Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
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 […]
It’s easy. Pre-race swab them There was almost half a million dollars in stakes on offer at the Cairns Amateurs meeting yesterday, including the Cup worth $150k and the Sprint worth $75 000. Three horses were pre-race swabbed across the whole day. Their odds in the betting were $10, $14, and $51. Down south at […]
Queensland’s veritable Chief Steward Mr Peter Chadwick issues this directive to all members of the racing industry just six months ago. It makes a lot of sense. Horses should be ridden at their handicapped weights. If they are not, then what’s the point of the whole thing? Chief Steward Chadwick’s directive is plain and clear. […]
Well known southern punter Melbourne Mick (no relation to Melbourne Merv) has been in one of the terrible droughts for the past couple of months, the type every gambler knows and dreads where you can have a quaddie going twenty grand with 9 of the 10 runners in the last leg and the 200-1 shot […]
This is Rake 8 at the Townsville greyhounds last night, the 2nd heat of the Easter Sprint Trophy. It swept me off my feet that it was declared a race. The inside dogs are still scratching their heads about it.
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 […]
