Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
MISSISSIPPI PRINCE – Raced wide until the 1000m. A post-race veterinary examination revealed no apparent abnormalities. Stewards spoke to BRC Starters in relation to the failure to remove MISSISSIPPI PRINCE’s pre-race earmuffs prior to the start being affected. The BRC starters were advised to review their starting procedures in relation to pre-race gear. The starter […]
Industry Notice: Qualification and requalification of horses for harness racing Friday 7 July 2023 A horse which has not raced is required to race satisfactorily in a Qualifying Trial before being permitted to race at a registered meeting. The Qualifying Trial requires the horse to start satisfactorily and keep pace and rhythm throughout the trial […]
Archie, Kristian from Coogee here peeped Mr Wade Birch at Randwick on Saturday for the big day at races (pictured above). Peeped him filming horses in the parade yard for someone. And having a Rex Hunt on them as well. Mr Birch seems perfectly placed for a job at the QLD Racing Commission (note no […]
The Stewards have some concerns with Lacey Morrison’s ride on Injada in the last race at Cairns yesterday. It’s the horse in red and white behind the horse on the outside in the orange as the replay rolls. Morrison’s effort looked a bit ordinary on face value, but the horse also looked to be laying […]
What trainer Thomas Smith did While attempting to swim a young unnamed bay gelding (‘the horse’), Smith: Struck the horse on several occasions using the poly pipe on the gelding’s rump and hind using force Struck the horse across the neck with the poly pipe Shortened the poly pipe to use it as a blunt […]
Winners are grinners – but did Jim get the bob? The worm appears to have turned. Murdoch KC might just have pulled this one out from the flames. The QRIC bloke has made his sentencing submissions, and of course he says that the Stewards were right. Nothing but a disqualification will do, he says. It’s […]
Where there’s life there’s hope, my mate Matt always says. Perhaps he is right, for Panel Chair his honor O’Brien comes out and criticizes the way that the QRIC has particularized the charge. He basically says that a collection of facts thrown together doesn’t by prove a person’s guilt. You have to show how Smith’s […]
Murdoch rests his case. It shouldn’t have been too heavy, ‘cos it didn’t contain much. The QRIC’s counsel – I didn’t catch his name – begins his submissions in reply. This is going to be interesting. He is not intimidated by Murdoch like so many others are, and is standing up to him like Holyfield […]
For once in his life the Magic Man looks to be struggling. You can’t criticise him for it. It’s bloody hard to spin a silk purse out of a sow’s ear. Murdoch KC is trying though. Now he’s arguing that the assault on the horse wasn’t improper, because the Rockhampton Jockey Club trackwork supervisor didn’t […]
I am quickly starting to think that Murdoch KC knows that he is on a loser here, and is clutching at straws. First he attempts to define improper by reference to case involving Dean Watts and his company Dynamic Syndications. I know that case. It involved Watt – who runs Dynamic Syndications – being found […]
