Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
As most racing folk know, trainer Desleigh Forster was recently disqualified for using a stock whip to force one of her horses that she was training into the water walker at Eagle Farm. Forster appealed the sentence, and in doing so made history by becoming the first person ever to be granted a stay by […]
The Etheridge Shire is a shit of a place, a barren 4000 square km wasteland north of Hughenden sitting between nowhere and nowhere else. No-one lives in the joint that once used to be called the Einasleigh Shire either, other than about 714 cow cocky’s or lost souls. According to the most recent census only […]
Thoroughbred Racing NT says that many horses have been rehomed successfully in the Northern Territory and have gone on to enjoy life after racing. How many is many? 5? 10? 100? 1000? Who knows? The NT don’t tell you. And why would they? After all, this is what retired NT jockey turned accredited retired horse […]
中山8R、7番グリモリオゲート内で倒れてたけど起きてよかった、、、 pic.twitter.com/zKJvun1Tpy — あきさめ (@YuuSetsuzai) April 16, 2023 One minute he’s about to get the last goodbye needle. The next minute he rises again. Life’s a just a matter of moments. Be like this horse and seize them. And no matter how hard someone knocks you down, always get up. The alternative ain’t pretty.
We have it on excellent authority that Ben Yole Racing did not have workers compensation cover for his young workers involved in the tragic car accident in January 2023. In the State of Tasmania workers are covered under the Safe Work Tasmania Workers Compensation insurance scheme when they are working. That is, working under or […]
It beggars belief … that it took a bunch of journalists to uncover what was pretty clearly on the tip of every industry participant’s tongue about suspicions of race fixing. Dean Winter – ALP Racing Spokesperson The Tasmanian Racing Minister Madeleine Ogilvie was asked in a Standing Committee in Parliament yesterday if she had ever […]
The problem you get when you allow idiots to dream up dumb arse ideas and applaud them is that you always get the right result. A bloody stupid idea that costs a fortune and achieves nothing. Last night’s million dollar slot race the Nullarbor is the case in point. Racing and Wagering Western Australia (RWWA) […]
How good is this for a sports bucket list completed? 1. Watching Rod Laver in 1960 and again in 1969 (along with Margaret Court) 2. Attending every day of the first ever tied Test in 1960-61 3. The first State of Origin in 1980 when Arthur Beetson entered the arena to the chants of “Artie, Artie’’ 4. Attending […]
Prior to his tragic recent passing, well known grazier Alan John Acton was long a prominent member of the Central QLD community. Alan was also an active and popular member of the racing community, both in CQ and beyond. The Rockhampton Jockey Club it appears didn’t even know his name, or how to spell it. […]
2. POLICY 2.1. Except as otherwise provided for by this Policy, horses which are trained by or under the effective control of a trainer will not be selected to comprise more than fifty percent (50%) of the starters in any race field. 2.1.1 Where the total available nominations, and therefore race field size, is an […]
