Do the Stewards in Far North QLD not know the rules, or is it simply that they choose not to apply them? Trainer Alwyn Bailey failed to transport his runner in race 4 Bring Me To Life to the track. Bailey told the Stewards that he left the horse at home because in his opinion […]
Only in Queensland
An inquiry has been convened into jockey Dylan Turner mistaking the position of the winning post and sitting up early on his mount in race 4 at Toowoomba on Saturday night and costing it the race. That’s good, so there should be an inquiry. As to the other matters to do with Dylan Turner’s ride, […]
Sometimes You Just Shake Your Head and Wonder Why
Stewards at Thangool yesterday found a syringe containing a substance in trainer Jason Hancock’s vehicle that he had used to transport his horse Zufasta to the track. Hancock told the stipes it was a crushed up acepromazine tablet. ACE is a sedative. You cannot give them on race day, and you can’t be in possession […]
How Moses Slaughter an Odds on Fave and Killed a Million Multis – And Got Away With It Clean
Grant Dixon has been getting away with murder at Albion Park lately. Last night he slaughtered an odds on fave right in front of the eyes of the Stewards, and killed a million multis. And got away with that too. Dixon’s drive on Call To Order didn’t even earn a mention in the Stewards Report. […]
The Gingerbread Man Is All Grown Up Now – It’s Time to Give Him Another Chance
“I can’t touch horses or saddle horses but I can manage some things for the stable, help with programming campaigns for horses and manage communication with owners” “There are some things I did wrong in the past and if I could go back in time and change some stuff I would. “I’ve always wanted to […]
Cocaine Casey Cops Four Months For Sharing a Video of Her Mate on the Toot – But Doesn’t Get Charged With Doing the Medellin Mamba on Film Herself Too- WTF?
QLD jockey Amy Graham was charged by Stewards with one count of damaging the image of racing by snorting coke while jockey Casey Waddell who she thought was a mate was filming it on her phone, and another count of lying to Zim (QRIC Steward Paul Zimmerman) about who else was there on the toot […]
It’s the Weak Nags in SEQ That Can’t Handle the Heat DC Kelly, Not Those Up Here in the North – Never Fear Though Sir, CRAHP Chairman Cranitch Has a Cool Solution to the Heat Stress Conundrum – Start All City Race Meetings at 3:00AM
CRAHP President Cranitch (pictured): A Red Hot Racing Fan With a Cool Solution to the Heat Stress Conundrum Deputy QRIC Commissioner Kim Kelly has been courting controversy in QLD country racing circles recently over the well-intended application of his new Caring For Animals in Extreme Heat Policy that was developed using the classic consultation method […]
The Most Despicable Team Drive That I Have Ever Seen in My Life – And the Most Disgraceful Stewarding Too
https://www-harness-org-au.akamaized.net/qld/APC21112514.mp4 You have never seen a more obvious team drive in your life than the one Team Dixon pulled in the $100 000 Sunshine Stars 3yo Classic at Albion Park on Friday. It was disgraceful. As you will learn later the Stewarding was worse. Grant Dixon trained 6 of the 10 runners in the race. […]
One, Two, Three, Four …..
COLOURS OF AUTUM – Jockey L. Morrison pleaded guilty to a charge under AR 132(5) in that she used her whip in an excessive manner striking the horse 7 times prior the 100 metres and 18 times in totality. Jockey Morrison’s license to ride in races was suspended for a period of 7 days to […]
Oh Dear – Sorry Lacey
Oh dear. Lacey’s lucky day has turned to disaster. Yesterday the Stewards Report for race 4 at Cairns made no mention about Lacey Morrison’s excessive whip use. Now, presumably after reading the unofficial Stewards Report – our story – and having seen the incontrovertible proof of jockey Morrison’s whip rule breach, the Stewards Report has […]