Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
Archie Re your story about Ash Butler’s ride on Fine Shot at Rocky on Sunday. A Rather Funny Ride That race was run over 1600m. You can give Fine Shot all the clear air in the world, but he ain’t running a mile down a well. Seven furlongs pulls him up. And that’s with everything […]
Some people in racing don’t seem to want to help themselves. Take for example these two riders photographed recently working at the Callaghan Park track in Rockhampton. Trackwork riders are supposed to wear high-vis vests so that they can be easily seen by others in the pre-dawn darkness. The rider pictured – – understood to […]
Pre Dawn Rockhampton trackwork incident could have led to massive injury and legal consequences. The track supervisor at Callaghan Park was running late yesterday morning. We don’t know why, he just was. These things happen. What happened next shouldn’t have though. The trackwork supervisor’s job begins before dawn. It is to drive around the track […]
The Rockhampton Jockey Club completed construction of 2 on-course horse stabling complexes last year. These stables were built with money provided courtesy of a Racing Queensland grant. It is rumored that the successful tender bidder for the project submitted their quote about a week after the tenders had closed. The whisper is that the winning […]
