Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
There were nine races today at Doomben, and six pre-race samples taken. 9 + 6 = 15 I like numbers. They tell you things, and allow you to work other things out by following their patterns. What a cursory analysis of the swab numbers reported in Queensland thoroughbred racing official Stewards Reports tells me is […]
I am buggered if I know who the horse trainer Jack Brown is. All I know about the bloke is: (a) He trained his first winner in 2013 (b) From 139 starters in a decade, Brown has trained just 9 winners (c) Jackie boy’s strike rate is 6% (d) On Saturday he raced a horse […]
Former Central QLD Chief Steward Tate Hudson was at the Bundaberg Races yesterday as part of a QRIC Integrity Investigation Team. Why on earth the IIT would be at country Bundy instead of at the Sunshine Coast metro meeting or the Ipswich provincial is anyone’s guess, but that’s a side issue. Hudson decided that he […]
Stewards today concluded an adjourned inquiry into the running and handling of Its Super Easy ( Angus Garrard) from Albion Park Race 7 – 11/01/2022. After an extensive review of the betting, which showed no abnormal betting and reviewing the horses previous racing characteristics, confirming the horse hangs in his races. Today after taking further […]
What a pair of numb nuts. Two thick as jockeys swapping urine in a piss test; and thinking that they are going to get away with it. It’s not the 1980’s boys. Cindy Lauper is on the pension now. Why would you do it? I know why Boutet did it, because his urine was dirty. […]
One of paramount responsibilities of the QRIC Steward in the saddling enclosure is to check the brands of the horses as they come in from the stables to get mounted and ready to race, and to make sure they match up with the saddlecloth number and silks of the horse. In other words, to make […]
There is a rumour floating around that Tasmanian harness racing Steward and former well known big punter Steven Shinn – he of the Bully’s Delight affair fame – may soon be returning to Queensland to take up his former role as a stipe with the QRIC. If this whisper is true – and we have […]
Extremely disturbing reports are floating in about a Queensland race horse trainer with a history of domestic violence order breaches who has been arrested by police and remanded in custody for alleged offences against another woman in the past week. The licensee is believed to be trainer who won a rich major provincial series final […]
The barrier stalls are to be tested prior to each race meeting to ensure they are operational and at any distance change throughout the meeting, prior to horses entering the course proper. Flashing lights for starting of races to be checked and tested prior to the meeting. Battery for start and lights to be checked […]
