Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
I want to tell you a little story that demonstrates the sheer incompetence of the QRIC thoroughbred steward, and illustrates it for all too see. We are at the Gordonvale races just south of Cairns on Saturday, and it’s race 4. The horse in the blue with the red cap is Magnate, ridden by Frankie […]
The three professional race meetings held at Longreach, Mt Isa and Goondoowindi on the weekend were country cards, meaning that each of the five race cards were worth about $50 000 in prizemoney and QTIC bonus payments. There was only one Steward at each meeting. This poor official had to run the whole show on […]
Chris Dawson, aged 73, is on trial for his life. He is alleged to have killed his wife Lyn more than 40 years ago. If convicted Dawson will die in jail. As most of Australia is aware, this prosecution has been spurred by journalist Hedley Thomas’s hugely popular podcast series The Teachers Pet, in which […]
We have written previously about NZ trot steward S. Renault working ‘remotely’ during the COVID-19 restriction period because he refused to get vaxed. Although for privacy reasons he did not name Mr Renault directly, or discuss the reason for his prior absences from the track, when we asked RIB CEO Mike Clements about the issue […]
There were 12 stewards on duty at the Morphettville races on Saturday. At the TAB meeting at Toowoomba on Saturday there were two. The Queensland meeting was called off after three races. They still managed to slip in a clerical error. There is nothing like consistent form is there? You just wonder how on earth […]
A lot of people south of the Tropic of Capricorn have probably never heard of Clive Gordon, which is a real shame, for he was one of the great callers in Australian racing history, and a loyal and devoted stalwart of the the game too. Clive – who was a great mate of Melbourne Cup […]
Jason Bonnington has proved once and for all that he is an idiot, not that we really needed any more evidence of a quintessential truth. This fool claims that Winx cannot be regarded as the greatest Australian galloper of all time, on the basis that she didn’t race overseas. What a load of codswallop. If […]
Hobby trainer/driver Daniel Reardon has had 138 drives in 27 years, an average of just over 5 per season. In all that time Reardon has won 4 races, and no doubt gained a great thrill from each of them. The last one was four years ago. Two weeks ago on the grass at Geraldine D. […]
How about this one to highlight the absurdity of the way in which the new NZ harness racing judiciary system is working for the benefit of the industry and everyone in it. Driver Robbie Close won a fillies and mares maiden at Invercargill on the 30th of April. For reasons known only to himself, as […]
Tricky Ric was a top class Kiwi square gaiter who ran placings in two Group 1 races and ran close up in elite races behind topliners of the ilk of Sundees Sun, Enhance Your Calm and Bolt For Brilliance before he was purchased for a substantial sum by WA interests, and sent over to race […]
