Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
Story by James Tzaferis @ betsty.com.au, 9 Oct 25 Veteran South Australian horseman Darryl Carrison will attempt to gain a stay of proceedings that will allow him to continue training while he appeals a four year disqualification for a charge relating to synthetic EPO use. Carrison fronted the stewards on Tuesday following a long-running investigation […]
Tasmanian jockey Jackson Radley has won his appeal against a 2-meeting suspension imposed for careless riding after it was discovered that his offence record the Stewards used as the basis for determining his penalty was wrong. Radley’s record showed that he had two previous convictions for careless riding, nut he didn’t. Both of them had […]
This is the start of race 3 at Ballarat yesterday. You’d want to hope that the horse in the infield wasn’t a hurdler wouldn’t you? Safety first? Not at Dowling Forest.
The Victoria Derby is a notoriously hard race to pick the winner of a month out, but after what we saw yesterday in the 1800m Super Impose Stakes this year looks to be different. Arabian Prince is the one. This Mick Kent Sr trained galloper was having only its second start in the Super Impose […]
Jamie Melham is being bagged all over the place for her ride on Gilded Water in the Bart Cummings at Flemington yesterday, but I reckon you have to feel sorry for her really. Melham was riding to instructions by going to the front, but how could she have known that once she got there the […]
As a result of a dispute over whether or not there was a leader bias at Mooney Valley last Saturday – I said there wasn’t, the Doctor said there was – that escalated well beyond its importance, there are no Nude tips for Flemington this weekend. Hopefully that situation may rectify itself some time soon. […]
Another four riders have taken the fall in the doctored Health Assessment Report scandal seemingly without end. Each of them pleaded guilty to submitting falsified reports for a single year. All were disqualified. Licensed stablehand Cameron Munro was banned for three months. Munro’s partner, trainer and trackwork rider Linda Gersekowski, got 4 months. Trackwork rider […]
In the middle of a racing review with jungle drums beating out strong rumors that the Government is giving serious consideration to bringing QRIC and Racing QLD back together under one roof is probably not the right time for funding of the integrity regulator to increase by 21.5% or $7 million, but that’s exactly what […]
Australian race fans will well remember the win of Belle Du Jour in the 2000 Golden Slipper, when the Clarry Conners trained filly missed the start by 3 lengths and then rider Lenny Beasley picked a checkered path through the field to storm home over the top of them late to take the prize. It […]
It was a busy weekend in the bush up in QLD, with race meetings being run all across the State. Here’s a quick look at the highlights from them. Mount Isa Rober Faehr booted home a double in the first two races on the small five race program. He followed that up with a second […]
