The Shape Shifters – Part 1
Shape Shifter – A term used in literature to describe a duplicitous character who changes their behavior or loyalties depending on the situation. This is race 4 at Albion Park on Saturday night. It is the odds on favorite, and has been backed from $2.30 into $1.85. The 7 Golden Fire has blown out from […]
The Shape Shifters – Part 2
Shape Shifter – A term used in literature to describe a duplicitous character who changes their behavior or loyalties depending on the situation. Grimson does it again. We are at Albion Park race 7 now. Grimson drives the leader Our Sunset Delight. Peter ‘Noddy’ McMullen is behind him on the fence about Rakasandy. The same […]
This is Not Pretty But What the NSW Officials Have Done is Utterly Right – How the QLD Stewards Have Dealt With Maxo Mighty’s Death is Ugly and Totally Wrong
Number 11 in the red colors breaks down horribly in this race at Kembla Grange yesterday. It suffered a catastrophic bilateral sesamoid fracture and had to be euthanised, or put down or killed. We are not telling you this to sicken you, or because we get a thrill out of the horrific or grotesque. The […]
Archie’s Pre-Post Betting Market on the Next QLD Integrity Boss
$3.50 Kim Daly $4.00 Wade Birch $5.00 Reid Sanders $5.50 REDACTED FOR LEGAL REASONS (BUT AN INTEGRITY CHIEF FROM NSW IN A NON-GALLOPS CODE) $6.00 Terry Bailey $7.00 Catherine Clark $8.00 Josh Adams $8.00 Mary Collier $10.00 Marc Van Gestel $11.00 A Former Corporate Bookmaker $12.00 A Copper, Any Copper $14.00 Another Woman, Any Woman […]
The Un-Living Dead
A few readers have questioned our recent story in which we told you that the QLD Pacing Derby runner-up Maxo Mighty had died at the age of just three. It’s not that these readers are unbelievers, just that Maxo Mighty is still shown on the Harness Racing Records as dead, which means that either: (a) […]
QLD Racing Appeals Panel Rules That Stewards Have an Inalienable Right to Seize Licensees Phones – A Decision That Leaves a Newly Licensed Trainer in a Massive World of Pain
Luke Duggan, a Toowoomba based businessman and representative football coach who holds a Bachelor of Business/Commerce degree, has lost his appeal a suspension imposed by QRIC Stewards ahead of the hearing of a charge of following to fail a Stewards direction to hand over his phone. The direction had been issued during a wide ranging […]
A Strange Series of Inconsistent Affairs
There were a series of strange decisions in race 6 at Eagle Farm yesterday. First there was a protect 2nd v 1st for alleged interference passing the 250m mark. The protest appeared to have strong grounds, for the winner ridden by Jai Williams in the yellow and red definitely took jockey Tahlia Fenton in the […]
A Real Tough Beat – And an Awful Read – A Sulky in Safe and Satisfactory Condition? – So Was The Titanic They Said – And Look What Happened to It
It is real hard life being a punter. There are so many myriad of ways you can get beat. Just when you are counting the cash, suddenly out of nowhere defeat can be snatched from the jaws of victory. Like here in the last leg of the quaddy at Marburg on Sunday. The leader and […]
The Stipes Are Inquiring Into the Wrong Thing IMO
Starvecchio in the pink colors was backed from $3.10 into $1.90 to win race 2 at the Sunshine Coast yesterday. It lost, after racing extremely ungenerously and pulling its head off. The Stewards have launched an inquiry into the ride, the tactics and the run. I for one am not quite sure why. The horse […]