Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
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.
Can anyone in the world explain why a lowly Saturday night meeting at Toowoomba required six Stewards to officiate at it, when the main meeting of the weekend at Eagle Farm only needed four? An even better question is why six stewards could only oversee the pre-race swabbing of three runners on the card? Is […]
If last night’s Albion Park stewarding is any indication, the current disenchantment-driven malaise in the QLD racing integrity ranks appears to be a virus that has spread like a web across all three codes. As at the gallops and greyhounds, far too few pre-race samples were taken from horses running at the meeting on which […]
Archie, We know the story so far. That is Dale Evans was dead as a maggot on Nic Some More at Mackay in Dec 2023. Super Steward Tate Hudson and Cadet Suli charged him with failing to take all reasonable measures on the horse, found him guilty and suspended him for 4 months. The next […]
The QRIC review has been going for around a month, and it’s only on Wednesday that Botra send out information about it to its members. What they sent wasn’t a progress update. It was the Terms of Reference, for an inquiry that’s already off and away. BOTRA President Darren Garrard invited and urged industry members […]
Stewards report, Race 1 at Miles on 10 Feb 2024 You can read as well as I can. The start of race 1 at Miles was delayed because the start had to be conducted by the assistant starter due to a lack of barrier staff. At least that’s what the starter Mr D. Kerwick told […]
Remember the exclusive we published during the week about the QRIC cutting costs by slashing the number of vets and swabbies at race meetings to one apiece? The issue that not even the industry members on the QRIC review committee knew about, let alone the mainstream racing media writers? Well finally after reading our stories […]
This survey is supposed to be meant for QRIC staff only. But in a typical example of the incompetence within the organisation it has been left open to be answered by anyone. Which means that if you are so inclined, click on the link and have your say. From: QRIC Independent Review <QRICReview@kpmg.com.au> Sent: Monday, February 5, […]
The QRIC appear to have blown the budget, and to save costs the Deputy Commissioner has made the decision to reduce the number of vets and swab attendants at all race meetings to one, including at metropolitan meetings. They have told staff that to make this workable service demands from Stewards and the vets will […]
Archie, Let’s reflect on the reign of Commissioner Gillard. Report writers used to assist stewards at TAB venues in writing stewards reports, advising racecaller, on course tote and TAB of correct weight and doing transcripts. These were experienced and loyal people. Apparently the cost was around $300k a year. The solution to a problem that […]
