Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
South Australian gallops trainer Ryan Balfour’s escalating pattern of erratic and aggressive behavior has taken a new twist after he was this week arrested and charged with serious criminal trespass and assault against his equally unbalanced estranged brother Todd, himself a former trainer who shot to national infamy this year after he pulled down the […]
Tamworth rolls out the decorations to welcome Larry to town One day a couple of weeks ago I was struggling for stories so I gave a trot loving journo mate of mine a ring to bounce around a few ideas, and he came up with the thought of writing a satirical article about Kevin Seymour […]
Emma Stewart – who used to be Clayton Tonkin trainer in race books after she was Emma Stewart trainer and before she was again – is Victoria’s most successful trainer ever, or Clayton Tonkin is, or one of them is anyway. They’ve both got form for using performance enhancing drugs (PED’s) on their horses, Tonkin […]
Now Richmond in outback Queensland is a long way from anywhere, and petrol costs $2 a litre. So what are the chances of getting 4 jockeys to spend $200 in fuel and half a day one way and half a night home driving on dusty roads lined with kangaroos seven feet tall so they can […]
We wrote a few days ago about how Jason Grimson had been the target of multiple recent without notice stable inspections by Stewards coming to out of competition swab his horses, particularly 4-6 day out from race day window withing which wise men say a sharpie must give their gee-gees the good gear. Imagine for […]
Kevin Seymour’s 2yo Protostar winner Fate Awaits has just won the NSW Breeders Challenge, courtesy of a world class team drive. Seymour’s trainer Grant Dixon had two in the race, Fate Awaits (drawn the pole) and Path To Greatness (drawn 3). Catch driver Josh Gallagher fired Path To Greatness off the arm at a million […]
JASON PIPER Central QLD jockey with a predilection for sex with teenage transexual street kids. In 2005 when he was 25 years old Piper stabbed one of them to death, a 16yo urchin named Ronald Brown. Jailed for life. The QRIC granted Piper a trackwork riders license when he was released on parole after serving […]
I never cease to be astounded about the massive contradiction between the devout faith in racing integrity espoused by the people who run the three codes in this State, and the records of people employed or licensed in Queensland under their rigorous regulatory watch. Here are just a few off the top of my head. […]
The Queensland Racing Integrity Commission has been advised that a licensed jockey was arrested by Queensland Police for an offence against the Criminal Code. Queensland Racing Integrity Commissioner Catherine Clark said that the participant’s licence has been suspended immediately. “QRIC’s role is to maintain the integrity of racing so the jockey will be stood down […]
Sharing intimate images without consent It is a crime in Queensland to share an intimate image of someone without their consent in a way that could reasonably cause distress to the other person. While often referred to as ‘revenge porn’, sharing an intimate image without consent covers many behaviours and they are not always motivated […]
