Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
This is the Stewards Report from Ipswich on Thursday. That judge, N Boyle. He couldn’t be the former QRIC Steward Neil Boyle could he? The one who got stood down for months over allegations about inappropriate texts and pics? That same bloke who resigned and went to Mauritius as the island’s new Chairman of Stewards, […]
Following the shock announcement that Ali Wade, the Director of Stewarding and Licensing at the QRIC, has been made redundant as part of a broom sweeping exercise by the new Commissioner Shane Gillard, it seems there may be further changes afoot at the top of the organisation. Rumours are that a certain senior executive with […]
The word out of the Breakfast Creek bunker is that Chief Steward Chadwick’s boss Ali Wade – the high achieving woman who kicked from being an accounts clerk in Rotorua on minimum wages to a $172 000 pa executive job at the QRIC in the space of just 15 years – has been shown the […]
Race 3: Arnie & Rene Rideout Memorial Benchmark 50 Handicap – 1000 metres Prior to the declaration of correct weight, Stewards interviewed the starter and viewed the available patrol footage to ascertain whether any runner had obtained an unfair advantage at the start. After doing so, Stewards ascertained that the starter had effected the […]
We have been writing for some time now about the terrible standard of Stewarding in Central Queensland since Ben Cooke assumed the Chief Steward role in December last year, and we have been doing so not because we hold any beef against the chief – we don’t – but simply because what we are saying […]
There are two TAB thoroughbred meetings being run this week in Central Queensland. One is on Tuesday at Mackay, the other is on Friday at Rockhampton. Both are provincial race meetings. They each carry the same prizemoney. But there is one big difference, and it is an absolutely inexplicable one. The Rockhampton meeting is restricted […]
What the hell is a VIT? How come one of them is on the Steward’s Panel? Why is that person Brad Tamer, the Head of Customer Experience at the QLD branch of the TAB, and its number 3 man? Isn’t having a bookie as a Steward somewhat more than a little bit off? And rather […]
Queensland’s thoroughbred Chief Steward Peter Chadwick doesn’t seem to know which way is up. The official Steward’s Report states clearly that jockey Nathan Day was disqualified for 9 months in relation to the ‘incident’ that occurred at Callaghan Park involving the Clerk of the Scales. Disqualification means that Day cannot participate in the racing industry […]
These clerical errors just keep on happening under Chief Steward (Darling Downs) Clayton ‘Crayons’ Warren’s watch. Yesterday we told you about the four mistakes at Toowoomba on Saturday night. Today we tell you about the two at Chinchilla on Monday, the very next meeting held in the district. Crayons has got the race to race […]
Queensland Racing Integrity Commission (QRIC) Stewards today concluded an inquiry into outstanding Police charges brought against Mr David Reynolds. Stewards took submissions from Mr Reynolds as well as his solicitor in relation to the nature and specifics of the charges and after considering all the evidence and the situation in its entirety Stewards, acting under […]
