Do the Stewards in Far North QLD not know the rules, or is it simply that they choose not to apply them? Trainer Alwyn Bailey failed to transport his runner in race 4 Bring Me To Life to the track. Bailey told the Stewards that he left the horse at home because in his opinion […]
Hat’s Off to the Rules
There is outrage among NZ harness racing licensees over the treatment of junior driver Emily Johnson, who had been threatened with a dangerous driving charge by Stewards in relation to an incident that occurred during a race at Addington last Friday week. Johnson was driving the long odds-on favorite He Ain’t Fakin, the Aussie pacer […]
Why Did She Leave? – She Didn’t Clash, She Stayed
The race caller at Bunbury this afternoon – I dunno his name, so I will call him Wheelbarrow – must have divorce on the mind or something, or perhaps he is just a glass half empty time who sees gloom in a rainbow. Why else would he have called the winner of the first race […]
Look Out Trots – The Big, Bad Gallops Are Coming to Eat You
In Albion Park Chairman Greg Mitchell’s euphoria about the Creek being (in our view temporarily) saved, he seems to have 0verlooked a rather important thing. The racing reform plan to run thoroughbred race meeting four nights a week, every week, in direct competition with the trots. Wednesday to Saturday night is the plan. Gold Coast, […]
Congratulations Bailie Baker – You Deserve it Kid
Apprentice Bailie Baker has had an absolute shit of a couple of months. First her ever-loving and much loved Dad Glen got diagnosed with the dreaded spanish dancer and died. The weekend after Dad crossed the bar she had a race fall and almost did too. Then to top it all off she got stripped […]
Leopards Never Change Their Spots – So It’s Time Asst Commissioner Kelly Did it For Them
Shane Graham is a leopard. He never changes his spots. Rock Supreme was backed from $21 into $10 in race 1 at Albion Park. It started from the inside row in 8, with Bronski Zulu drawn in front of it in 1. Graham drove the Zulu, but he didn’t drive it to win. He drove […]
The QLD Government Plan to Snaffle Race Club’s Cash
The QLD Govt is going to launch a joint industry fund to secure better returns for clubs. Queensland race clubs will be invited to invest in the fund, set to be managed by an Independent Racing Infrastructure Fund Board. Clubs would be able to track their investment in real-time and have access to their funds […]
Go West Says Bill
Archie Re Albion Park. Too little to late. At least the LNP are trying to fix the sport. What is being proposed is exactly what ‘sir” Kevin offered 10 years ago to the ALP, they didn’t care, no unions in sports. We don’t need it, the facilities are old, worn out and need too much […]
A Clash of the Titans – The Greatest Race That I Have Ever Seen
What a brilliant race the Blacks A Fake was last night at Albion Park. The race of the year. Hands down. It was an absolute ripper. The record books will tell future generations that Don Hugo won it. But really Luke McCarthy did. His drive was absolutely perfect, an 110 out of 10. McCarthy took […]
QLD Racing Reforms – Bye Bye Deagon, Thanks for the Memories
Racing Queensland will seek to rationalise its property portfolio and take steps to dispose of the former proposed harness racing site at Norwell. QRIC will dispose of the Bowen Hills property that was earmarked for a new Racing Science Centre. These changes will offer a mechanism for new and upgraded infrastructure. Careful consideration will be […]