Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
We alluded to this a couple of weeks ago but didn’t mention names because negotiations were still ongoing, but now it can be officially confirmed (ahead of the actual official announcement) that Chief Vet Martin Lenz is leaving the QRIC after his position was made redundant. How a Chief Vet’s position can actually be abolished […]
On the 6th of April at Ipswich jockey Nathan Fazackerley came across in a race when he no right to do so, and caused carnage. The Stewards suspended his license for ten days, with an effective start date of midnight on the 15th April, meaning from the 16th onward. That meant that his license was […]
Lacey Morrison got ripped off blind by the Stewards at Gordonvale on Saturday. In race 4 she was denied a protest win by the stipes failing to see Frankie Edwards whip his horse 14 times before the 100m mark, and 25 times in total (see story below). Then in very next race she had her […]
Stewards advised Mr Bowen that a Veterinary Certificate, an ECG Report and the horse would need to undertake an official Barrier Trial prior to racing again. This is another clanger in a series of them made by Stewards at the Gordonvale meeting on Saturday. Who do you reckon is going to ride the ECG and […]
I want to tell you a little story that demonstrates the sheer incompetence of the QRIC thoroughbred steward, and illustrates it for all too see. We are at the Gordonvale races just south of Cairns on Saturday, and it’s race 4. The horse in the blue with the red cap is Magnate, ridden by Frankie […]
The three professional race meetings held at Longreach, Mt Isa and Goondoowindi on the weekend were country cards, meaning that each of the five race cards were worth about $50 000 in prizemoney and QTIC bonus payments. There was only one Steward at each meeting. This poor official had to run the whole show on […]
There were 12 stewards on duty at the Morphettville races on Saturday. At the TAB meeting at Toowoomba on Saturday there were two. The Queensland meeting was called off after three races. They still managed to slip in a clerical error. There is nothing like consistent form is there? You just wonder how on earth […]
Group 1 winning trainer Rob Heathcote insists he made an honest mistake in treating his horses with a banned product, which led to his runners being sensationally scratched by order of stewards at Doomben on Saturday. Heathcote admitted using a product called Hemoplex on his horses. The multiple Group 1 winner said he had been using […]
They are not giving much away at the QRIC anymore. Not even the identity of the official who takes the swabs. It is a classified national security matter. Start telling racing people who’s holding the bottle that the horse urinates in, and before you know it every trainer in town will be on the swab […]
Someone at the QRIC or the race club forgot to take a number 15 saddlecloth to the Barcaldine races on Saturday. Which meant that come the last race where the emergencies gained runs, Lasco didn’t have a number. So someone tore a sheet or tablecloth apart and hand made one. They didn’t do a very […]
