It’s impossible to tell here what went on in the final stages of race 4 at Doomben on Wednesday. Obviously the horse in the orange burst through the middle and nutted the leader on the line. But the rider of the second horse Daniel Moor lodges a protest, claiming that apprentice Montana Philpott on the […]
Somebody is Watching You
In the space of a few weeks horse trainer Kristie Clark-Peoples has risen from relative obscurity to seemingly being featured prominently on the QRIC’s Top 10 wanted list. If you want a cryptic clue as to why, then remember that some years ago Clark-Peoples broke in a later classy Asian galloper called Gingerbread Man. Say […]
Sheza No Gimme, Richie – Don’t Forget About the Kiwi Mare
Richard Callander in his Racenet column this week declares Sheza Alibi an absolute gimme to win the Golden Eagle at Rosehill in seven weeks time. As good as she is – and Sheza Alibi’s top class, there is no question about that – Richie has gone the crow too early and overlooked one rather important […]
Hmm, Interesting
I got a tip earlier in the week that trainer Kristie Clark-Peoples, her husband and fellow licensee David Peoples, and a staff member who shall not be named, might be paying a visit to the QRIC Stewards office sometime soon. The matter, our mailman said, involved a reputed positive swab that one of the Peoples […]
Aren’t Changes of Riding Tactics Supposed to be Notified?
The $3.80 favorite in the last race at Mackay yesterday Bateman’s Bay had, coming into the race, started on 21 occasions previously. Each and every time it had been ridden from behind, including at its win last time out at Townsville, when it swept home from near the rear of the field. Bateman’s Bay had […]
Talking a Big Game, But Walking Slow
Now Racing QLD Chairman in absentia Matthew McGrath, who lives in Cronulla, submission to the NSW Parliamentary Inquiry into the proposed sale of Rosehill Racecourse makes for interesting reading. First the former Australian Turf Club (ATC) Chairman refers to 6-time Group 1 winner and idol of the Australian turf Chautauqua as Chatacqua, which is bit […]
Luke Duggan Appeal Live – Part 5 – Gone Fishing
Ballard E. for the QRIC says they don’t agree with Murdoch’s submission that Duggan should get time served. Unlike Murdoch, who is a be bop jazz practitioner, Ballard E. appears to be reading word for word from a pre-prepared submission. Listening to her is extremely boring. It sounds more like a lecture than a submission. […]
I Wonder What Will Happen to Jim Mason Now?
Caulfield Cup winning trainer Jim Mason moved up from Melbourne to the Sunshine Coast a couple of years back to become the private trainer for Noosa crane and lift hire magnate Mike Sherrin, who runs his thoroughbred business under the name of Sheralee Racing. Sherrin previously had his horses with Desleigh Forster, but that relationship […]
The Greatest Certainty on Earth – As Long as it Doesn’t Gallop and Throw it Away
2-year-old Kiwi trotter Duke of Bourbon is the real deal. We have told you that before. Wanna See a Potential Superstar – Meet the Duke There is not a horse of his age who can beat him, other than himself. See as brilliantly talented as he is, the Duke is still a skittish youngster, and […]
HRV Chairman Says Prizemoney is Not on His Top 10 Priority List – Will the Last One Out Please Turn Off the Lights and Lock the Door – Or Put the Bloke in the Bulb in Charge at Least
These words of the HRV Chairman have to be seen and heard to be believed. Prizemoney is not one of the top ten priorities of the boof headed boffins running the trots in Victoria. Money doesn’t matter in a free market driven world hey? I’m speechless. Here is what Bernie said. Fuck me dead. Watch […]