Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
Queensland jockey ‘Dancing’ Dan McGillivray has been disqualified for 7 months after admitting snorting some of Colombia’s finest (heavily cut) the night before a Kilcoy race meeting and then being silly enough to turn up to ride. The stipes had been tipped off so of course he got told to piss in a pottle and […]
I hate to say it but I am getting mighty sick and tired of writing about licensed riders getting caught trying to pull swifties on Racing Queensland, the QRIC and the entire industry by submitting doctored Health Assessment Reports (HAR). The line of jockeys getting caught acting dishonestly in this respect seems to just keep […]
Photo by Racenet 109 Lure – distance from leading greyhound (1) Subject to subrule (2) of this rule and unless otherwise determined and published by a Controlling Body, the lure is to be controlled so that it is at all times positioned at a distance of not less than five metres and no greater than […]
Murdoch KC is back on his feet to sum up the QRIC’s case. He says that this is an important case. The recordings of Callow’s conduct have gone viral he says, not only in Australia but across the world. The Magic Man tells us that racing is under attack from activists determined to shut the […]
Painting hung on peterprofit.com office wall Murdoch KC makes a concession, one clearly designed to overcome submissions made by Matthew Stirling that it would take Noel Callow another 2 months after his disqualification ended to get fully race fit so that he could again start earning what he did before the spell. The Magic Man […]
What you see at the top and above are notices that the Queensland branch of the Australian Jockeys Association sent out to its members late last week. Panic stations have set in among the ranks of local riders. The QRIC are auditing all Health Assessment Reports that have been submitted by jockeys. As we told […]
It seems at least another 3 racehorses formerly trained by Brett Cavanough out of the property of disqualified participant Todd Austin have been transferred. To Nobody. As far as I am aware the mysterious Mr Nobody doesn’t have a trainer’s license, which does not seem to make him unique out in the west of Queensland […]
It appears that we may not have heard the last of the doctored Health Assessment Report scandal yet. The mail is that up to a dozen jockeys are going to be charged for submitting bodged up reports, including at least one big name rider. A person in addition to Jeff McKay is said to have […]
The Queensland Racing Integrity Commission (QRIC) has observed a noticeable increase in reports of poor behaviour through its Report Something hotline. Much of this misconduct occurs between participants themselves, though incidents involving poor behaviour toward non-racing individuals have also been recorded. The range of negative behaviours includes intimidation, verbal abuse, and social bullying, all of […]
Anyone watching the last race at Mackay on Thursday afternoon could see that something catastrophic had happened to the Phillip Pengelly trained Thunder Mania, which was pulled up at around the 700m mark after clearly going amiss. The horse had been sweating up like a pig before the race, which was unusual for it (my […]
