Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
We often hear Stewards use the terms general deterrence and specific deterrence as the drivers for determining the penalties handed down to licensees who breach the rules. Specific deterrence as it relates to a penalty means basically “How hard do we need to hit this person for a breach of the rules to make sure […]
QLD jockey Corey Bayliss must have been kissed by a fairy. Last week Masa Abe was disqualified for 16-month after placing 50 bets on gall0ps races in breach of rule 115(a). It was Abe’s first offence. No early remission of any part of the disqualification was extended to him. Corey Bayliss was today found of […]
There are unsavory rumors floating out of the south-west of Queensland about the conduct of a prominent country trainer at a race meeting at Morven in September. The trainer is said to have misconducted themselves toward a young female apprentice while legging them up for a mount at the meeting, a matter that was reportedly […]
Six greyhound meetings have been run in Queensland so far this month. At the time of writing there is only one Stewards report that has been published for any of them. Official Stewards reports usually go up on the QRIC website shortly after the meeting ends, or on the next morning. Rarely are they delayed […]
This is the race that was the catalyst for the QRIC Stewards seizing Nathan Dawson’s phone. It is race 2 at Marburg on the 7th of April 2024, run over the sprint distance of 1850m. Dawson is driving the odds-on favorite Kiwi Royalty trained by Trent Hodges. Kiwi Royalty is drawn the 1, and is […]
Queensland Racing Integrity Commission Stewards concluded an inquiry into Jockey Dylan Turner’s riding of BOWRIDER in the Scott Ellis Memorial/ Ranbuild Warwick Newmarket Benchmark 70 Handicap 1200m at the Warwick Turf Club meeting on Saturday 12th October 2024. After taking initial evidence from jockey Turner following the race on the day, the matter was adjourned […]
People are saying that the QRIC have seized trot driver Nathan Dawson’s phone. I couldn’t imagine why. There is an older driver who probably could. We will wait, watch and see.
A month ago there were only 8 horses pre-race swabbed at Eagle Farm on a 9-race Saturday metro card. Only the winners were post-race swabbed, a total of 17 swabs taken in all. It was appalling integrity management, something we had been critical of many times in our stories. The new Deputy in town agrees. Kim […]
Gemma Hewitt’s runner in race 4 at Albion Park yesterday Kerbang had been a pest to rival driver Alanah Richardson all race. It had been sitting behind Richardson in the run following her helmet, and at times looked like it wanted to eat it. Richardson had gently tried to stop Kerbang from annoying her by […]
It is interesting that the QRIC saw the need to respond to today’s article in the Courier-Mail listing the on-track deaths of greyhounds compiled by the Coalition For the Protection of Greyhounds (republished on this site) by issuing a media release (published in full in story below) saying that the death statistics were not reported […]
