Boom Boom
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.
Anyone Looking For a Job?
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
Surprise, Surprise
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.
Pins Can’t Run a Race Meeting Start to End – But He Sure Can Pocket the Cash
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 […]
The QRIC Thoroughbred Licensing Standard is in Need of Urgent Review
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 […]
The Frankie Stockdale Tale Takes a Strange Twist`
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 […]
It is Not April Fools Day, and This is Not a Joke
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 […]
How Did a Healthy Horse That Just Raced Suffer an Acute Attack of Colic and Die Within Half an Hour?
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 […]
The Reports of Trommelschlagen’s Death Are Greatly Exaggerated – By Me – Sorry
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 […]
QRIC Commissioner Shane Gillard Replies to Our Questions About the 3 Equine Tragedies at Morven on Saturday
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 […]