Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
There was a protest 2nd v 1st in race 4 at Coonamble. Everyone I spoke to thought it would be upheld. It wasn’t, it was dismissed. What have you gotta do to get a protest upheld these days? Put the runner-up over the fence? ————————————————– Dundeel Flyer – Rider B. Loy was permitted to ride […]
I’lltellyouafter is the 4-year-old mare we wrote about yesterday, the one who broke down in the race at Richmond, who we predicted would be dead before dinner time. Sadly we were right. The question is how did the Stewards allow the mare who had been beaten almost 20 lengths at its previous run and looked […]
The words you read below are taken verbatim from the QLD Racing Appeals Panel dismissing trainer and former race club chief Peter Inwood’s appeal against a lengthy disqualification for an animal welfare rule offence. This is what happens to dead racehorses in the bush. We dump them off the side of the road. Read it […]
There is no Stewards Report up yet, so we cannot say it for certain, but if the Tanya Parry trained galloper I’lltellyouafter isn’t dead this morning then I’m not here. It’s break down in the maiden yesterday at Richmond in Far North Western QLD was catastrophic. It brought tears to your eyes. How the mare […]
The big news out of the north is that long time Cairns Jockey Club powerbroker Tom Hedley (above) is facing a challenge in the coming weeks for his position as club president, and it’s a formidable one too. Prominent local business woman and high achieving club committee member Rebecca Conlan (pictured at top) has thrown […]
Those of us watching the first race at Doomben live yesterday saw the $4.60 third favorite in the betting Crazy Eights go down in the stalls at the start, and expected it to be backed out and vet checked. Race caller David Fowler obviously did too. But the horse wasn’t pulled out of the gates […]
Jockey Daniel Moor was hauled into the Stewards room after race 2 at Eagle Farm and had his ride on the 2nd favorite Iconify questioned. I am buggered if I know why. Iconify is the horse in the pink and blue, one out and one back. Tell me if you can what was wrong with […]
This has not been an easy decision to make. It has been an absolute privilege to have had the opportunity to work with all of my clients, staff and supporters. I am incredibly grateful for the trust, loyalty and support you have shown me throughout the years.My business has been so much more than simply […]
I want to take you back to the TAB meeting at Ewan in QLD last Friday, the first day of the tiny former mining site turned ghost town’s two day carnival of racing. It is race 6 that we are interested in. This is the finish close up, taken from a still shot of the […]
LAUGHING STOCK IS WHAT THEY ARE I noted five more downgrades have been listed by that Asian committee now having the say about what happens in Australia. The Adelaide Cup, the ATC Chairman’s Handicap, the Brisbane Cup and the West Australian Derby have all gone from Group 2 to Group 3 and the Launceston Cup […]
