Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
The famous writer Mark Twain was famously reported as being dead long before he actually was. Trommelschlagen was too, by us. We were wrong thankfully. The 8-year-old is alive and well. He was only beaten by the literal length of the straight at Morven because he got bumped at the start and then shortly thereafter […]
Saturday’s race meeting at Morven was abandoned after race five of the six-race program. Stewards consulted with jockeys after race five on Saturday and it was decided that the last race on the program be abandoned due to the deterioration of the track. Prior to calling off the race meeting there had been three unrelated […]
It’s a funny place Queensland, probably the only racing jurisdiction in the modern world of digital cameras and computerised finish results that employs as many judges to sit in a box together at a meeting as it does Stewards to run the whole shebang. That was the situation at the State’s Saturday metropolitan meeting at […]
This Casey Bailey, a one-time contender for the title of 2020 Australian Rodeo Queen. Casey is from Wangaratta in Victoria, and likes rodeos and football, and does Equine Breaking-in and education services. I suspect that she may be partial to kung fu movies too, at least if what occurred at the Callaghan Racecourse, Rockhampton on […]
We tipped you into Peter Chadwick’s departure months ago if you remember, and reminded you of the tension between he and the QRIC Commissioner Shane Gillard just last week. As usual we were right. It’s not that hard to be on the money if you keep your nose to the ground and work hard, instead […]
The Chief Steward (of) thoroughbreds is a significant role within the commission, the successful candidate will need to be an expert on racing and have a sound understanding of the industry here in Queensland. They need to be a strong leader too as a key element of the role will include training and coaching the […]
Well Yeppoonese seems to be all the go at the QRIC these days, and know we know why. There were barrier trials set down to be held at the Yeppoon track yesterday morning. Trainers had travelled from far and wide to race in them. One keen young apprentice with a barrier trial license had caught […]
Like Elvis, the supposedly independent QRIC Internal Reviewer Kane Ashby has left the building. Ashby, who in recent times has been calling himself the Internal Adjudicator, even though no such position exists, has resigned from his role at the QRIC. That or been restructured out. Good. He was one-eyed and biased and upheld 95 out […]
The QRIC recently held it’s inaugural meeting of what the organisation considers to be the key stakeholders in the racing industry. These stakeholders were: QRIC Racing QLD Corporate bookies TAB (same as above, but with a monopoly license to run the tote) Associations representing owners, trainers, breeders, jockeys and drivers who are members of them […]
Each year the QRIC conducts a survey to gain an indicator as to how effective the Queensland community believes that they are in key areas. This year’s survey captured the views of 971 people about the racing industry. The key metric that the organisation is after so that all the QRIC bosses tick the box […]
