QRIC Deputy Commissioner Resigns
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.
Nutso’s Owners Steadfastly Refute the Official Story That Their Beloved Galloper Died of Colic, and Demand a Full Inquiry into the Circumstances of His Death at the Track
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 […]
Four Incidents in One Day – Crowded House Come to Cairns For a Day at the Races – I Hope They Had Their Earplugs In, and Didn’t Study the RQ Form
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 Racehorse Named Nutso Lies Dead in a Hot Grave – Whatever Happened to the QRIC Heat Policy?
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 […]
The Most Stupid Inquiry in Racing History Ends the Wat it Began – With Jimmy Orman Totally Innocent
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’d Have To Be Kidding Wouldn’t You?
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.
I Bet You Didn’t Know That Apprentice Jockey Bailey Moffat Was a Siamese Twin
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 […]
Has There Been a Split at the Top of the QRIC Ranks?
The latest word on the street is that there appears to have been a fallout mid-review between the QRIC Commissioner Shane Gillard and his Deputy Commissioner Natalie Connor (pictured at top), with both said to be pointing the finger of blame at the other for the mass mess of culture and management problems inside the […]
QRIC Review Data Leak – KPMG Release Private Email Addresses of Former and Current Staff
In a major breach of privacy laws, the consultants running the QRIC ‘Best Practice’ review have provided a real life demonstration of worst practice by releasing the names and private email addresses of almost 50 former employees without their knowledge or consent. The data breach occurred when the project managers KPMG emailed a meeting invitation […]
Earth to QRIC, Earth to QRIC – Do You Read Me?
This is a cracker isn’t it? I didn’t know that race meetings in Townville on the 2oth of February were actually run 200km south in Bowen on the 2nd of February, did you? The incompetence of the QRIC never ceases to amaze.