Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
In a decision that has dumbfounded many, Queensland trainer Alanah Richardson (nee Pitt) has escaped from a cobalt presentation conviction with only a fine. Richardson, whose pacer Arendelle threw the positive to the notorious natural element cum banned substance after running third at Albion Park in December, was in fact suspended for12 months but the […]
Why on earth would the Stewards question apprentice Perrie Carter’s ride on Braidwood Queen in this race at Bundaberg yesterday? The kid was on the despised outsider in the race, and thanks to her bold front running tactics she almost pinched it. The much better fancied pair who filled the quinella – one of them […]
You could spend your whole life looking, and travel the world in search of one, but you will never find an easier protest to uphold than this one in the 2nd race at Thangool on the weekend. Craiglea Bronte took hold of its lightweight apprentice rider Kelsey Lenton on the home turn and decided to […]
Last Saturday week the Stewards interviewed starter Jason Suli seeking an explanation for his decision to call a false start when two runners, one of them the heavily backed favorite Savage Storm, galloped separately free of any interference to them and causing no interference to any other runner. As much as punters might be aggrieved […]
See the man in the moleskins and country hat, with his back to the camera? That’s Ross Neal, the former New Zealand Chief Steward now working on the tools in regional north-west Queensland. What’s he doing there at the starting stalls? You can’t steward much from that spot, which is why Stewards never until now […]
Original Stewards Report (above), and amendment to report (top) In the wake of our story about the whip battle between C. Meehan and T. Chambers at Rockhampton yesterday the QRIC has updated its official Stewards report to include reference to an inquiry that will be held into the incident. Whilst it remains a mystery how […]
Queensland’s most suspended apprentice jockey clearly didn’t make a new years resolution to ride with care, for he has started 2025 in much the same manner that he left 2o24. Suspended for careless riding. We speak of course about Dan McGillivray, the lesser talented of the errant jockey brothers (Matthew McGillivray being the other), and […]
Archie, In regard to your story about the Steward demanding the tongue tie go on when it wasn’t supposed to. If it was supposed to go on and the strapper had left it off, they would cop a fine of hundred or two! So what does the Steward in this case get? Promoted, if other […]
Archie. I read your piece on Kim Kelly. He may be a great steward (just ask him), but in my view he is a terrible Deputy Commissioner. Mr Kelly appears to have zero interest in the greyhounds. We had a Group 1 meeting during the week that you’d expect the most senior QRIC integrity official […]
It was QRIC Deputy Commissioner Kim Kelly who made the decision to race the Magic Millions meeting at the Gold Coast in preference to transferring the meeting to Eagle Farm or the Sunshine Coast, so he will have to wear the blame for the day’s racing being postponed after just three races were run. We […]
