Why Have the QLD Stewards Charged Adin Thompson With Improver Riding? – Aren’t Apprentices Supposed to Improve?

“Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee. The hands can’t hit what the eyes can’t see.” Muhammed Ali If an Acting Chief Steward wants to lay down his credentials for a soon-looming job* by playing the tough guy, wouldn’t you think that he would try to get the wording of the charge 100% right before […]

Pins and the Crew are Water Diviners – I Just Hope You’re Not Thirsty

On Wednesday CEO Brendan Parnell’s team at Racing Queensland decided in their infinite wisdom to transfer Sunday’s scheduled turf meeting at the Sunshine Coast to the poly track, in a single second slashing the already decimated by corporate bookie industrial action wagering turnover on the meeting in half. The reason given was that after an […]

What’s a Share in One.Tel Worth? – About as Much as a Chief Steward Chadwick Directive

Adrian Layt is a Queensland based jockey whose official riding weight is registered as 56.5kg. Layt hasn’t ridden under 55kg (plus 1kg gear allowance) for donkey’s years. Yesterday at Townsville he was permitted to ride a horse in race 4 named Riverside Special. It was weighted at 54kg. A. Layt was never a hope of […]

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