Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
Good afternoon, I refer to the article ‘So How and Why Did It Drop Dead? – We Will Never Know Now Will We’ published on your website on 17 March 2026. So How and Why Did It Drop Dead? – We Will Never Know Now Will We? Some matters in the publication require address. Firstly, I […]
Racing Queensland are geniuses aren’t they? A category 5 Cyclone has been predicted all week to hit Far North QLD today, accompanied by torrential rainfall of up to 200mm or more. There was never going to be any hope of racing at Cannon Park in Cairns tomorrow, yet it took RQ until this morning to […]
We all make mistakes – I’m the master of it – but the mark of a person or organization is putting your hand up when you do and accepting responsibility, and then correcting your error. As I said in the original story about the issue I am not sure if the QRIC bore any responsibility […]
AR 132(7) Subject to the other requirements in this rule: (a) prior to the 100 metre mark in a race, official trial or jump-out: (i) the whip must not be used in consecutive strides. Apprentice Bella Youngberry rode the winner of race 1 at Ipswich on the weekend, the horse in the royal blue in […]
Faster than a speeding bullet. More powerful than a locomotive. Able to jump tall buildings in a single bound That’s Superman, and it’s Jack Callaghan too. Jack has to be. How else could he drive in the 2nd race at Albion Park at 7.56 pm and then back up and drive in the 5th at […]
QRIC Deputy Commissioner Kim Kelly has been in touch to clarify the situation with the wrong numbers being posted on the Racing Queensland and Racing Australia websites for the last race at Doomben yesterday, and we thank him for doing so. This is D/C Kelly’s advice below. —————————————- Stewards notified correct weight on the placings […]
See what runs 1-2 in the last at Doomben on Wednesday? 7 beats 2. 3 if the one obscured on the inside of 2. Now look at the results on RISA. And on the Racing QLD website. And on Sportsbet, who paid out on it. Paid out on the wrong numbers. There was no protest. […]
Dear D-C Kelly In order to legally conduct an auction of any sort in the State of QLD, including a standardbred yearling auction – horses being considered chattels under law – the person or company auctioning the yearlings/chattels must be registered amd licensed with the relevant QLD Government authority. Below is a search we conducted […]
The impr0vements in time by horses trained by the cousins or cuzzies-in-law the nobody Mitch Dawson, the bum Matt Elkins, his ordinary performed wife Narissa Elkins nee McMullen, and her brother Pete and his bowler wife Chantal is just becoming ridiculous. How can you possibly explain what is going on in sensible terms? Tiger Band […]
Archibald (Why does that CeeCee lawyer fellow keep calling you Brendan?) Racing Queensland must be out to destroy country racing. I see a race got deleted in Innisfail today because there were not enough acceptances. But as you pointed out in Townsville they let a race in with just five acceptance , and then let […]
