Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
How the hell can you go around perpetrating totally unnecessary violence on a horse – brutality even – on a horse and only get a $1000 fine for it? As you will remember Central QLD trainer Tim Cook did this above to a horse a few months ago. “Whack!” a backhander to the head. The […]
Weetwood day always throws something up and this year was no different. To watch the antics of co-trainer Maddison Sears after Adelad won the Toowoomba Guinea’s was straight out embarrassing for all concerned. To virtually snatch the microphone out of the annoying Bernadette Coopers hand (worst judge in Australia & backs it up with dumb […]
The Country Stampede – worth $105 000 to the winner – is a showcase race on the QLD racing calendar. There are 16 qualifying races held around various bush tracks in the state, with the winners meeting in the big money final run at Doomben on the 2nd of December during the summer carnival. The […]
This is a Facebook post published by the Ipswich Turf Club at 10.00 on the morning of the day of the races last week. The races that were cancelled. It was a hot day as predicted, and the track should have been good. No doubt it would have been too, if it wasn’t stuffed. If […]
The Ric Astley of harness racing surely has to be doesn’t he? What more can you say other than 3 letters. WTF? Happy Birthday to our great mate @beermitchell 🎂 Time to launch the great man’s very own segment: BEERY BREAKING BAD NEWS – Can’t attend ya cousins wedding on Derby Day? – Need to […]
ABC Investigations / Exclusive by Paul Farrell and Echo Hui Posted Thu 14 Sep 2023 at 6:07am, updated Thu 14 Sep 2023 at 6:57am Australian greyhounds are being purchased for up to $220,000 each and exported to China where they are fuelling an underground racing industry by exploiting loopholes in Australia’s regulations. ABC Investigations has […]
What a Snow Job. The Toowoomba Turf Club advertising for a CEO, I guess the Constitution says the Committee must but I will bet this position is already filled and for very good reason up there on the hill. Something about being more crooked than a dogs hind leg whatever that means. Previously, the former […]
DESCRIPTION Chief Executive Officer at Toowoomba Turf Club About the Toowoomba Turf Club (TTC) and Clifford Park Racecourse The Toowoomba Turf Club Inc. owns and operates Clifford Park Racecourse on Hursley Road in Toowoomba. Clifford Park Racecourse is the largest racing centre on the Darling Downs conducting near weekly race meetings more than 45 race […]
Take a look at races 5 and 6 today at Yeppoon and you will immediately start to imagine that you are at the Tasmanian trots with Ben Yole. One trainer – John Manzelmann- had seven of the eight runners in the 5th, and six of the seven in the 6th. Without him there wouldn’t have […]
I have been telling your for a year and a half that Sharp ‘N’ Smart was a champion, from even before he had his first start. Well it turns out I was right. Now it’s official. In a vintage year of New Zealand racing and racehorses, Sharp ‘N’ Smart is the best of them all. […]
