Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
The last race at the feature Bathurst Gold meeting on Saturday night ended after 11.00pm. After that the trainers and their drivers had to attend to swabbing requirements, wash their horses down, load them and their gear onto their floats and trucks, take them home, unload the horse, stable them and make sure they have […]
Sariah Champkin continues without a ride on Saturday, making it three weeks since she has last had a mount after being charged with serious criminal offences related to her alleged stabbing of another racing participant. But why do the QRIC continue to refuse to announce publicly whether she is allowed to continue to ride if […]
What sort of worst practice head injury assessment (HIA) is this? A horse rears up and smacks its jockey in the head. No assessment at all is done by a paramedic or doctor – or indeed and trained professional – to ascertain the rider’s state of health, other than to ask the jock if they […]
A horse named Nutso racked up win 4 from 10 careers starts in winning Race 1 at Charleville by 4 lengths yesterday afteroon. Five hours later the horse is fighting for his life after suffering heat stroke during his race, but at this stage the bands still playing. It’s 38 degrees in the shade despite […]
PARK LANE NZ– Caught wide in the early stages of the race, before being restrained into the running line. Approaching the 100 metres the sulky worn by PARK LANE NZ collapsed causing driver Chris Alford to gradually fall to the ground, Driver Chris Alford was able to pull PARK LANE NZ up. Driver Chris Alford […]
SLEEPEE – Began badly when galloping away and will continue to be excluded from the mobile barrier draw. Pulled up and retired from the race as it approached the first turn due to a damaged right sulky shaft. The sulky was inspected post-race and found to be of suitable quality. Prior to the all-clear Stewards reviewed […]
Scary moment, amazing horsemanship!! Chasing win 7993 @ChrisAlford5000 has a frightening moment on Park Lane when his seat seemingly breaks, but his fellow drivers quickly react.The trots great was cleared of injury. pic.twitter.com/VxgGWR9nzW — The Trots (@TheTrotsComAu) January 22, 2024 Take a look at this and imagine that you were driver Chris Alford. One second […]
This Steward’s report from race 5 at the Sunshine Coast last Sunday is shite. Dan McGillvray didn’t just make contact with rival rider Jasper Franklin, he quite deliberately elbowed him in the head. It wasn’t careless riding, it was foul. Highly dangerous too. So was Franklin’s reprisal when he gave McGillivray the Malachi Crunch to […]
Poor Emily Pomfrett went to work at Gatton today and she hasn’t come home. Instead the loving young mother, partner and daughter lies in a critical condition in the ICU at the PA Hospital fighting for her life, because a horse named Wanta Willow went crazy in the mounting yard, flipped, threw, and crushed the […]
A still shot of the fall at St Mary’s on Monday Hot on the heels of the death of Orbisyn at the crossing past the winning post at Doomben comes a 7 horse pile up at the crossing at the St Mary’s trots. Now the St Mary’s track is a whole lot rougher than Doomben […]
