Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
What a joke it was at the Barcaldine Races. After the first race jockey A Butler took over 10 minutes to return to scale then weighed in hunched over on scales. He was completely exhausted. Despite that, Butler was then allowed to weigh out for the second race. It was only when the horses were […]
The mail out of Tabletop Mountain is that the racing licensee who is alleged to have stabbed a fellow participant in the back with a pair of scissors during a dispute at a property across the road from Clifford Park on Thursday and it is claimed threatened to slit her throat was arrested by police […]
Hot off the press is that mid-way through the QRIC review the Deputy Commissioner Natalie Connor has today resigned. More to follow as it comes to hand.
This is Nutso, pictured in the tie up stalls at Charleville before he raced in 38 plus degree heat on Saturday afternoon. He doesn’t look like a horse suffering from colic to me. Nutso won his race by 4 lengths. And now he’s dead. The owners, many of them making their first venture into the […]
Some wags who were watching the Cairns races with me yesterday are saying that the inquiry into the incident after the 9th race is about how the Racing Queensland website has Fanciful Mr Fox being ridden by Graham Kliese and finishing 5th, when we all saw that is was actually Lacey Morrison who booted the […]
A horse named Nutso racked up win 4 from 10 careers starts in winning Race 1 at Charleville by 4 lengths yesterday afteroon. Five hours later the horse is fighting for his life after suffering heat stroke during his race, but at this stage the bands still playing. It’s 38 degrees in the shade despite […]
Why on earth did the Stewards waste their time and put undue pressure on James Orman by inquiring into this ride? What the hell could they possibly have imagined that Orman did wrong? Putting a horse on the fence at the mile mark of a middle distance race run on a tight turning track is […]
You can see the Steward report about race 2 at Townsville yesterday. Now look at the race. And tell me that Amanda Thomson didn’t ride this second placed grey horse the $1.80 favorite dead. Puh-lease. Gimme a break.
Isn’t it interesting to learn from the QLD Stewards that apprentice jockey Bailey Moffat is a Siamese twin. He’d just about have to be to have the ability to ride two horses in the same race wouldn’t he? According to the stewards Moffat was almost dislodged from Adashan in the first race at Mt Isa […]
