Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
A funny incident occurred in the 4th race at the Gold Coast on Saturday. The whips of jockeys Anthony Allen (in the blue and white) and Danny Peisley (in the red and white) became entangled. Allen ended up with both whips. Jockey A. Allen is not a strong rider with the persuader in the right […]
The inconsequential error by the Racing Appeals Panel (RAP) wasn’t the only thing interesting about this week’s decision on the Joshua Morrow appeal by RAP-190. The error of magnitude in the original Stewards penalty that it exposed was interesting too, if only for its illustration of the fallibility of our integrity officials and the need […]
Victorian trainer Paul Tonkin had the misfortune of one of his horses throwing a positive swab in NSW to the powerful painkiller Tapentadol. Tonkin – who is no relation to Clayon or Peter Tonkin: same name, different family – pleaded guilty to the charge, was a first time offender, and the positive was accepted to […]
Young rider Tyler Leslight fell from his mount about 200 meters after the start of race 2 at Cooktown on Saturday afternoon. You can’t actually see the fall because it happens behind a big blue post that obscures vision from the single camera provided by Regional Cast, but it appeared that Leslight’s mount may have […]
Saturday’s race meeting at Longreach was conducted under the QRIC caring for racing animals in extreme heat policy. Start time for the first race was brought forward to 11.00am. Races were run at 35 minute intervals. Pre-race parade times significantly reduced and there were on-course cooling stations in the race-day tie-ups, parade areas and a […]
This is a public release by QRIC. Don’t knock each other over in the rush. When their racing careers are over, greyhounds are commonly adopted into loving homes by dog-lovers keen to embrace the gentle breed. But for those not-yet-adopted, a new temporary home via fostering is the ultimate gift. This festive season, the Greyhound […]
There has been a lot of angst in regional QLD about the QRIC’s new practice of rearranging race meeting times in a purported attempt to best look after the welfare of horses and participants in ‘extreme’ heat. One of the major issues is that things appear to be being directed out of Brisbane, where the […]
Here are four Ryland Thoroughbred owned horses racing in Queensland that are going to need to find new owners post haste. Until they do the horses should be stood down immediately from racing. We don’t want to be paying any prizemoney to pedophiles.
There has been much said this week about the QRIC’s heat policy, particularly by those in the bush who are most affected by the changes being made to it. Somewhere in all the debate about what the best way to care for the welfare of the horses in extreme heat, someone forget the most important […]
There are concerns that racing will be less viable in warmer months as the industry makes changes. By Matt Nicholls: North-West News The Outback racing industry is up in arms over a change in heat policy that is taking control away from local clubs and placing it in the hands of south-east Queensland officials. There […]
