Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
Western Australian gallops trainer Roy Rogers killed 4 horses. At least that’s what the Stewards report said. The word on the ground is that he actually killed 24. These horses weren’t injured or anything, not to the point that they had to be put down. They just weren’t much good, and Rogers didn’t want to […]
No-one can ever accuse the QRIC Stewards of being consistent. This was vividly illustrated on Melbourne Cup day when Five riders at five different Queensland tracks were pinched for failing to fully ride their mounts out to the finish line. Remarkably each received a different penalty for the exact same offence. How can that be? […]
Declan Bates is taking his sacking as the rider of Pride Of Jenni by owner Tony Ottobre graciously, and is acting like the perfect gentleman about it all, but in my view its bullshit and utterly unfair. It was Ottobre who told the press that Jenni would be ridden more conservatively in the Cox Plate, […]
For the second time in four days the officials in QLD have forgotten to remove the ear muffs from a horse before leaving the barriers, resulting in it running around looking like Scotchman with blue sideburns. It happened in race 4 at Bundaberg yesterday, and what happened afterwards was a comedy in itself. Starter B. […]
A few years ago John Symons feared he wasn’t going to live to see another Melbourne Cup. John had cancer, a real aggressive type, and he was pale and gaunt and looked as sick as a dog when he and Sheila came up to Port Douglas on their annual holiday north. Sheila was as worried […]
We are big, big fans of the training team of Sheila Laxon and John Symons, but if the rumors about the owners of their unbeaten in its past four starts galloper Knights Choice knocking back a $2.3 million dollar offer for their horse are true – and we have every reason to believe that they […]
Queensland Racing Integrity Commission Stewards Report: Jockey Nathan Day Date: 30 October 2024 Panel: D. Griffiths (Chairman), P Warren, S Nosworthy (Cadet). Queensland Racing Integrity Commission Stewards reconvened an inquiry previously adjourned on 2 October 2024, regarding the reason Jockey Nathan Day failed to fulfil his three riding engagements (Race 1 Dyna Power, Race 3 […]
Those of us with long memories will remember the days when the Sydney races on Derby Day were shite. Nothing sort of affairs with no particular interest to anybody except the connections of the runners.\ It wasn’t that long ago. Rewind to Rosehill on Derby Day in 2014. There were eight races on the card, […]
I’m not sure whether it’s just me, or whether I am being unduly influenced by the price fluctuations when forming my suspicions, so I will ask you for your opinion. Did the ride on the 2nd horse over the concluding stages look a bit odd? The winner had been backed from $5.50 into $1.85. The […]
Thestraight.com.au reports today that a 2.5% share in the superstar US racehorse turned stallion Flightline has sold for A$3.8 million, placing the value of the unbeaten galloper at A$15o million. At that price he is the bargain of the century. Flightline stands at a fee of $A225 000 in his second season and will serve […]
