Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
Five men have been charged with multiple child sex offences following a joint investigation by officers from Argos and the Gold Coast Child Protection and Investigation Unit. The investigation commenced on November 20 on the Gold Coast, identifying the men engaging with Argos Detectives online where they arranged to meet and access a child. It […]
Question One Where exactly did Chris Taylor’s mount Going To The Sun stumble at the 700m mark? Question 2 Is it acceptable for a jockey to ease their mount out of the race when are they in contention as a chance, in circumstances whereby an official vet could find nothing wrong with the horse? Question […]
Senior steward on the ground in Birdsville told the inquiry they were not required to search the campsites of Austin or McMahon the morning after the image was posted on Twitter, despite having the power to do so. Rion Hitchener said former chief steward Peter Chadwick instructed him and fellow stipe Ben Cook not to […]
Last Saturday’s card at the Gold Coast was the main racing show in Queensland, the metro meeting. The races on the program carried prizemoney of between $75 000 and $150 000. Prizemoney at the Toowoomba meeting was between $21 500 and $30 000. Betting turnover on the Coast meeting was 4-5 times the amount held […]
There was a ladies 40th birthday party booked in and paid for at Clifford Park on Saturday night. The woman had booked a package that even included a race named after her, the ‘Happy Birthday XXX’ class whatever handicap. The birthday girl rocked up early to Weetwood park to set up for the big celebration […]
You see the newspapers get a long of things wrong, but a mate of mine from down at the Goldie reckons this one takes them all. I agree with him too. Arrentee was listed in yesterday’s Courier-Mail form guide as a $26 shot in the 5th at Aquis Park today. It’s a shame you couldn’t […]
Yet another international galloper has been scratched from racing in Victoria in a big race. This time it is the English galloper Without A Thought, who – like Durston in the Caulfield Cup – was the favourite to win the Zipping Classic being run at Caulfield tomorrow. During the repeated CT scanning taking process applied […]
The newish QRIC Commissioner has come up with this wild and wacky idea about ‘regionalisation’, meaning that he intends to recruit and train race day Stewards from Upper Muckadilla Siding to officiate twice a year at the Lower Muckadilla Siding races, or in the case of the example I am about to give you, the […]
Peter Gleeson – Scooter to his mates – is the Courier-Mail’s pre-eminent right-wing nutbag columnist, the wannabe heir to Alan Jones and Piers Akerman. Why a bloke from Grafton whose Mum is a dog trainer would want to support the rich and powerful in their exploitation of Australia’s resources, tax system and minimum wage employees […]
Which former promising Brisbane apprentice was recently thrown off a plane home from a race meeting after rolling onto the aircraft blind drunk and then proceeding to make a pig of himself in full view of every passenger on board? I’m not going to name the bloke, other than to say that if you cast […]
