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What hope does the review of the QRIC have when it is beset with structural problems from the start? Not much is our guess. The review is being conducted by the major consultancy firm KPMG, which is a problem because they are a ‘partner’ of the QRIC, having been involved in the original recommendations to […]
Hi everyone, As you know, in December Minister Grace announced a routine review of QRIC’s powers and functions, and has requested that a report be delivered to her office by Thursday 28 March, 2024. With that in mind, I’d like to update you on how the review is progressing. The review is being conducted by […]
Greyhound trainer Janene Armstrong turned up to the Albion Park race meeting on the 4th of October with two dogs that were significantly underweight, to the point of being the canine version of WW2 POW’s, of which my grandfather was one. It ain’t pleasant. Red Burner was down 2.2 kilograms on its previous racing weight […]
Why would the QRIC need to send 6 Stewards, 3 Judges, 2 vets, 2 swab attendants and 2 starters to yesterday’s midweek Doomben meeting? It wasn’t a Saturday metro, and only 6 horses were pre-race swabbed, and just the winners after. So why the cast of thousands? None of it makes any sense from a […]
The racing integrity team turned out in force for yesterday’s Magic Millions meeting, with the cast list running to eight stewards (including the chief), 2 cadet stewards, a clerk of the scales, three judges, seven vets, six swab attendants and one starter, 28 QRIC officials in total. Sadly the 28 couldn’t run a race meeting […]
Fresh off the back of the Dale “Handbrake” Evans at Mackay and Jackson Murphy running and handling inquiries, we get two in one day at headquarters yesterday. First the chief Geoff ‘Gus’ Goold and his bad of merry stewarding men adjourned an inquiry into the $1.28 fav in a maiden plate over 2040m ridden by […]
‘Alligator Al’ Endresz told me late the year before last that he would win his case against the QRIC hands down, and knowing the people involved and the lawyers I never doubted him for a second. But I never thought he would win it so easy, and I doubt even he did too. Just as […]
Big ups @QRICStewardsTHB letting this horse go round at Rocky. #lovethehorse pic.twitter.com/HjhUGiLQec — dbarclay (@miltonmarkets00) January 9, 2024 The incident you see happened as they were loading a group of inexperienced 2-year-olds into the barriers for the first race at Rockhampton today. The horse who rears and crashes to the ground is named Tekeki, who […]
‘Bookie’ Ben Krahe was given an inside run to become the sole bookmaker at Albion Park through his friendship with and close association to certain controversial figures associated with the club, some of whom were seen together cavorting at the recent Inter Dominion series. I won’t name these controversial figures due to the risk of […]
This decision to hand down QLD trot trainer Richard March just a $2500 fine for one of his horses throwing a positive swab to the drug pregabalin is quite extraordinary. Pregabalin is a nerve blocker, a drug that stops horses from feeling pain by controlling brain chemicals that that send signals to the nerves in […]
