Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
As most of the world knows, Danny Bougoure was booted out of his Eagle Farm stables so that the Brisbane Racing Club could give them to Annabel Neasham. I wonder if that was a smart decision in hindsight? The QRIC Integrity Investigation Team conducted a without warning inspection of the new Neasham stables yesterday. As […]
This is the Stewards report from the internationally broadcast TAB meeting yesterday at Rockhampton. It was a schemozzle, a monument to incometence. Six horses were late scratched from the program as they had no jockey to ride them. There was never going to be anyone to ride them, for the races in question were programmed […]
Our mail remains good. We wish J. Cremin all the best in his new career. As we said in the story, he is a worthy addition to the QRIC ranks. He’s a handy man with a hammer, nails and plates too.
Current market $2.00 Wade Hadley $3.00 Steve Railton $5.00 Kim Kelly ($1.04 if he starts) $6.00 John Oatham (NZ) $8.00 A Pommie Steward $12.00 Kane Ashby $18.00 Terry Bailey $33.00 A Woman $66.00 Zara Phillips $100.00 Wade Birch $10 001 Ben Dorries $20 001 Ben Currie $12.00 Any Other Runner
There were three horses pre-race swabbed at the Rockhampton races yesterday. One in race 3. Price $19.00. And two in race 6. Prices $21.00 and $81.00. Gee that was a great use of scarce resources wasn’t it? A bit like wearing board shorts and a singlet in the snow.
Brendan Parnell is the CEO of Racing Queensland. He doesn’t have a clue about keeping country race tracks safe. But he sure does know how to use a shovel to his own advatage. Pins earns $578 000 a year for having tracks fail under his watch, $15 000 more than he did in the year […]
If you have been convicted of any of the above offences, and your conviction was recorded after 1 July 2016, you cannot get a racing license of any description in Queensland. You are totally banned. If you were convicted prior to 2016 you are subject to the fit and proper test, and at its own […]
In the course of writing my previous story that was highly critical of the Rockhampton Jockey Club gifting an alcoholic who was convicted of killing a woman while driving blind drunk, and who had a history of becoming violently aggressive when intoxicated (did I mention that?) a bottle of wine to celebrate his arrival by […]
The strong mail from the south is that controversial Tasmanian Chief Steward (presently stood down) Steven Shinn is returning to QLD, Our people tell us that he is leaving Tassie, and has been re-employed by the QRIC. Believe it or not – at this stage I am struggling to – but we are also told […]
Racing animal welfare remains our top priority Former QRIC Commissioner Ross Barnett, 2019 This is an extract from the belatedly released official Stewards Report from the Morven race meeting at Saturday at which three horses died, in unrelated circumstances according to the QRIC. As you can see, it is clear from the report that the […]
