Where Did the Paint Go Off the Walls?

Trot trainer Emma Stewart’s horses won $4.582 million dollars last year, in Victoria alone. Ben Yole earned $2.991 million, a staggering amount for a Tasmanian trainer, even if about $432 000 was won in Victoria. The next highest earning stable in the country were the Bonds in Western Australia, who won almost exactly half what […]

Just the Bloke to be Teaching Young Apprentices How to Ride Safely

RACING APPEALS TRIBUNAL QUEENSLAND NOTICE OF DECISION   APPEAL NO: RT016-07 DATE: 9 July 2007 APPELLANT: Shane Ernst George Scriven RESPONDENT: Queensland Racing APPEARANCES: Mr Michael Grant-Taylor SC on behalf of the Appellant; and Mr Matthew Tutt on behalf of the Respondent.   REASONS FOR JUDGMENT Mr Brockwell Miller – Deputy Chairman   The Appellant rode Take The Plea […]

Preventing Bullying By Pushing People Out – Welcome to the Wild and Wacky World of the QRIC

LGHR has been reliably informed that in excess of 40 people – we find it hard to believe – have departed since the new ‘Dream Team’ took control of the Queensland Racing Integrity Commission. The old adage ‘dispense with those who represent a threat’ is alive and kicking at this under-performing, over-funded Labor Government enterprise […]

The Phil and Matty Show – Part 2 – The Quote of the Year – Or Why Phil Burrows Should Be Banned for Life

Philip Burrows at age 51 is now a multiple convicted drug cheat, after pleading guilty yesterday to stomach tubing one of his runners on the morning of the NZ Trotting Cup, and being given a 10-year-disqualification for his sins. If after 20 years of cheating fellow licensees, owners, punters and the sport Burrows was going […]

Office Chicks? – You’re Out of Touch Gold Coast Turf Club, and Races Named Like This are Out of Time

Can you believe that in the post #metoo, Jeffrey Epstein and his odious mate Ghislaine Maxwell, Prince Andrew, Grace Tame and Brittany Higgins age, the Gold Coast Turf Club still thinks it is okay to name a race the OFFICE CHICKS QTIS 2YO HANDICAP? That’s what the first race yesterday was called. The office chicks? […]

When Pigs Fly

If the Sunshine Coast is Queensland’s premier race track we are all in huge trouble. It’s not of course. For all it’s problems Eagle Farm is, and will always be, Queensland’s number 1. Doomben is 2nd. The two coasts – Sunshine and Gold – are in the running for 3rd. It’s a mistake to think […]

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