Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
Stewards report, Race 1 at Miles on 10 Feb 2024 You can read as well as I can. The start of race 1 at Miles was delayed because the start had to be conducted by the assistant starter due to a lack of barrier staff. At least that’s what the starter Mr D. Kerwick told […]
Morning Archie If Qld racing follows through with the QRIC’s plan for only 1 vet and 1 swabbie it will often be the case where not even all the winners are able to be swabbed. There is only a small window of time from collecting the winner, hosing them down, feeding them a drink of […]
What you are watching is race 3 at the Sunshine Coast yesterday, and the interference that Kyle Wilson-Taylor on the eventual winner, the horse in red, caused to the runner-up in the red and black ridden by Jai Williams. The incident resulted in Williams firing in the protest you see at the top that was […]
Remember the exclusive we published during the week about the QRIC cutting costs by slashing the number of vets and swabbies at race meetings to one apiece? The issue that not even the industry members on the QRIC review committee knew about, let alone the mainstream racing media writers? Well finally after reading our stories […]
Gai Waterhouse’s colt Fully Lit was brilliant in yesterday’s Inglis Millennium, but I reckon the David Payne trained 3rd placed filly Rag Queen was even better. Take a look at this run and tell me that I’m wrong. Rag Queen is in the red, blue and white colors out the back as the film rolls. […]
Don’t you just hate it when the connections of a beaten horse don’t lodge a protest, but the Stewards do? What hope is there of the same person deciding against themself on a panel of just two? Nil and Buckley’s is the answer, just as it proved after Steward B.J. Clark lodged a 4th v […]
What the hell is going on with the new mega multi-million track at the Gold Coast? They raced on it once on the 9th of December, and then twice in early January for the Magic Millions meeting, where quite a lot of questions were asked about the quality of the surface, particularly on the big […]
It’s difficult to know what to make of Sharp N Smart’s run for 6th place beaten 2.4 lengths in the Herbie Dyke Stakes at Te Rapa yesterday. Jockey Matthew Cameron rode the NZ Horse of the Year upside down, pushing him forward in the early part of the race to sit outside the leader and […]
RWWA’s decision to transfer the scheduled Ascot meeting to Bunbury under its hot weather policy has caused a great deal of upset among trainers from the Perth area and beyond. These trainers are questioning the judgement of the principal racing authority in deciding that it was better to make horses travel 5-6 hours to Bunbury […]
As you see from the Stewards Report above, only 6 horses out of the 10 races at Doomben yesterday were pre-race swabbed, and only the winners tested after the race, making it 16 in all that gave a sample. The Stipes report always details the swab attendants and vets working at the meeting, almost without […]
