Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
Is this for real? Was there just only Steward – Mr Kim Daly – officiating at yesterday’s Chinchilla race meeting? Did Mr Daly also perform the duties of the Clerk of the Scales? Why were there two judges and two vets, but only one steward and no clerk? How could Mr Daly possibly run the […]
A crupper is a simple but essential piece of harness racing gear that prevents the saddle from slipping forward and keeps all the rest of the gear in place. They cost seventy bucks to buy. Trainer Charlie Chiang sent his pacer Barboo around at Redcliffe on Wednesday in one that was of such poor standard […]
Nobody told me there’d be days like these Strange days indeed Most peculiar, mama The Beatles So Joe Punter’s alarm goes off at 6.00am yesterday, half an hour earlier than usual because he wants to sneak half an hour’s form study and get his bets worked out before he has to get ready for work. […]
Here is yet another protest decision that leave you scratching your head and thinking what the heck? It’s race 7 at Ipswich yesterday. Jaden Lloyd is riding the horse on the inside in the pink and grey. Ryan Maloney is three out in the light blue. Ben Thompson is in the middle in the blue […]
This finish for 3rd in the first race at Beaudesert yesterday was close, but the outside looked to me to have margin on the one on its inner, and I rarely call photos wrong. Just ask Merv Butterworth if you don’t believe me. I called his horse home the winner over the line in the […]
Robert Heathcote should have been a politician, for he can spin a story in his favour almost as well as Warnie used to bowl leggies. The issue isn’t whether or not his horses that were scratched yesterday throw a positive swab to cobalt. That issue is totally irrelevant. Hemoplex is a prohibited substance, banned from […]
Cobalt containing injectable formulations such as Hemoplex® and Hemo-15® are approved for clinical use by veterinary drug regulating authorities in many countries including Australia, Canada and Hong Kong, and several cobalt containing oral supplements such as Avalia-4®, Boost Paste® and Horsepower® are commercially available. The acknowledged use of cobalt containing compounds in medicine or simply […]
The Cobalt precedents for a ‘presentation’ offence within the Queensland racing industry previously incurred a minimum penalty of a twelve (12) month disqualification. Notwithstanding, in some recent matters penalties of a nine (9) month disqualification have been imposed, taking into account the relevant circumstances of individual cases and that of Queensland Civil Administration Tribunal decisions, […]
Rob Heathcote is claiming that he didn’t know Hemoplex was banned. That’s a load of rubbish. EVERYONE in the close knit racing world knows that the cobalt containing solution is banned, so it is inconceivable that Heathcote doesn’t. And be clear that we are not talking false positive cobalt caused by Vitamin B being spun […]
