Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
We have this afternoon received information that the 2 swab attendants and the veterinary surgeon that worked at the Sunshine Coast race meeting on Monday 27 the December were in close contact with a COVID-19 positive case in the course of performing their duties at the meeting. It is our understanding that the swab attendants […]
Can anyone on earth explain why the Chief Steward would sit on a panel at a meeting and allow his deputy to chair it? That’s what happened at Doomben yesterday, and I am at an absolute loss to understand why. It’s not as if Daniel Aurisch who chaired the meeting needs the experience. He has […]
The incident that you see related above occurred largely out of sight at today’s non-TAB meeting at Mareeba. It was nevertheless a most dangerous piece of stewarding, and very poor judgement on the part of the stipes. Almost every professional athlete believes that they are okay to continue playing/riding/fighting when they are injured or concussed, […]
So if, as the QRIC so publicly state, the former State champion Benjamin Mark Currie is not a fit and proper person to hold either a trainer or strapper’s license in Queensland, why does Racing Queensland continue to prominently display his image on it’s website? Either Ben is totally unfit to participate in the sport […]
A usually accurate and most reliable source has informed us that a senior QRIC race day official, whose name we know but will not at this stage mention, was just the other day advised by a member of staff that that had just undertaken a COVID-19 test, and would be unable to work their next […]
You’d have to think so. After all, official trials and jump outs are run under the same rules of racing. Rafferty’s rules. Or none at all.
This is how you run official jump outs. It’s heat 18 at Clifford Park on Tuesday. Keep your eye on the horse out the back of the barriers. That’s brilliant work isn’t it? Has anyone got a hammer? I feel like hitting myself in the head.
I guess it’s not surprising given his long history of battles with the bottle than Brad Stewart is one of them. Given his closeness age to Chris Caserta and the fact they were mates it’s probably understandable why Justin Huxtable is the other. We all know the QRIC aren’t there to make friends, but my […]
For years now everyone has known that the current racing appeals system in Queensland is broken and needs urgent repair. The ‘independent’ Internal Review system is a bad joke, with the reviewer not being independent at all, but rather an employee of the QRIC who can be hired and fired by the Commissioner, and as […]
Palaszczuk Government acts on Racing industry concerns The Palaszczuk Government makes no excuses for its reforms to protect the integrity of Queensland’s $1.2 billion racing industry. Further industry consultation throughout 2021, highlighted the need for a Racing Appeals Panel independent of the Queensland Racing Integrity Commission (QRIC). This new independent Racing Appeals Panel will replace all current internal reviews and the majority of QCAT appeals. Minister for Racing, Grace Grace said “We have long shared industries concerns with […]
