Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
Last week we told you the story about how three licensees copped 3 month suspensions for their involvement in accidentally presenting the wrong horse to race at Albion Park, and how the Stewards whose job it was to ensure the right horse was presented didn’t. In QLD the Stewards are Never to Blame – Part […]
See jockey Bailey Wheeler on the horse in the red and white stick his right arm out and push fellow rider Tahlia Fenton back in, just as she was about to come around the grey and take her rightful run to its outside? That wasn’t careless by Wheeler. It was deliberate. Foul riding it was […]
We have been jumping all over the story about how trot driver Jason Grimson failed to attend an inquiry into one of his very dodgy drives at Albion Park recently, and so far has gotten away with it clean. The Jason Grimson Drive That the Stewards Want to Question Him About – And the Bits […]
Race 2 at Emerald on Monday was a disaster. The club has been granted TAB status and given a number of big earning meetings telecast on Sky 1. So they do this. And the QRIC does too. You would have to be kidding. Race 2 is the one where it all went wrong. Pride of […]
Do you recall our recent series of stories about trainer Ricky Gordon the mare presented to race at Albion Park as a gelding? If not, you can read them here. https://peterprofit.com/?s=ricky+gordon Well finally the Stewards have released their inquiry findings about the matter, including the charges and penalties dished out to those involved. Or some […]
Following the running of this race it was established that a member of the public had entered the racetrack and positioned herself close to the inside running rail near the 300 metres. Club staff were advised of this incident and security was immediately notified. No runner had been affected by the actions of this person […]
As you know, we have been banging on for ages about the story of Ricky Gordon and co presenting a mare to race at Albion Park when she was supposed to be a gelding with a different brand. Gordon, his partner’s father, and their float driver have reportedly all copped 3 month suspensions as a […]
This above is the drive that in the QBRED Triad 2-year-old colts and geldings heat that the QRIC Stewards wanted to question Jason Grimson about, in the inquiry to which he didn’t front up. And here is the reason that they were so keen to question him. As the race name suggests, the pacers competing […]
Do you remember that matter we told you about a while back where trot trainer Ricky Gordon presented the wrong horse to race at a meeting at Albion Park, or more precisely when he or a staff member put a mare out to compete that was supposed to be a gelding? Well the whole thing […]
According to the QRIC, the QLD Harness Racing Penalty Guidelines were created and introduced to provide • transparency to all stakeholders on decision-making relating to breaches of the Australian Harness Racing Rules (AHRR); and • licensed participants in the harness code of racing of the penalties they may incur for breaching the AHRR: and • […]
