Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
Poor Shryn Royes, being blamed by the Stewards for not transporting her horse Lady Huribel to the track at McKinley due to a mistaken belief that there wouldn’t be any jockey to ride it in its scheduled race. It’s a shame that the wrong person got fingered. Royes doesn’t train Lady Huribel. Tanya Parry does. […]
One of the key recommendations contained in the yet to be public released report of the review into QRIC’s operations is that responsibility for the Greyhounds Adopotion Program (GAP) should be transferred away from QRIC and over to the control of Racing Queensland. The Government is set to adopt the recommendation and make the move. […]
The Government seems reluctant to tell you who they have appointeed as the new Acting QRIC Commissioner, so we will. His name is Malcom Letts. Mr Letts is no relation to the famous racing man of the same surname John. This Letts is a career public servant who most recently he has held the role […]
I have a question about the Stewards Report from Townsville on Thursday. How do you swab an emergency like Extra Free that didn’t get a run and had been scratched out of the race in the morning? It would be a neat trick wouldn’t it? Just like getting a Stewards report right.
On Saturday 25 May 2024, Queensland Racing Integrity Commission (QRIC) stewards continued inquiries into the riding tactics adopted by rider J. Murphy (MORETON BAY) in Race 2 at Home Hill Class 6 Plate 1000m on 28 December 2023. After taking initial evidence from Jockey J. Murphy and Trainer J. Manzelmann on that date, the inquiry […]
Most of us will remember Willie Wonka’s ever lasting gobstopper that he manufactured in the Chocolate Factory. The QRIC Stewards from the Home Hill meeting on the 28th of December last year obviously liked it, for they have adopted the approach when it comes to adjourned inquries. They never end. An inquiry was convened into […]
https://www-harness-org-au.akamaized.net/qld/REC12062412.mp4 Driver Ricky Gordon copped a 3-week suspension for an unacceptable drive on the early leader Left To Rocknroll in this race at Redcliffe last night, and so he should have too for he drove the horse at speeds that it wasn’t capable of runnng, and as result it dropped out at 700m mark to […]
On Monday we published a story titled Jigger Me Timber – Is It True That … In this story we posed the questions about whether it was true that …. a tool of a trainer turned up at his local track to work his horse the other day accompanied by a work rider who doubles […]
Under the rules of racing once a rider presents to the jockeys room at least 45 minuted before the start time of their first ride, they are required to stay in the room until after they have completed their last ride, unless they are given permission by the Stewards to otherwise leave. There is nothing […]
Its a pretty poor show of things when the Stewards allow an apprentice jockey to accept mounts without first cross-referencing their records to ensure that that the kid holds a license that permits them to do so. That seems to be what happened at Gayndah on the weekend when apprentice Ty Wheeler – who hadn’t […]
