Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
What you see above is the race track yesterday at Bundaberg, with the photo taken by a reader who was there. The inside looks alright doesn’t it? In fact it looks a whole lot better than the middle and the outer. So how come no jockey all day wanted to go near it? That’s because […]
There is a somewhat interesting matter going before the QLD Racing Appeals Panel this week. It relates to the death of a racehorse named River Danzka in early 2025, and the reasons behind it. River Danzka was a slow 5-year-old gelding trained by former Mount Isa race club President Peter Inwood, and had been beaten […]
Archie Don’t forget Phar Lap in Cup week 1930. On Derby Day (Saturday) he won the Melbourne Stakes over 2000m. On Tuesday he won the Melbourne Cup over 3200m. Oaks Day (Thursday) he won the Linlithgow Stakes over a mile. Then on the Saturday he won the C.B. Fisher Plate over 2400m. It’s a feat […]
During the week we tipped you Hello World to win the Birdsville Cup. We might have been a day early, because today on day 1 of the carnival it won the Akubra. The Akubra was a 1000m race. Tomorrow’s Cup is over a mile. Will trainer Kym Healy back him up, that is the burning […]
There are a lot of questions being asked about Blake Shinn’s ride on the beaten favorite Somethings Burnin’s in the second race at Sandown yesterday, and with very good reason to, because the jockey slaughtered it. This horse should have won by panels, and it was straight down to Shinn’s steer that it didn’t. Shinn […]
Today’s quiz, brought to you by the QRIC Stewards. When questioned about the performance of his mount Ellis Beach, what did Aidan Holt actually say? Was it that Ellis Beach had a big night out at the casino and was still drunk The gelding’s girlfriend broke up with him this morning and he couldn’t run […]
It was interesting to see former jockey cum trainer Adrian Coome working behind the barriers at Callaghan Park, Rockhampton during the week, and even more fascinating to see former trainer Nick Walsh – the man who once boasted the best strike rate in the State before he was disqualified for 12 months for using the […]
Jockey Ash Butler can consider himself the luckiest rider at Cannon Park on Cairns Cup day. Butler rode the winner Colleano, which swept past them down the outside at the 100m mark and looked set to run away for a commanding victory. Until believing that his mount was home to the world, Butler sat up […]
Tanya Parry trainer 18 of the 31 runners yesterday on the 5 race McKinlay card. Shryn Royes trained another 5. The remaining 8 starters were prepared by Ray Hermann (3), Mark Oates (3) and Kerry Krogh (2). Five trainers. $50 000 prizemoney plus $7500 in QTIC bonuses. More thousands in subsidies. And absolutely zero by […]
Yu Long paid the Alpha Racing syndicate $10.4 million for the mare Barnavara. It was the greatest overs in the history of horse trading, in my opinion at least. Barnavara was one of the better fillies of her generation, but you would never say she was a champion, because you’d be lying if you did. […]
