Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
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 […]
This above is a picture of the Doomben crossing where Orbisyn died taken from the video of the race meeting 11 days before. Here are the two shots side by side. There is a massive difference isn’t there? Sure the Doomben track was a Good 3 on the 20th of December and a Slow 5 […]
Little known country NSW trainer Darren Egan has been disqualified for 2 years after pleading guilty to an array of sexual harassment offences perpetrated against 5 unnamed racing participants, presumably females. Egan, who has a 7% strike rate and hasn’t had a runner since July, was convicted of 5 racing rule charges related to his […]
The first set of lights at the top of the straight in Redcliffe are clearly out. Yet still they race on. Why are the QRIC permitting this to happen when it’s clearly dangerous? The almighty turnover dollar takes precedence over driver and horse safety. So much for welfare. Like expunge – which the QRIC should […]
Woodend Beach driver John ‘Lurch’ Dunn threw a sickie again today at Addington, once more leaving the owners, trainers, race officials and punters who rely on him well and truly in the lurch, if you pardon the pun. That’s about the 4th time in the past 18 months, which would be a case of invoking […]
