Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
Harness racing owner Eric Anderson is the father of leading Victorian trainer Julie Douglas. That makes him former trainer Glenn Douglas’s father-in-law. Julie bowls for Glenn, and her daddy knows it. In fact, father Anderson is one of the main reasons that the phantom trainer scheme was set up, for Glenn Douglass and Eric Anderson were […]
What you see at the top are the results from race 5 at Otaki in New Zealand yesterday. The picture was taken 12 hours after the race was run and won, but as you can see Sportsbet say that they are still waiting for a result. There is a reason for that. They can’t find […]
JAZZY AWARD- Due to a clerical and administrative error the mare may not have been displayed as wearing blinkers, this is incorrect and the mare was to race in blinkers. This was advertised by way of oncourse announcement and social media address. JET SPINNER- Due to a clerical and administrative was displayed as wearing earmuffs […]
Tomorrow kicks off the double header picnic meeting for grass fed horses at Kooroorinya, population nil. The track is near Prairie, and just a short few hour run down the dirt road from Hughenden, known to locals as the big smoke. Most of the runners on the card are coming into the meeting off short […]
I know there are trainers out there who say that Eagle Farm is still too hard, and that it jars their horses up. Maybe that’s true, but this is Queensland and soft tracks are really only something that you should encounter when it rains, so if you can’t handle the hard send your horse down […]
How good is the Million Dollar Chase? I’m not just talking the race, which is an absolute cracker. It’s the whole concept and the promotion that really pushes my buttons. Fox Footy are going to flick straight to Wenty after the main match on Saturday night to cover the race. When’s the last time you […]
Group 1 winning trainer Rob Heathcote insists he made an honest mistake in treating his horses with a banned product, which led to his runners being sensationally scratched by order of stewards at Doomben on Saturday. Heathcote admitted using a product called Hemoplex on his horses. The multiple Group 1 winner said he had been using […]
I’m on a mission to dig up the truth You think we’re stupid and there’s no proof Well let me tell you that the time has come To pull the trigger on the smoking gun Lies lies lies lies lies lies lies I’m on a mission to bring out the facts You got your stories […]
Greyhound racing, most impressively, is now contributing almost a quarter of a million dollars in economic value to the State. Brendan ‘Pins’ Parnell, CEO Racing Queensland. Um, no Pins. $245 million is a quarter of billion mate, not 1/4 of a million. Do you want me to buy you a calculator for Xmas? Or would […]
They are not giving much away at the QRIC anymore. Not even the identity of the official who takes the swabs. It is a classified national security matter. Start telling racing people who’s holding the bottle that the horse urinates in, and before you know it every trainer in town will be on the swab […]
