Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
The Stewards are suspicious about apprentice Shania Willis’s ride on the $4.80 chance Jediah in the fifth at Gatton last Thursday. After taking initial evidence from Willis on the day, the stipes have adjourned their inquiry into her tactics in the race so they can examine all aspects of the race, including the wagering. A […]
Poor Jessica Lindsay (pictured) – God bless her soul Bailey Wheeler was fined $750 on Tuesday for accepting a ride for which he couldn’t make the weight. It was at least the 2nd time in the past month that he has offended against the rule. There is real concern about this talented hoop’s marked weight […]
Champion greyhound trainer Ron Ball has today won his appeal against the Stewards decision to restart his 10-year-disqualification imposed during the live baiting scandal of the mid-2010’s. QRIC Stewards had previously determined that Ball had breached the terms of his DQ by attending the property of his partner and then licensed trainer Serena Lawrence in […]
Wasn’t it lovely to put the starting times for the Mareeba race on Saturday back one race for Alwyn Bailey, after the trainer rang through to tell them that the truck taking his six runners to the meeting had broken down. It may have been a kind gesture by the Stewards but it was a […]
Doubting Dan was spot on with his markets. The horse who raced four times in fourteen day and twice in the past three is dead. And despite being on the immediate back up, no there was no pre-race veterinary inspection undertaken to make sure that she was fit and well. That’s first class animal welfare […]
Why would trainer Brett Cavanough enter his horse Indifference at Alpha in Queensland one day and at Coffs Harbour in NSW the next? After all it’s a 16 hour drive between the two tracks, and Cavanough trains his horses out of Scone (or so we’re told). He wouldn’t have entered Indifference in the Alpha Cup […]
It Maybe Smart to call your mare by Smart Missile out of Maybe The One that name, but it certainly isn’t smart to race her 4 time in 14 days, the last one off a two day backup, because you might find that your jockey will end up in hospital and your horse will never […]
This is the Stewards report for The Hayden at Albion Park on Saturday night. That was the race we showed you where Peter McMullen broke the rules to try to block Grant Dixon’s horse Call To Order from coming up the sprint lane. Penalties in feature events over the Winter Carnival are supposed to attract […]
THE RULES 167. (1) From the time the sprint lane becomes available for racing purposes, the leading horse closest to the inside running line and any horse in advance of and outside that horse or having passed that horse on its outside shall not enter any part of the sprint lane. (2) In the event of the […]
What you see above is the starting point penalty as detailed in the QRIC Penalty Guidelines for a breach of rule AHHR.167(1), which is entering the Sprint Lane. As you can also see there is no starting point penalty for a breach of rule AHRR.167(2). That is because the two parts of the rule […]
