Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
Jockey Alex Patis rode in races 2 and 4 at Toowoomba on Saturday night. Then, for reasons not described in the Stewards Report, was unable to ride in race 6. No other rider was available to take her mount on Ms Minelli in that race – or so we are told – and as a […]
Do you remember I told you the other day that someone from the gambling regulation authorities should have a real close look at who won all those $100 000 and $250 000 tipping comps that then CEO and Managing Director Todd Buckingham used to run at his bookmaking company TopBetta. There was a reason that […]
In the space of less than an hour, Doomben’s now a Heavy 10. And it’s still pissing down, with no sign of any respite. Today’s card is cactus. It won’t be going to the Farm. The word is that the meeting will be put back to Wednesday, when betting the turnover will be more than […]
At this moment in time the Doomben track for Cup day is rated a Heavy 8. People who have walked it this morning suggest that it is a whole lot worse. The sky is enveloped by clouds, and it’s pissing down rain. All week the BOM said it was going to. Why the hell haven’t […]
You all know about Chainsaw Yole, the Tasmanian trot trainer who regularly turns out more than half the runners on the card at meetings down there. Well Queensland, bugger Ben Yole. We’ve got our own big numbers trainer up here near the Isa, and she is a whole lot nicer than Chainsaw too. Tanya Parry […]
Queensland’s racing stewards are the finest in the world. They employ their resources well too. In Your Element was the horse we told you about earlier in the week that missed the start by a dozen lengths, caught up to the field, circled them and won. Our boys and girls in the QRIC badges looked […]
The to nominate, accept and race in the $105 000 plus $30 000 Northern Jewels handicap being run at Townsville on Friday a horse has to be QTIS registered. The eligibility rule is plain and clear, written in black and white on the Racing Queensland website, and in the race calendar (Race Magazine) published by […]
Ben Loakes is not a fashionable racehorse trainer. He’s just a battler from the bush. Four months ago the father of the small-time Gladstone-based trainer with a few horses in his care was diagnosed with Stage 4 pancreatic cancer. The life expectancy of someone with this illness at this stage is just 4-6 months. Ben […]
How often do you see a horse miss the start by about 12 lengths and still get up and win? Not very often is the answer. But you did today in the 6th at Toowoomba. In Your Element stayed in the gates at the start, and was tailed out behind them. He stayed back there […]
“It’s $9000, race clubs keep punishing owners so that’s what it will be,” Price said. “All they do is punish owners, I know it is a revenue raiser for them, but it makes you wonder what horses don’t nominate because they missed the early nomination. There have been nomination deadlines for big races in Australia since […]
