Archie It appears the stewards had a very firm word with Mr Wiggin’s reminding him to stop being naughty, that is all. Judges in Queensland courts used to do the same thing with teenage criminals too. That worked well didn’t it? When my kids are playing up at home I find grounding them by cutting […]
Jockey Wiggins Does It Again
I have written so often about jockey Ryan Wiggins errant riding lately that I am almost starting to feel like I’m picking on him, but rest assured I’m not. It’s just that Wiggins has been showing so little regard both for the rules and for his fellow competitors in recent weeks that I feel compelled […]
Now We Are Paying Chief Stewards $170 000 a Year to Start Races at the Trots
I get that the QRIC are a bit short of starters at the moment with two of them suspended from duty in relation to the wrong horse affair, but really are things that desperate that it come to this? Neil Finnigan is the Chief Steward of Harness Racing, and gets paid somewhere in the vicinity […]
Update on the Albion Park Starters Story
It has come to our attention that our story earlier this week about the Albion Park starters involved in the accidental ring-in affair was not quite right. The starters are stood down from duty on full pay, but not for 3 months. They are suspended from work while a disciplinary investigation process is undertaken, and […]
Our Mail is That the Albion Park Starters Have Been Suspended From Duty For 3 Months On Full Pay – Go Figure
Archie Noticed while visiting Marburg (Monday) and AP (Tuesday) that starters John Peterson and Jason Suli are still nowhere to be seen. Two people in the mobile and on the standing start platform. One is K.Williams (long time member of the industry usually swab collector and other roles, and also steward Lisa Bahr, former driver. […]
Ryan Wiggins Should Send the Townsville Stewards a Xmas Card This Year – To Thank Them For the Early Gift They Gave Him Here
This is the head on replay of the run down the home straight in race 2 at Townsville on Sunday. You have to watch it to understand the rest of the story. It’s short and quick. Ryan Wiggins – who only the day before had copped an 8 day suspension for careless riding in Cairns […]
Question of the Day – What Did Aidan Say?
Today’s quiz, brought to you by the QRIC Stewards. When questioned about the performance of his mount Ellis Beach, what did Aidan Holt actually say? Was it that Ellis Beach had a big night out at the casino and was still drunk The gelding’s girlfriend broke up with him this morning and he couldn’t run […]
Conspicuous by Their Absence
Albion Park starters J. Petersen and J. Suli were the officials whose job it was to check the brands and identities of horses running at the Creek on the night recently that a mare was allowed to start as a gelding of a different name. Three licensees involved in the presentation of the wrong horse […]
Cool Hand Luke Cops It Flush on the Chin – But Seriously? – If I was Tim Mander I’d Sack the QRIC Too
AUTHOR’S WARNING AN DISCLOSURE ONLY IDIOTS, IMBECILES AND FAILED ACTRESSES TURNED GUN FOR HIRE BULLDOGS WOULD TAKE ANY OF MY STATEMENTS, VIEWS OR OPINIONS CONTAINED IN THE ARTICLE BELOW AS LEGAL ADVICE. IT IS NOT. I AM NOT A LAWYER, ONLY A LOUD MOUTHED LARRIKIN PUNTER. THE WORDS UNDERNEATH ARE JUST THE MUSINGS OF A […]
How Good Stewards Do It – And Bad Ones Don’t
I am sure you remember the story about the three licensees who got suspended for 3 months each for accidentally presenting the wrong horse to run at Albion Park a couple of months ago, and then not telling the Stewards about their mistake after they found out. Those blokes – Ricky Gordon, Warren Hinze and […]