Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
The rumor mill is running hot that a horse that raced at Albion Park on Tuesday afternoon may not have been the pacer that he seemed, or was supposed to be anyway. The word is that it was not a deliberate ring-in, but rather an accidental one that saw an incorrect horse compete under a […]
We see some pretty amazing things happen in QLD racing Stewards Reports, or purport to happen anyway, but I reckon this one takes the cake. The start of race 5 at Mackay yesterday was delayed so that jockey Ryan Wiggins could view the footage of the start of the race and have a look at […]
Luke McCarthy trained the pacer Hesitate until a couple of days ago. Now all of a sudden it is trained by South Island NZ mentor Regan Todd, who just so happens to train the Kiwi superstar Marketplace, which has been staying at Luke’s place for the past month. Marketplace is a huge chance in the […]
The message below went out to North QLD trainers a couple of weeks ago. Hey, Simon lambert here manager for Ben Kennedy who is moving up to Queensland this week to be base in Townsville with Tom button. Ben is a former champion apprentice in Perth with over 100 metro winners and has recently been […]
What the hell has happened in QLD racing? Have we transformed into a totalitarian state, where the rule of law and how it applies is now determined by those whose job is to administer it? Trainers are … advised that the presence of a prohibited substance in a sample will not be excused on the […]
Archie Re Schofield – you are bang on about the issue decided by the Supreme Court. Merits review (a fresh decision by the Panel not requiring a participant to demonstrate error) is clearly what was intended and is a better outcome for racing generally. Despite what QRIC might think, integrity bodies are enhanced by a […]
We were right about the QRIC v QLD Racing Appeals Tribunal appeal of the Chad Schofield penalty decision, made by way of a Judicial Review of the decision by the Supreme Court, falling the Appeals Panel’s way. It’s just a shame we couldn’t get a price. The decision is one of interest to a lot […]
There was a protest 2nd v 1st in the 4th race at Bundaberg today. The inside was the winner. The outside lodged the objection, interference over the last 100m. Stewards dismissed it. It’s hard to tell from the side angle, and we don’t get a head on, but those at the track watching them front […]
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Bobo Bodine, the greatest trainer we’ve ever seen, and his ever loving spouse Lacey Morrison got sprung watching something on his phone in the jockeys lounge after race 4 at Townsville on Tuesday. When the Stewards said “Oi!”, Bodine blew up. They told him to hand over the phone, he gave two to the Valley. […]
