You are Damned if You Do, and You Are Doomed If You Don’t
This is the head on of the protest in the last at Doomben last week. The horse in the red wins. The lime green runs second. And gets up on objection? How? You tell me.
The Protest Upheld in the Last at Doomben Was a Crock
A fairytale finish at @BrisRacingClub! The Greg Kilner-trained Swanston salutes with @teganharrison17 on board. 🙏 pic.twitter.com/3JU8D1tiJi — SKY Racing (@SkyRacingAU) July 23, 2022 Have another look at the replay of the run down the home stretch in the last at Doomben yesterday. Where is the interference? At what stage was the horse first past the […]
Something is Rotten in the State of Queensland Gallops Racing
You’d have to kidding wouldn’t you? Tegan Harrison is riding Goddess Of Peace, the one in the Grant Dixon trot colours, the white and real dark brown checks. The Stewards claim that the horse took charge of Harrison, and shifted out approaching the 600m mark and bumped heavily with the fast blowing favourite Tow The […]
Gee From the Side On, the Kilner’s Looked Unlucky
You would have to see the head on vision to know, and it hasn’t been posted yet. But gee from the side on the Kilner’s horse looked very unlucky to lose this one.
I Guess We Will Have to Send the Ipswich Track Walkers and the Horse Out to Roma Too
A sand track that is unsuitable to race on? At one of the central west’s leading clubs? There is only one thing you can possibly say. WTF? https://www.facebook.com/romapicnicraces/videos/1185548535521083
The Soundest Horse in the Wide Brown Land
Watch the horse at the back, in the orange with the blue cap. It’s name is Boomed, and it is trained by Roy Chillemi. The on-course vet inspected it after the race and declared it had no abnormalities. Are they looking at the same horse as us? If Boomed was sound, then the Pope is […]
It’s the Stewards, Stupid
As we have repeatedly stated, the problems with the Ipswich course proper are structural issues related to the design and construction of the track. The irrigation does not work effectively, and in particular water does not drain efficiently or effectively from certain sections sections of the track, leaving it water sodden and thus unraceable at […]
Why is Cameron Partington So Soft? Are QLD Trainers Really Being Represented Properly Here?
As is well known, prior to turning to race writing I was a trade union official for many years, quite a senior one too. I was good at what I did when I tried, which wasn’t all the time because I had undiagnosed PTSD and it interfered with my senses. But all in all I […]
You are Supposed to Let Go When the Gates Fly Son!
See that horse being held by a barrier attendant as they jumped? It’s the odds on favourite Larrikin Rogue. Look what happens to it. If you backed the fave you are buggered aren’t you? No you’re not. It might be a pretty fair horse this one. I’m not so sure about the barrier attendant.
The Life and Crimes of Dean Baring, the Face of Australian Pacing Gold – Part 2 – With a Little Help From My Friends (First Published Sep 2020)
Dean Baring interviewing the disgrace harness racing identity Barton Cockburn, a now convicted match fixer who has been banned from the sport for life. Baring described Cockburn as one of the good guys of the sport. It takes one to know one. Dean Baring is the public face of Australian Pacing Gold. He is also […]