Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
It is real hard life being a punter. There are so many myriad of ways you can get beat. Just when you are counting the cash, suddenly out of nowhere defeat can be snatched from the jaws of victory. Like here in the last leg of the quaddy at Marburg on Sunday. The leader and […]
Kyle Wilson-Taylor made a hit and run mission to Morphettville on Saturday on his way to New Zealand, and gave the locals a demonstration about why jockeys in QLD no longer like riding against him because of his oft disrespect for the rules and for their safety. Watch KWT nearly put rival rider Ben Price […]
We have been writing for a while about former gun apprentice Jaden Lloyd’s loose approach to his craft and the strictures that that the rules of racing impose upon what he and other jockeys can and can’t do, and we have been saying that if Lloyd continues to ignore those restraints the consequences could be […]
Do you recall the bad fall at Townsville in February in which Bubba Tilley and Graham Kliese hit the deck? The fall that caused Bubba to break his collarbone and Kliese his wrists? The one we blamed on the crazily large field sizes from the 1000m start? Bubba and Kliese Survive the Fall – But […]
I am not sure whether to describe what went on at yesterday’s non-TAB meeting at Wondai in QLD as a tragedy or a farce. It was probably both, and there but for the grace of God could have been a whole lot worse. A runner in the first race fell. Henry’s Blade was its name, […]
The Tanya Parry trainer Rock On Angel – who certainly isn’t – refused to parade before her race at Mt Isa on the weekend. After a lot of persuasion jockey Masa Abe coaxed her to do the barriers. When she arrived there she started rearing like a mad thing and flung him in the air. […]
Last Friday jockeys Les Tilley and Graham Kliese were injured in a fall at Cluden Park. Just six days later at the same track the first 3 races on the card were run without an ambulance following the field around. What the hell? Safety first? It seems not.
RACE 5: GC BOWLS CLUB MARCH 15TH 0 – 60 HANDICAP 1000 M Following this race, Apprentice L. Martyn, who was struck in the face by a clod during the race, was examined by QAS officers and cleared to fulfill her remaining engagements. Is it any wonder that poor Leah Martyn got hit by a […]
Racing Queensland is responsible for determining the maximum field sizes for races at each track, based on its assessment of safety. I strongly believe that it has failed when it comes to allowing 16 horse fields over 1000m at Cluden Park, Townsville. Townsville is a track with a circumference of only 1680 meters. That is […]
Racing QLD don’t usually publish replays of race falls. They have here. It’s race 9 at Townsville. The fall happens in the straight. Les ‘Bubba’ Tilley and Graham Kliese go down. The word is that Bubba has broken his wrist and collarbone. Poor bugger. I hope he gets well soon. Kliese walked back to the […]
