Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
The Dubai World Cup tour crew You might remember the whisper we related last week about former Racing QLD CEO Brendan Parnell writing to the Cairns Jockey Club demanding to withhold the club’s funding if club supremo Tom Hedley wasn’t removed from his duly and lawfully democratically elected role as President. Well thanks to a […]
Alpine Edge coming back to scale in the Archer, being kissed by a man who is definitely not the horse’s trainer Toby Edmonds, or his strapper either. In light of the ongoing Mark and Ben Currie case, in which the issue of accidental contamination by a person or persons is one of the core issues […]
See the bloke in the Arthur Dunger hat and the Rabbitohs jersey? He is the contractor for Regional Cast who was recording the delayed vision of the Mt Garnet meeting on the weekend. Since when are non-QRIC officials allowed in the Stewards tower? How can the Steward see the race properly when the horses are […]
13 November 2022 Regional Cast has been appointed as Queensland’s Non-TAB racing vision provider for the next two years. The agreement will see more than 200 non-TAB meetings – incorporating 98 clubs – shown in their entirety. All non-TAB race meetings in Queensland will be available free and on-demand, showcased via a dedicated live channel, […]
Not sure third… Sir Barnabus? … Gee Princess Rhaenys was good late …. Yasuke was up there. Josh Fleming, race caller We all know that Brisbane on-course caller David Fowler is hopeless in a photo, but he has age as an excuse. Well sort of anyway. The much younger Josh Fleming can’t use that get […]
Racing SA has copped a hammering in the past week about the decision to race on at Gawler on Anzac Day in the wake of Dean Holland’s tragic accident. My mail out of Adelaide is the criticism is unwarranted. Those in the know say that the Gawler club consulted with Dean’s father Darren about whether […]
Situation: 6/8/22 – Townsville Races Story: Officers from the QRIC Integrity Investigation Team conducted a without notice inspection of the stables of racehorse trainer C. Attard early on the morning of race day. Used syringes were discovered in a bucket. Trainer Attard told the IIT that the syringes were used on a horse that he […]
One of the hot rumours around the traps recently has been that superstar pacer-cum-sire Lazarus was once again mired by his well-documented fertility issues this past season. After getting just 18 foals from 76 mares served in his first season at stud and none from eight the next year, his career as a stallion was […]
There are strange whispers coming from all parts of the State that Racing Queensland has written a highly unusual letter to the Cairns Jockey Club requesting (demanding?) that club Chairman Ton Hedley vacate his elected role forthwith, or else RQ will withhold funding of up to $200 000 from the club. We have strong mail […]
Rocky Butterworth is some so-called amateur SA footy hero, which is akin to being an eight placed lawn bowler in a Brazilian favela D-Grade club comp. Dierk Dingle is some no friends shelf stack manager at Coles. I’m a piece of shit who should take a good look in the mirror am I Sly and […]
