular owner Kevin Seymour AM has made number 220 on the Australian rich list announced today in the national newspaper. He still hasn’t cracked the billion though which is disappointing. Still and all you couldn’t be unhappy with $849 million and the greatest champion in Australian harness racing history, could you? Some […]
Gimme No Lies, and Keep Your Hands to Yourself Which horsewoman turned racing media manager associated with a speedster who won 16 races from 18 starts has lodged, or is about to lodge, a sexual harassment claim against a boss of a major yearling sales company, with the allegations being made said not to be […]
The hitherto healthy 4-year-old mare Overwatch returns to the mounting yard at Cluden Park on Sunday after running second last in a Maiden and drops dead. Gee that’s normal isn’t it? The Stewards panel chaired by D. Griffitths says the mare died of a cardiac arrest, aka a heart attack. But there is no record […]
Here is the guts of the Australian Turf Club v Racing decision in the Supreme Court. It’s extremely complicated, and I had to read it ten times or more before I understood it, so I have reduced it to the most simple term possible and and am using a mix of the Geebung dialect and […]
So Racing Minister Tim Mander has appointed the proud Sydney man Matthew McGrath, a member of the board of the Cronulla Sharks, as the Chairman of Racing Queensland? What next? Michael Ennis as coach of the Maroons? Nicho Hynes as Captain? Mad Sharks supported Scott Morrison as QLD Premier? Changing the State capital from Brisbane […]
A regional Queensland man with ties to the horse racing industry is on trial for the alleged repeated and years-long rape of two siblings under the age of seven. Legally, the man cannot be named to protect the identity of the children, who at the time of the alleged sexual offending, were his stepchildren. At […]
There are 10 nominations for race 1 at Mt Isa on Saturday. Trainer Tanya Perry has five, and trainer Shrub Royes has three. There are only 2 other acceptances, so without Royes and Parry there isn’t a field. Parry doesn’t declare a rider for 3 of her, Royes doesn’t declare a rider for 2. The […]
We are absolutely blessed in Australia to have such fantastic race callers, particularly so at the trots. Richard Bell in Perth is the Fortune Teller. Hill is a great judge of pace, tempo and form of what a horse can do, and regularly calls the winner up to 1000m out. Never misses a photo either. […]
Shithole of Dreams Isn’t NT racing flying? Not. They have a 5 card program in Darwin today. Four of the five races have only 5 runners. The other one has 7. Not an each-way paying the place on three runners to be seen. How good is that for turnover? Not at all. It’s lucky the […]
