Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
There were a lot of very unhappy punters at Callaghan Park on Melbourne Cup day. The race club didn’t out on a tote or a TAB window, or even a machine. All there was were three bookies, none of them offering anything but win place betting, and with queues stretching some people say up to […]
The latest controversy out of Callaghan Park, Rockhampton is said to be that the trackwork supervisor, a bloke named Bevon Burnell, does not hold a First Aid Certificate and hasn’t for years. This is a major concern. What happens if a rider fall and gets injured, or suffers a medical episode and requires urgent CPR? […]
According to information that we have received from people who would know, the barrier attendant who returned a positive preliminary reading to a banned substance during this week’s impromptu drug testing operation at the Callaghan Park racecourse was none other than the banned trainer Nick Walsh’s father Troy. The irony is that not only is […]
It was third time lucky for trainer on Saturday for Ricky Vale and owner Pav Cheimardinov when courtesy of a lovely ride by the Uruguayan hoop Raul Silvera Olivera they lifted the Rockhampton Cup with Logan Street Lion, after failing twice in the past few years to win it with their grand now-retired galloper Namazu. […]
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 […]
