Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
Race 2: TOMS TARPS / TWIDALE AUTO / FULL BOAR WELDING BENCHMARK 55 HCAP 1400m Declaration of correct weight was significantly delayed allowing Stewards to ascertain how the start of the event had been effected when GOVERNOR GENERAL was not loaded into the barrier. After taking evidence from Starter Mr I Henderson and all riders […]
What you see at the top was a post published by Cairns Jockey Club (CJC) committee member David Robertson on his personal Instragram account. It is grossly sexist and a highly offensive case of body shaming a woman because of her size. That type of behavior is unacceptable in any realm of society, and is […]
There are disturbing stories coming out of North QLD about a Townsville Turf Club employee and his lewd conduct toward women. The conduct is directed mainly – but not exclusively – at female trackwork riders, many of whom have been the recipients of his totally inappropriate and unacceptable sexually charged remarks. It is deeply concern […]
The QLD Racing Integrity Commission (QRIC) makes some very strange decisions from time to time. In fact they make them all the time. The recent case of Ronald Ryan is yet another example. Ryan got sprung administering boost paste to a horse named FIVE BULLS by the QRIC flying squad when they drove up the […]
Winx three-quarter sister Wings of Desire adds a bit of spice to today’s Warwick Farm meeting when she resumes from a spell in race six. By Pride of Dubai (a son of Street Cry) out of Vegas Showgirl, the superbly bred 3yo filly seeks to make it three wins from six starts, after previous victories […]
This is the horse Dystopian after it ran in race 5 at Cannon Park in Cairns yesterday. The horse was fractious in the barriers and reared, hitting its head on the top of the stalls. The impact caused Dystopian to suffer a deep laceration to its upper forehead. For reasons only they can explain neither […]
Alicia Rose was once a promising mare who at the ages of three and four, when trained by Angela Davies at Narara, racked up the excellent record of 10 starts for 5 wins, 4 seconds and a third. Her connections thought so highly of the mare that they took her off Davies after she won […]
You may remember us writing extensively at the back end of last year about the Albany Racing Club’s’ financial woes and its corrupt CEO. Well the CEO is now gone, but the club’s financial problems remain. So much so that on Wednesday the control body Racing and Wagering Western Australia (RWWA) announced that it has […]
Toowoomba trainer Lindsay Hatch has been granted a stay of operation of his 12 month suspension for a positive swab. Hatch was actually suspended for 9 months after being found guilty of a presentation charge by Stewards, but the conviction enlivened a previous 9 month suspended sentence that he received for a previous positive swab, […]
Danny Russell and Sarah Danckert The Age. February 7, 2025 Trainers John Symons and Sheila Laxon have denied owing more than half a million dollars to a collapsed company at the centre of their Melbourne Cup prizemoney dispute. The trainers say they are, in fact, owed $26,000 in outstanding fees by Esprit Racing, the company they worked […]
