Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
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 […]
Are we in some parallel universe or something? How else do you explain yesterday’s Doomben Stewards Report? https://www.racingqueensland.com.au/racing/full-calendar/thoroughbred/meeting/doom/20260207/stewards-report The summary says that Jag Guthmann-Chester (JGC) was injured or ill after race 1, and required a medical certificate prior to resuming riding. But the report of the race mentions nothing at all about the injury/illness. Not […]
Brisbane jockey Kyle Wilson-Taylor got into some sort of verbal fracas with fellow rider Jag Guthmann-Chester after race 3 at Doomben yesterday. We have no idea what is was about, because the Stewards Report doesn’t tell us (see story above). All that it is possible to glean is that KWT didn’t cop the blame. Then […]
See the horse in the middle in this race at Leopardstown in Ireland last night. The one in the sky blue and yellow. Did the jockey make a real bad mistake? Or did he pull it up? I dunno. You tell me.
When Pilate saw that he was getting nowhere, but that instead an uproar was starting, he took water and washed his hands in front of the crowd. “I am innocent of this man’s blood,” he said. “It is your responsibility!” Matthew 27:24 The now dead Ponzi scamming pillar of society John Adams would have loved this biblical quote, […]
