Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
We go back to the 2nd of April, and the race meeting on that day at the Sunshine Coast. Trainer David Vandyke has two horses in race 6. One of them – name Aban – plays up in the tie up stalls and suffers lacerations to both hind legs. The vet is called, and Dr […]
The word is that senior QRIC Stewards Rion Hitchener and Ben Cooke have abandoned ship. Or maybe they were pushed, who knows? I hope so. Neither of them were much chop at the integrity game. They say that the boys are off to Saudi Arabia. Bugger me. No, FFS don’t. They don’t like that sort […]
QRIC Commissioner Shane Gillard has proven the long held adage that ‘the law never sleeps’ by promptly responding to our intelligence regarding potential race fixing behavior at Albion Park on Saturday night. That the Commissioner has interrupted his Sunday to acknowledge receipt of this intelligence, and has committed to undertaking an appropriate review of the […]
ScreenRecorderProject168_1.mp4 ScreenRecorderProject166.mp4 https://www-harness-org-au.akamaized.net/qld/APC16121708.mp4 https://www.qric.qld.gov.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/2017-22-December-Trista-Dixon-Licence-Disqualification.pdf (Subsequently appealed – see QRIC records) Dear Commissioner, Chief Steward Harness, General Counsel and Communications Manager As much as it pains me to raise such an issue, I am compelled by the Australian Rules of Harness Racing AHR.246* to bring to your attention what I truly and verily […]
This is race 9 at Albion Park last night. Blacksadance is the $1.45 favorite. Grant Dixon’s horse Governor Jujon has posted it in the death running two sub 30 quarters. Dixon goes 27.7 f0r the 3rd quarter to tank the fave. Then he does this. Watch his head really closely. See him look? If not […]
Graham and Leanne Hall, with 2022 Greyhound of the Year Spotted Elk The horse racing industry is taking a closer look at a relaxant that produces optimum results when administered within a few hours of a race. The drug, called GABA, which is gamma-aminobutyric acid, was banned by the United States Equestrian Federation in 2012. […]
Watch the race. How could the Stewards not push the red light and call it off after 3 strides? Why on earth did they have to interview all the jockeys to ask them if they were disadvantaged? It was blindingly obvious. These stipes are morons. Every second week they totally stuff things up, except in […]
Take a look at this. It’s the first race at the TAB meeting at Barcaldine on Saturday. Watch the rider of the horse in front, and ignore the fact that she is an apprentice, for this wasn’t rider error, it was deliberate. What is that jock looking back for? One guess and one clue. Here […]
