Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
Clayton ‘Crayons’ Warren is the best Steward this side of somewhere, although I am not sure where. Probably Muckadilla Siding. There were four clerical errors in six races at Toowoomba on Saturday night. They were announced via on-course semaphore address, although nobody heard it because no-one was there. Crayons put it up on social media […]
We don’t keep writing about QLD racing steward’s stuff-ups because we are mean girls. We write about them because they keep happening. How does this one work? The QRIC have altered the result of a race six weeks after it happened. After all the bets have been incorrectly paid, and the punters have been ripped […]
A reader sent this to us in response to our story about Nathan Day being handed down a 9-month disqualification for reasons unknown It’s checked and correct. —————————————————————————- N Day provided money to Wally Welburn (clerk of the scales) and Trent Williams (racecourse manager) for unknown reasons, but noting that Wally has been well known […]
The thoroughbred Stewards in fives States and two Territories in Australia put their race day reports up after the last race. Not in Queensland. There hasn’t been a Stewards Report from the gallops published since Thursday. It can’t be system outage because the trots reports have gone up since then. Do you reckon the QRIC […]
Isn’t is ironic that the man employed by the Queensland Racing Integrity Commissioner as the ‘independent’ internal reviewer – the one person appeal court – who determines whether convicted wrong doers sentences are sufficient, is a sinner himself? Kane Ashby is his name. The punting jockey in the story. The same man who would have […]
We thank the Deputy Commissioner for her response to our correspondence to the Racing Minister expressing our concerns about an alleged violent offender being nominated for a Queensland Country Racing Trainer of the Year Award, and being permitted to attend the awards ceremony. It is comforting to know that the QRIC has taken action in […]
We have written at length about the QRIC’s hidden budgetary issues that have hindered the QLD integrity agency’s capacity to perform pre-race blood testing at meetings outside of the majors, and the issue continues apace. It is making Queensland racing a milkshake maker’s paradise, and a lawless land where drenchers wander free and run rampant. […]
One of the basic duties of a race day Steward’s job is to check that horses have the right brand, are carrying the correct saddle cloth, and are wearing their notified gear. Brand marking XYZ123. Tick. Saddlecloth number 7. Tick. Blinkers. Oops, I forgot to check. That is what happened in race 7 at Toowoomba […]
In October 2020 the QRIC conducted a surprise stable inspection on the Friday before a race day and discovered that prominent trainer Chris Munce had injected one of his runners the next day with an unidentified substance. Munce claimed that it was a vitamin solution, but with only an empty syringe and his word to […]
Personation is a legal term for pretending to be someone else, for the purpose of gaining a benefit for yourself or a related party, or to cause a detriment to another. An example of personation would be writing a letter or email under the name of another and pretending that you as author are them, […]
