Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
Remember the days when Stewards used to wear suits to the race and polish their shoes? I don’t know when the rot set in and the standards of dress declined, but these days an official’s attire appears to be optional of their choosing. The Steward you see in the picture on the right is Fiona […]
Daniel Aurisch was once the rising star of the Queensland stewarding ranks and was widely tipped to one day become the Chief. Then he hit some health problems that caused him to drop out of front runnning contention and, alongside other reasons relating to an internal management pro-Josh Adams team, saw him miss out on […]
The Stewards report from Townsville on Friday was instructive as to which jockeys not to book if you want someone to ride your horse. Amanda Thomson accepted 5 mounts at the Mt Isa meeting on Saturday the 24th of April but didn’t turn up to take her mounts. Thomson was then stood down from riding […]
The Chief Steward Josh Adams was the Chairman of the Panel at the Eagle Farm meeting last Saturday. That means that he was in charge of signing off on the official Stewards report. The one that recorded the Tony Gollan trained Blue Spinel as having raced 3-wide for the majority of the race. Blue Spinel […]
If this isn’t the most uncontroversial protest in history, then I don’t know what is. Cejay Graham on the horse in white with blue sleeves and green cap comes in and cuts the horse in all blue with a little white in half . It cost the beaten horse at least a half to three-quarterds […]
Des Gleeson has found that any Steward who lodges a protest shouldn’t sit in on hearing it, and the QRIC have implemented his recommendation. It sounds right doesn’t it? A Steward can’t be complainant, prosecutor, judge, jury and executioner. It’s an affront to the notion of justice. In the courts anyway. But think it through […]
The Queensland Racing Integrity Commission (QRIC) has actioned the recommendations from Mr Desmond Gleeson, following his review of protest decisions from race meetings in March 2024. Mr Gleeson reviewed two protest decisions, from Saturday 30th March 2024 Beaudesert Race 3: GLENFIDDICH FIRST WEANLINGS QTIS THREE-YEAR-OLD BENCHMARK 65 HANDICAP 1100 Metres and Saturday 23rd March 2024 […]
Trainer Kevin Kemp copped one on the chin for entering his galloper Denman Blue into a heat of the Burnett to Beach series in which it wasn’t qualified to compete. Racing QLD missed it’s ineligibity completely, and allowed it to run. Someone later noticed, and dobbed Kemp and his horse in. It was disqualified from […]
Race 3: JULIA CREEK BUTCHER MEMORIAL RATINGS BAND 0 – 60 HANDICAP 1100 M LE WEASEL – lay out throughout; raced in restricted room for several strides near the 400 metres when inside TRINITY MISSILE which became unbalanced and shifted in when making the turn. TRINITY MISSILE – had difficulty negotiating the […]
The KPMG report into its Best Practice Review of QRIC hasn’t been publicly released yet, but obviously the Commissioner and his sidekicks that most people deem responsible for the issues plagueing the integrity body, and by extension the racing industry, have got a copy. Their response? Improve their style of management so that the operation […]
