Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
The Ciaron Maher trained colt Navy Pilot was a late scratching from race 5 at Doomben on Saturday due to the track downgrade from Soft 7 to Heavy 8. Local Rule 69 provides that when a horse is scratched due to the condition of the track the Stewards may impose an embargo on the horse […]
There were two very experienced Stewards in the shape of former NZ Chief Stipe Ross Neal and ex-Gold Coast Chief Steward Paul Gillard on the panel at yesterday’s Cairns meeting. You wouldn’t have known it though by the way owner Tom Hedley and his trainers played them off a break. The two race day officials […]
Rockhampton horse trainer Tom Smith has been in the news lately after he bashed and brutalized a young horse for half an hour while trying to force it to enter the on-track pool and swim, and thanks to being charged with the wrong offence got away with just a fine. He might not be so […]
@aholz9 Another successful day racing 🏁 🐎 #beautifulday #horsesoftiktok #thoroughbred #racing #winner #dangerous #jobs #fast ♬ original sound – NYRA The video you see above was posted by the Chair of the Stewards panel at Gordonvale yesterday Ashleigh Holzhauser, who posts as Ashleigh Rose. The footage featured in the post is of the horses running […]
The picture you see at the top is the start of race 5 at Gordonvale (near Cairns) yesterday. It’s obvious the barrier – which is occupied by Brand New – has malfunctioned and opened early. Now take a look at the video of the start and thereafter below. The jockeys all took hold thinking that […]
We have written extensively about the relaxed attitude to cobalt positive swabs recently adopted by the QLD integrity authorities. Whereas once the QRIC would throw innocent, upstanding men like Neale Scott and Darrel Graham out of the game for long periods and blacken their names after their horses returned positives to the stuff that were […]
Call me old fashioned, but I – like most Stewards around the world – believe that a rigorous pre-race swabbing regime is the bedrock of drug free racing. This reality may be unpalatable to the idealists, but if they know you are not going to take samples that would detect spiked TCO2 levels then some […]
A few weeks ago we wrote a story questioning the QLD Stewards approach to allowing riders who incur multiple careless riding penalties to serve their penalties at the same time (concurrently) rather than serving their suspensions one after the other (cumulatively). In the story – which was about Kyle Wilson-Taylor being allowed to serve two […]
There was a fall in race 6 at Townsville yesterday in which Lacey Morrison fell and injured her ankle., ruling her out for the rest of the card. Lacey was otherwise okay. The Stewards inquired into the fall and found that no rider/s were to blame for L. Morrison going down. We’d love to agree […]
MISSISSIPPI PRINCE – Raced wide until the 1000m. A post-race veterinary examination revealed no apparent abnormalities. Stewards spoke to BRC Starters in relation to the failure to remove MISSISSIPPI PRINCE’s pre-race earmuffs prior to the start being affected. The BRC starters were advised to review their starting procedures in relation to pre-race gear. The starter […]
