Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
This is an extract from a feature story that appeared on the Rockhampton Jockey Club’s website. The comments in italic are ours. ————————————– Local Trainer Tim Cook once stated “My mother always said she went into labour with me going to the Dingo races”. Dingo? How apt is that. This being the case, one can […]
There are plenty of ways that you can hurt a manAnd bring him to the groundYou can beat him, you can cheat him, you can treat him badAnd leave him when he’s down, yeah But I’m ready, yes I’m ready for youI’m standing on my own two feetOut of the doorway the (metaphorical) bullets ripRepeating […]
You got no idea what I am talking about do you? At the moment you’re not supposed to. But you will, don’t you worry about that. In justice we trust. If we are wet behind the ears innocents and fools. Watch this space.
Take a look at this for a joke. It’s the final race at Redcliffe last night. The $1.45 fave gallops. Other runners are interfered with. But the races have been delayed almost an hour due to the blown lights after race 1, and starter and the stewards want to go home. So they let them […]
QCAT documents, seen by Racenet, reveal the case was quietly finalised, with the tribunal also setting aside one of Heathcote’s three charges. “Robert Heathcote shall not publicise the subject matter of the case in the media, and, in particular, not make any disparaging comment about (QRIC) concerning the matter,” the QCAT decision reads. Rob Heathcote […]
Athletes who perform an appropriate cool-down are less likely to become injured. Muscular and skeletal injuries have been found to increase when the cool down procedure is neglected. Injuries are decreased significantly when the cool down is performed for an adequate amount of time compared to only a short period of time.[14] Well the science […]
Shane Gillard, QRIC Commissioner, surveying the ranks of his happy troops. But for how much longer? Three more staff members have quit their jobs at the QRIC this weeks. The Finance Manager in gone. The Chief Vet (Greyhounds) is gone. Another Steward has gone. At the rate people are resigning, soon there will be no-one left. […]
Portrait of a twice jailed scumbag, who sings like a bird So back to Wayne Francis Innes, Mirrors to his two friends in the world, and the question is this. How dare that criminal fucker threaten to have me knocked? Who the hell does the weak gutted, thieving, lying, wire wearing, barking dog of a […]
In 50 years in racing I am not sure that I have ever seen a jockey hauled into the Stewards room for putting a favourite in the box seat in the run. In fact I don’t believe that I ever have. Not until yesterday at Eagle Farm anyway. Apprentice Jake Molloy was on the fave […]
On Friday, Judge Deborah Richards said Innes secretly recorded meetings with former Ipswich City Council CEO Carl Wulff which was “vitally important” to his (Wullf’s) imprisonment. She said he (Innes) had been integral to the identification of corruption at the council. It has been brought to my attention that Wayne Francis Innes has in the […]
