Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
Former harness racing identity Ben Sarina (pictured above) – currently warned off indefinitely, because only rapists, murderers and terrorists get minimum terms on their sentences – has won his appeal against a second disqualification imposed on him for his conduct in a private dispute between he and a then former Steward that culminated in an […]
QRIC have today (Thursday) conducted mass scale unannounced visits to trainers and racing participants at Toowoomba and the Sunshine Coast and issued directions to a number of people to hand over their phones. It is believed that the following participants complied with the direction, and that their phones are now in the possession of the […]
Coffs Harbor racehorse trainer Brett Bellamy has been suspended from the sport for almost half a year after being found guilty of three counts of sexual harassment of female racing participants. His offending conduct included making remarks with sexual connotations concerning one participant’s body, engaging in sexual harassment of another female industry participant by making […]
Yesterday trainer/jockey Cheryl Rogers – whose surname does not contain a D, regardless of what the official Stewards report says – applied to ride the horse that she owns and trains Prince Carlos a half kilo overweight, claiming that the Prince is better suited to senior riders due to its racing manners. With only apprentices […]
Apprentice jockey Jace McMurray is an absolute gun. In his first full season of riding the kid who is only 19 or 20 outrode his claim, and won each of the QLD provincial apprentice title and the Gold Coast junior and senior riders crowns. McMurray has the racing world at his feet. Bar for a […]
Disclaimer Let me preface what follows by making it clear that I am not a lawyer, and that this is not legal advice. It is merely an opinion proffered by someone with a verified IQ of 183 plus prior to suffering a stroke who pre-disability – or spasticity as Wil Hulbert would call it – […]
See who bought this yearling at the Magic Millions sale? Rachel Shred. Isn’t she a jockey? I didn’t think jockeys were allowed to own thoroughbred racehorses. In fact I am sure they are not. The rules say they must be disqualified for a minimum of 2 years if they do. AR 116 Jockeys and apprentice […]
There are two main takeaways from the James McDonald whip appeal decision earlier this week. One is that his lawyer Wayne Pasterfield (pictured above) is a genius. How he was able to convince the Appeals Panel to reduce J-Mac’s suspension to six days – effectively a 2 meeting suspension given that Sydney’s top jockey tends […]
The case of owner Justin Strout’s appeal against a decision of the Victorian Stewards to subject his horse Imminance to the balloting conditions for the final of the $150 000 Grand Handicap Series Final at Champions Day is an interesting one, in more ways that one. Imminance had competed in and won a Heat of […]
The inconsequential error by the Racing Appeals Panel (RAP) wasn’t the only thing interesting about this week’s decision on the Joshua Morrow appeal by RAP-190. The error of magnitude in the original Stewards penalty that it exposed was interesting too, if only for its illustration of the fallibility of our integrity officials and the need […]
