Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
Can you believe that in the post #metoo, Jeffrey Epstein and his odious mate Ghislaine Maxwell, Prince Andrew, Grace Tame and Brittany Higgins age, the Gold Coast Turf Club still thinks it is okay to name a race the OFFICE CHICKS QTIS 2YO HANDICAP? That’s what the first race yesterday was called. The office chicks? […]
It strikes me as a bit rum when one bloke niggles another bloke all night, for no real reason at all, then calls the other bloke outside, goes outside with the fella he has invited for the stated purpose, gets done like a dinner, and then runs off to the coppers and squeals about it. […]
The Brisbane Racing Club (BRC) is run by a CEO, who is male. All four of the club’s Key Management personnel are men. We are unable for legal reasons to comment in any detail on the gender structure of the board, but a simple Google search will tell you all that you need to know, […]
The top three trot trainers in Victoria are women. Three out of the top ten drivers are too. Women matter. Diversity matters. Harness Racing Victoria claims that it is an inclusive organisation, but I reckon it lies. Nikita Ross and Jason Bonnington were the co-hosts of HRV’s flagship show Burning Questions until last week, when […]
Harness Racing Australia’s silence on the continuing employment of Scott Steele at the Albion Park club has been deafening. This is the peak body of a sport that, despite various waves of discrimination, has been trailblazer for the participation of women. As long ago as 1917 women were driving against and beating men, although it […]
We thank the Deputy Commissioner for her response to our correspondence to the Racing Minister expressing our concerns about an alleged violent offender being nominated for a Queensland Country Racing Trainer of the Year Award, and being permitted to attend the awards ceremony. It is comforting to know that the QRIC has taken action in […]
The trots have always been a mile ahead of other sports when it comes to equality. I remember drivers like Angie Burke and Jan Sweeney competing as equals with the men at Albion Park back in the 70’s when I was a kid. There was no sexism. We just thought it was normal. It is. […]
International Women’s Day is a wonderful thing. For years my wife Maggie was on the organising committee, and my youngest daughter is today involved. IWD is all about ending discrimination, and have a gender equal world. Hear hear! The Cairns Jockey Club are celebrating the day by giving women free entry to the track. Men […]
For some time now we have been highlighting the absolute inadequacy of On The Bit Racing in priv, and the controversially formed private company’s total unfitness to continue to hold the highly paid Racing Queensland contract to do so. Week after week, month after month, lovers of country racing have been slapped in the face […]
John ‘Lucky’ Lingard is the best writer in racing. Pam O’Neill is every woman in racing’s hero. Both of them are people I am very proud to call my good mates. Lucky says that Queen Pammy should be on the board of Racing Queensland. I totally agree. As Bob Hawke once said, anyone who doesn’t […]
