Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
It’s a good question isn’t it? You have read the rule at the top. There is nothing ambiguous about it. If a jockey has been charged with a rule breach or a crime, and the Stewards believe (on reasonable grounds) that the hoop poses an unacceptable risk to racing, then the officials have the right […]
How the hell does this work? On Monday last week bush trainer Mark Oates accidentally left a lead bag out of the saddle of one of his runners at a bush meeting at Longreach, and the QRIC fine him $1000. The following Sunday at the Sunshine Coast leading trainer Tony Gollan’s stable foreman Craig Cavanough […]
A punter who consumed two “bags”of cocaine in a matter of hours at the races has sensationally claimed he is behind a failed drug test for a Mark Currie-trained sprinter, throwing the high-profile case wide open. In a stewards’ inquiry on Wednesday, Nigel Soden submitted a statutory declaration saying he petted the Currie-trained End Assembly […]
Remember those stories we wrote a few weeks back about the Stewards in QLD who were hauling in trainers for bringing bottles of tomato sauce to the races to whack on their sizzled sausages? The ones in which the stipes were claiming that the trainers with the sauce bottles were in possession of an instrument […]
Race 2: TAB BENCHMARK 60 Handicap 800 metres Mr Vista- Slipped at the 500m point then bumped SUNIKI who in turn bumped the hindquarters of BONGANI which became unbalanced. Trainer W Bannerot reported to stewards that the gelding had returned showing signs of lameness post-race. A post-Race veterinary examination was undertaken with signs of […]
The 1st problem that you have when you take on Alligator Allan Endresz is that he’s a lot smarter than you, and thinks six steps ahead. The second one is that he can think on his feet like Wally Lewis you do, and can thus react to challenges posed by changed circumstances in much the […]
They say that the Racing Integrity Act indemnifies Stewards against being sued for acts they do and don’t perform, and that the Commissioner is protected too. The horse whisperers bray that QRIC staff members who have helped an authorised officer exercise a power under the Act are too. That may be so, but in my […]
It’s an extract from the QRIC Penalty Sentencing Guidelines for offences proven to have been committed by errant thoroughbred racing licensees. What it’s talking about is the compatibility of the guidelines with the legal rights that a person has under the QLD Human Rights Act. The bit we are interested in is this one: The […]
D0n’t mess with Doctor Dream He’s not one for sympathyHe will bring you to your kneesLose your troublesEase your pain This is the price you must pay Remember this story below? Re-read it if you don’t. It’s about how the QRIC kept a dog with a broken leg out in the sun writhing in pain, […]
30 March 2023 Australian Rule of Racing AR36A, which stipulates fitness and propriety restrictions on persons who can own or race a horse, comes into effect in Queensland this Saturday 1 April 2023. Under AR36A, Queensland Racing Integrity Commission (QRIC) stewards may restrict any person from owning or racing a horse if they consider that […]
