Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
On 16 November 2023, Stewards enquired into an incident that took place prior to the Birdsville Cup, being the sixth race at Birdsville on the 2 September 2023, whereby apprentice Landan Sykes was engaged to ride WAITAKERE. Apprentice Landan Sykes pleaded guilty, in that he did attempt to deceive and manipulate his riding weight, when […]
Queensland’s integrity boss Shane Gillard has spearheaded a new plan to catch dopers and cheats in the racing industry. In the past, the Queensland Racing Integrity Commission has sometimes been accused of not doing enough to stamp out wrongdoing. More than two years ago, a group of frustrated Queensland trainers spoke out with their concerns that cheats were […]
Well so much for the QRIC Commissioner Shane Gillard’s grand plan to use an innovative swabbing regime to crack down on drug cheating in Queensland racing. There were 10 races at the main Sunshine State metropolitan meeting at the Sunshine Coast yesterday, with an average of $95 000 prizemoney on offer in each. Only 6 […]
What the hell sort of Stewarding is this? Warwick Satherley, the jockey of the horse in red that races around to the lead, clearly came cutting across to the fence when their wasn’t room to do so. By doing this he chopped the rider of the horse in front in half and caused him to […]
The mass exodus of senior staff from the QRIC continues apace, with two more named to add to the list. Integrity Manager Michelle Nye, who only joined the integrity body in May this year after a distinguished investigative career at the QLD Crime and Corruption Commission, is gone, leaving of her own accord. General Manager […]
The Equine Racing Injury Working Group – known by perhaps the most apt acronym in history ERIWG (say it out aloud) – was a purportedly representative body established a couple of years back by the QRIC to address the hugely important issue of injuries being suffered in races, trials and in training by racehorses, with […]
The website peterprofit.com and its authors are committed to the principles espoused by prominent US journalist and political commentator Ana Kasparian above. Journalism IS about keeping people in positions of authority accountable, in racing as much as in other fields of life. Racing is funded with public money, and those who are in charge of […]
The first set of lights at the top of the straight in Redcliffe are clearly out. Yet still they race on. Why are the QRIC permitting this to happen when it’s clearly dangerous? The almighty turnover dollar takes precedence over driver and horse safety. So much for welfare. Like expunge – which the QRIC should […]
Hi Archie, In short the Australian Trainers Association, with support from other members of the racing alliance group ( jockeys, owners, breeders etc) met yesterday with Minister Grace Grace (pictured above) and advised her of our intention to issue a strongly worded press release stating that the industry had no confidence in the ability or […]
Hi Archie, I have very much this year to date been sitting back watching and listening to different media comments around how racing in Queensland is traveling around numerous issues. The smokes and mirrors around RQ and QRIC do your head in. Consultation processes with either RQ and QRIC with Industry are what I would […]
