Two bets yesterday for a two seconds. Our frustrating run of close misses continues. The punt’s a long game so stick with it. RUNNING TOTAL Outlay – 20 units Return – 16.7 units Loss – 3.3 units (- 16.5%) TODAY’S BETS Albion Park Dogs – Race 8 no 6 – Valpolicella Sandown Dogs – Race […]
Will the Magic Millions Meeting Be Able to Be Run?
The view out the unit window of the Gold Coast track blanketed with rain The Gold Coast weather is looking evil. Will the Magic Millions be able to be run tomorrow night? The already suspect track has copped a battering this afternoon. More rain is expected tomorrow. Can it hold up even after the rain […]
HRAP Tells Dean Chapple He’s Full of CRAP – But Still Gives Him 6 Months Off For Trying (First Published October 2024)
The NSW Harness Racing Appeals Panel (HRAP) has cut Tamworth trainer Dean Chapple’s disqualification for a positive swab to Meloxicam from 24 months down to 18, but not before telling the repeat drugs in racing offender that he was full of crap and sending him on his way with a spray. Chapple’s tale that the […]
Todays Two Bets
Two bets yesterday for a win and a second. RUNNING TOTAL Outlay – 18 units Return – 16.7 units Loss – 1.3 units (- 7.2%) TODAY’S BETS Geelong Gallops – Race 6 no 9 – Jazzclub Geelong Gallops – Race 7 no 9 – Statice As always good luck and have a winning day.
Is That Who I Think It Is on the Tractor? – Surely Not
Is that man in the orange working on the Gold Coast track repair who I think he is? Bill Shuck? Surely not. It was only four years ago that Shuck pleaded guilty to five counts of fraud committed when he worked as Infrastructure Operations Manager for Racing Queensland in 2014 and 2015. The frauds involved […]
Bill Shuck Avoids Jail in Racing Qld Contract Fraud Case (First Published 15 Feb 2021)
Bill Shuck, right, leaves Brisbane District Court with his legal counsel. Picture: Brad Fleet A former Racing Queensland manager who gave a contractor inside information about racetrack upgrades has walked free. A former Racing Queensland manager who rorted the tendering process by feeding “inside information” about racetrack upgrades to a businessman has walked from court. […]
Another Day, Another QLD Track Failure
Racing Queensland gave the Emerald Turf Club more than half a million dollars last year to construct a stewards’ room, jockey facilities, and male and female amenities, including disability access, kitchenette, TV monitors for race review and broadcast footage, and washing and drying facilities. It’s a pity no-one thought to spend any money on fixing […]
Memo From the Racing Desk – Don’t Drink and Ride
Queensland jockey Jackson Morris was yesterday suspended from race riding for 4 months for failing an on-course breath test at the Ballina races on Boxing Day. Morris’s case is near identical to Day’s. Both men arrived at work (the racecourse) with alcohol still on their systems, both were directed to participate in random breath testing, […]
Todays Two Bets
Two bets yesterday for a second and a third, but no collect. RUNNING TOTAL Outlay – 16 units Return – 15 units Loss – 1 units (- 6.25%) TODAY’S BETS Albion Park Trots – Race 1 no 7 – Is That a Bid Albion Park Trots – Race 7 no 5 – The Mighty Sully […]
Will the Gold Coast Turf Club’s Police Complaint Come Back to Bite it on the Arse?
The thing that has troubled me from the start about the Gold Coast Turf Club’s (GCTC) assertion that its track was the target of an attack by one or more unidentified saboteurs was the speed at which the club’s position was assumed, and the seeming certainty with which it spoke. From the very moment that […]