Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
The Rockhampton Jockey Club has transferred it’s race meeting scheduled for Friday week back to the Monday, after the club advised Racing Queensland that that it will not be in a position to host the meeting on December 17 due to resourcing complications associated with COVID-19 vaccinations. This resourcing complication is rather simple. The club […]
Well, the storm keeps getting worse, and it is sleety and cold all around and about, and the sea is running higher than somewhat, and now one night off the Jersey coast when I am sleeping as peacefully as anything, I am awakened by a great to-do and it seems that the Castilla is on fire. Naturally, […]
‘Why, George,’ I say to Gentleman George, ‘then you are the victim of a great wrong, and I will see the governor, or somebody, in your behalf at once. They cannot do this to you, when according to your own story, you are not directly connected with the matter of Mrs. Colonel Samuel B. Venus, […]
Earlier in the week we tipped you the greatest certainty ever outside of death and taxes when we prophesised that after our story about Luke McCarthy being ineligible to drive in 3rd round of ID21 heats and the final was published and read, the Menangle Stewards report from last Saturday the 4th of December would […]
They haven’t fudged the start date on Robbie Morris’s 21 day suspension commencing immediately as of 30 November. The suspension that tipped him out of driving in rounds 2 and 3 of the heats, or should have anyway under the rules. Morris of course drove. He is ineligible to drive on finals night as well. […]
4 June 2021 The Hon. Robert Borsak Parliament House Macquarie Street SYDNEY NSW 2000 Via Email Only: CC: Ms Abigail Boyd The Hon. Louis Amato The Hon. Wesley Fang The Hon. Samuel Farraway The Hon. Mark Pearson The Hon. Walter Secord The Hon. Michael Veitch The Hon. Mark Latham Dear Mr Borsak, RE: SELECT COMMITTEE […]
I guess it’s not surprising given his long history of battles with the bottle than Brad Stewart is one of them. Given his closeness age to Chris Caserta and the fact they were mates it’s probably understandable why Justin Huxtable is the other. We all know the QRIC aren’t there to make friends, but my […]
For years now everyone has known that the current racing appeals system in Queensland is broken and needs urgent repair. The ‘independent’ Internal Review system is a bad joke, with the reviewer not being independent at all, but rather an employee of the QRIC who can be hired and fired by the Commissioner, and as […]
Palaszczuk Government acts on Racing industry concerns The Palaszczuk Government makes no excuses for its reforms to protect the integrity of Queensland’s $1.2 billion racing industry. Further industry consultation throughout 2021, highlighted the need for a Racing Appeals Panel independent of the Queensland Racing Integrity Commission (QRIC). This new independent Racing Appeals Panel will replace all current internal reviews and the majority of QCAT appeals. Minister for Racing, Grace Grace said “We have long shared industries concerns with […]
You would have read about the two jockeys who blew over the limit at Doomben on Tuesday morning. I know who they are but I’m not saying. Just like the QRIC aren’t saying that the reason they sent the storm troopers out with their breathalysers before dawn is because they got a tip from some […]
