Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
BY Katie Bice and Melissa Cunningham A young mum who was left a paraplegic when she was crushed by a large tree branch at Flemington Racecourse has settled a multimillion-dollar claim against the Victoria Racing Club. The case was settled on the eve of a trial at the Supreme Court after days of legal argument, with the […]
The Dwayne Dunn case against Racing Victoria is an interesting one. As most know Dunn was badly injured in an incident at the start of a race at Moonee Valley when his horse reared as the gates opened and propelled his head into the top of the barrier stalls. It was an injury that cost […]
For the jockeys to stop work during the trials today to carry on this meeting, it is just so exceptionally disappointing … I just felt it showed very little care or understanding of the rest of the industry, we (trainers) are annoyed and disappointed at the situation which could have been handled outside of these […]
Bob KATTER: This question is to the CEO. I should start by saying that prior to your tenure there were a number of issues with track redevelopment, namely at Charters Towers and Charleville, and, as I understand it, personnel being moved on. Do you see that impacting on the ability to do upgrades that are […]
Representatives from the Brisbane Racing Club attempted to argue that the construction was not causing the issue, which was rejected by the jockeys association. As all of the incidents have involved horses not from Brisbane, BRC officials raised the possibility of not allowing horses who have not raced at Eagle Farm to nominate in the […]
The picture above is an extract from a story writter by Trenton Akers and published on Racenet on 27 April 2o24 https://www.racenet.com.au/news/jimmysstar-burns-punters-again-in-brisbane-handicap-won-by-mighty-ulysses-20240427 I knew I’d seen it before. A horse shy at the exact same section of the Eagle Farm track as the one on Saturday that caused the fall did. I wrote a story […]
https://www-harness-org-au.akamaized.net/sa/GDC08072409.mp4 Bloody hell, is this track at Gawler the wild west or something? Driver Tiana McMahon gets thrown out of the cart in the first lap in an incident that disrupts most 0f the field. No clerk of the course comes out to catch the driverless horse, which proceeds to go around for the rest […]
This is the temporary training track for use by trainers at Globe Derby while the main track is being reconstructed. Its been built by dumping two truckloads of shell grit on top of the existing car park, and spreading it approximately two horses wide around a circumference of about 200m to create what must be […]
Take a look at this will you? It’s a 2 horse workout at Murray Bridge. They’re not racing for sheep stations, or racing it all. But watch what Sam Payne (pictured at top) does. The maniac steers his horse across into Maggie Collett’s mount, and then he reaches over and forcibly grabs her whip and […]
I can understand the driver of the leader in this race Tom Ison getting a little bit preturbed at the horse behind him running up onto his helmet. Anyone would. But most people wouldn’t cock their neck and give the horse a reverse head butt like Ison did, and for very good reasons too, concern […]
