Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
Alpine Edge coming back to scale in the Archer, being kissed by a man who is definitely not the horse’s trainer Toby Edmonds, or his strapper either. In light of the ongoing Mark and Ben Currie case, in which the issue of accidental contamination by a person or persons is one of the core issues […]
Julia Creek based trainer Tanya Parry is lauded by Racing Queensland as the savior of racing in the far north-west of the State. She probably is too. But if Parry is, then I don’t reckon racing up there is worth saving. I went back a year to see where Tanya Parry’s horses that raced on […]
Remember a week ago when we told you about Noel Callow’s temporary suspension being bullshit, and how it would have to be lifted? If not then read the story below. How Can Noel Callow Be Suspended From Riding When He Hasn’t Even Been Charged? Well we were right. Callow rode yesterday at the Gold Coast, […]
Einasleigh Ellie chimes in with a first hand report on our reported D. Reynolds knockout. It is a bit different to the one that we heard. But Ellie has eyes, and is usually pretty accurate. Assuming that she is right – and even though there are two sides to every story, it’s a fair bet […]
This is the slo-mo of the critical part of Noel Callow’s ride in race 1 at the Gold Coast that has led to his license being suspended under a provision of the rules that doesn’t allow such a suspension to be imposed. It looks pretty reckless on this angle. Below is the slo-mo from the […]
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 […]
