Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
This is race 2 at Gatton on Monday. If Michael Hellyer wasn’t a good horseman and jockey he might well be dead or in a wheelchair for life as we speak. There was a hole in the track where his horse fell. You can’t see it in the videos, but multiple trainers and jockeys have […]
Watch this. It is race 4 at Gatton on Monday. Keep your eye on the grey. It fell didn’t it? The reason that it fell is that the riders of the horses in front of it were coming off the fence in advance to avoid the hole in the turf just before the 400m mark […]
Darrel Graham Darrel Graham is a 53-year-old trot trainer, driver and owner who has been involved in the sport as a licensee since his teens, which was in the 1980’s. In all of that time D. Graham has incurred a single minor substance rule breach, which was acknowledged as an error based on vets advice, […]
Nick Kyrgios is a real bad loser, even though it’s usually himself who beats him. The QRIC are real bad losers too. When Trent Akers of Racenet contacted them over the weekend for comment on the decision in the Darrel Graham case, in which they went down in a screaming heap, this was their reply: […]
The law is an arse. This might be hard to believe, but in England until 1991 it was legal to rape your wife. A bloke like me could grab Maggie by the throat, pin her to the ground, and defile her in any way I chose. Violently, against her will, forcing her to perform sexual […]
On the 8th of October this year the racehorse Jimmy Neutron, a classical nonnie that has had 32 starts for no wins, was barred from racing for three months after bleeding in a midweek race at Doomben two days before. That meant that the galloper would not be seen again at the racetrack until the […]
Theirs not to make reply, Theirs not to reason why, Theirs but to do and die. Alfred Lord Tennyson – Charge of the Light Brigade A very familiar name popped up in the ranks of the Stewards at Mackay yesterday. Tracey Pelling. The stand up comedian, ex-cop and former manager of the Integrity Investigation […]
Um, in the words of Pauline Hanson PLEASE EXPLAIN Some form guides listed Choir Boy as wearing blinkers at Townsville on Saturday. Good on them, because he did. I think. The Stewards say the form guides were wrong and at the same time right. An announcement to that effect was semaphored to that effect to […]
The presently vacant full-time QRIC Deputy Commissioner’s job was advertised last week. It had a movie theme too. The QRIC and the Dead 2 – Blink and You Miss It. Why? Because you have. Gee, do you reckon someone might not have been shoulder tapped for the role? That or Speedy Gonzales is getting it.
The benefit of hindsight is a wonderful thing isn’t it? Apprentice Adin Thompson rides a great tactical race on the 20-1 rank outsider and almost pulls off a dashing win, getting nutted in only the very last couple of strides. The Stewards – none of whom have ever ridden a race in their lives – […]
