Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
AHRR.66(e) A horse may be disqualified from a race or placed in a lower finishing position in a race if a horse races on the inside of a marker post or if its sulky or part thereof goes on the inside of a marker post How many engineers does it take to change a lightbulb? […]
See that man (circled) behind the barriers watching the start of race 5 at Mt Isa last Thursday? You know, the race we wrote about yesterday in which two runners were loaded into the wrong gates and started from transposed barriers? The one after which the Club Starter was shown vision of the start and […]
Following Noel Callow’s (quite rightful in our view) license stand down after being charged with conduct prejudicial to racing in the wake of the publication of a video of the jockey hurling vile racist abuse at an indigenous man, many in the industry are asking questions about whether double standards apply in QLD racing when […]
Story by Matt Nicholls. Blind Freddy could see that it was a false start and should have been called a no-race. But it took the stewards about an hour to draw the same conclusion following this year’s failed Hughenden Cup in what turned out to be farcical scenes. Firstly, let’s go back to the beginning. […]
The Stewards are suspicious about apprentice Shania Willis’s ride on the $4.80 chance Jediah in the fifth at Gatton last Thursday. After taking initial evidence from Willis on the day, the stipes have adjourned their inquiry into her tactics in the race so they can examine all aspects of the race, including the wagering. A […]
Poor Jessica Lindsay (pictured) – God bless her soul Bailey Wheeler was fined $750 on Tuesday for accepting a ride for which he couldn’t make the weight. It was at least the 2nd time in the past month that he has offended against the rule. There is real concern about this talented hoop’s marked weight […]
Champion greyhound trainer Ron Ball has today won his appeal against the Stewards decision to restart his 10-year-disqualification imposed during the live baiting scandal of the mid-2010’s. QRIC Stewards had previously determined that Ball had breached the terms of his DQ by attending the property of his partner and then licensed trainer Serena Lawrence in […]
Wasn’t it lovely to put the starting times for the Mareeba race on Saturday back one race for Alwyn Bailey, after the trainer rang through to tell them that the truck taking his six runners to the meeting had broken down. It may have been a kind gesture by the Stewards but it was a […]
Doubting Dan was spot on with his markets. The horse who raced four times in fourteen day and twice in the past three is dead. And despite being on the immediate back up, no there was no pre-race veterinary inspection undertaken to make sure that she was fit and well. That’s first class animal welfare […]
Why would trainer Brett Cavanough enter his horse Indifference at Alpha in Queensland one day and at Coffs Harbour in NSW the next? After all it’s a 16 hour drive between the two tracks, and Cavanough trains his horses out of Scone (or so we’re told). He wouldn’t have entered Indifference in the Alpha Cup […]
