Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
An analytical services plan, that will be more detailed than ever before, will determine the optimal number of samples to be collected in any given year. Urine, blood, saliva and hair will all be collected in a carefully targeted mix to ensure that the sample type that undergoes testing is the one best suited to […]
I had to read the QRIC’s media release announcing it’s new strategy to stop the drug cheats three times before I actually believed it. Swabbing the winners of every race is far too predictable the new QRIC Commissioner Shane Gillard has announced. The cheats know in advance that if they win a race their horse […]
1 – Troy Walsh, trainer Nick Walsh’s dad 2 – Nick Walsh’s horse Age of Innocence 3 – Trainer Nick Walsh’s brother Nick Walsh is a baby faced kid in his 20’s, who has been training for less than 3 years. He is the new Ben Currie, a genius who can turn a slow horse […]
What you see above is Todd Austin’s strike rate this season. This below is Austin’s career strike rate. Do you reckon the jiggers work? Yeah, we all do. It because we are not stupid. Only cheats who use jiggers in front of cameras are.
This picture was taken at trackwork at Birdsville this morning. The horse in the picture is ridden by Ric McMahon and trained by Todd Austin. I don’t know which horse it is, but it won’t be hard to identify, for the brand is clear. Look closely at McMahon’s hand, just above where he is holding […]
The horse that Ric McMahon is riding with a jigger in his hand is Hemmerle. Todd Austin is the trainer. It is the topweight in the Birdsville Cup. Or was. All Todd Austin’s horses must be scratched from the meeting, and stood down from racing until the Stewards sort this whole thing out. Hemmerle is […]
See that thing in the US jockey’s hand? It is the same thing that was in Ric McMahon’s at Birdsville trackwork yesterday. It is a jigger. This is disgraceful conduct that brings shame to our sport.’ Everyone involved should be banned for life.
A jigger is a battery powered electric shock device, similar to a taser. Long used in the Australian racing industry as a means of pushing horses to run faster, their use was curbed during race meets once stewards vision of races improved with the introduction of video surveillance. Illegal under the Prevention of Cruelty to […]
The hot word around Breakfast Creek is that harness racing is about to enjoy the services of two new Stewards who are joining the QRIC ranks. Both are honest and highly respected industry participants who have hung up the reins to take up a new career, and in my view we are blessed to have […]
Yet another racing Steward says bon voyage and heads in a southerly direction across the Tweed. I tell you what, any QRIC official half worth their salt would have a hard time getting sacked. There is nobody left to replace them. Will the last Steward left in Queensland please turn out the lights?
