Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
The NSW gallops stewards must eat the same crackers for breakfast as their colleagues at the trots do, because their standard of officiating is about the same. Their whole suite of skills was on show at Rosehill yesterday. In race 3 Sam Clipperton pummelled his horse with the whip all the way down the straight, […]
Look at all owners! It’s great to see so many young people! – Bernie Cooper, after Shezgottheboom’s win in $300 000 Jewels at the Gold Coast Bernie obviously didn’t see the great John ‘JC’ Catton, greyhound trainer extraordinaire, there among the winning owners. How could you miss him in that hat, jumping up and down […]
The controversial NZ bloodstock agent John Curtin – the Don King of the tried trot sale industry – is right when he rails against the logic of standing start races in the modern age. Stands are a relic of a a bygone era and an age long gone, a 20th century affectation that derived from […]
We thank the Deputy Commissioner for her response to our correspondence to the Racing Minister expressing our concerns about an alleged violent offender being nominated for a Queensland Country Racing Trainer of the Year Award, and being permitted to attend the awards ceremony. It is comforting to know that the QRIC has taken action in […]
We have written at length about the QRIC’s hidden budgetary issues that have hindered the QLD integrity agency’s capacity to perform pre-race blood testing at meetings outside of the majors, and the issue continues apace. It is making Queensland racing a milkshake maker’s paradise, and a lawless land where drenchers wander free and run rampant. […]
Running 3rd in a seven horse field is not normally something to write home to Mama about, but when you do it as hobby trainer with a $201 shot in a race in which the second longest priced runner is just $34 it is. Jim Murdoch QC is the greatest racing lawyer not just in […]
One of the basic duties of a race day Steward’s job is to check that horses have the right brand, are carrying the correct saddle cloth, and are wearing their notified gear. Brand marking XYZ123. Tick. Saddlecloth number 7. Tick. Blinkers. Oops, I forgot to check. That is what happened in race 7 at Toowoomba […]
In October 2020 the QRIC conducted a surprise stable inspection on the Friday before a race day and discovered that prominent trainer Chris Munce had injected one of his runners the next day with an unidentified substance. Munce claimed that it was a vitamin solution, but with only an empty syringe and his word to […]
What you see above is the Stewards Report for the race meeting at Mingenew last Saturday, as published on the Racing Queensland website. There are two slight problems. The meeting was abandoned is one. The other? Mingenew is in Western Australia. Aren’t the people in charge of Queensland racing brilliant? God help us all. https://www.racingqueensland.com.au/racing/full-calendar/thoroughbred/meeting/mnew/20220312/stewards-report
Melbourne racing fans may have seen the last of champion mare Verry Elleegant with Chris Waller confirming that the six-year-old would by-pass the All-Star Mile. The reigning Melbourne Cup heroine received more votes than other runner in the $5 million event, to be run at Flemington on March 19, but Waller said she would run in the Group 1 Ranvet Stakes (2000m) […]
