Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
Jockey David Sparks had a day to forget at Julia Creek on the weekend, and not only because he didn’t ride a winner. Sparks got into an unprovoked verbal altercation with a fellow rider in the jockeys room after race 4, and abused them using language that we are told was most offensive indeed. He […]
Dear Sir Response to your recent story about the race clubs who don’t deserve a license, straight way there is one that comes to mind immediately in the Emerald Jockey Club. This club is involved in very well-known ongoing tirade and hostility towards a very popular and successful trainer at Emerald. Not only is this […]
Safety First? Or OT? There is increasing disquiet among racing participants who compete on the Darling Downs about the Stewards habit of holding race day inquiries after the last race instead of during the meeting. Many consider that while it might be okay for the stipes to rack up a bit of overtime through the […]
More than one punter was skeptical about the fall below in the 7th at Port Augusta on Sunday. Some even suggested that the jockey in the dark blue colors 3rd the fence might have jumped. So to dispel these suspicions we went and asked a couple of decent riders of our acquaintance their opinion. The […]
Kevin Seymour is all the above. Smart in this context because he entered three mares in the QLD Sun – an automatic qualifier for the G1 Rising Sun – and thus under the preferential barrier draw by age and sex conditions of the race secured the trio the inside barriers 1-2-3. Lucky because his other […]
Archie Re Schofield – you are bang on about the issue decided by the Supreme Court. Merits review (a fresh decision by the Panel not requiring a participant to demonstrate error) is clearly what was intended and is a better outcome for racing generally. Despite what QRIC might think, integrity bodies are enhanced by a […]
How on earth did the starter let the first at Melton on Saturday night go? It was clear that the horses on the back line were not up on the mobile, and were thus denied a fair start. Anyone could see it, except the starter. All three on the back row were declared non-runners by […]
A lot of people are question the photo decision in Don Hugo’s race at Menangle on Saturday night, and I must admit on the night I was one of them. The outside horse with the momentum usually gets the close decisions in the photos there, and I thought Nyack had. But I had forgotten […]
We were right about the QRIC v QLD Racing Appeals Tribunal appeal of the Chad Schofield penalty decision, made by way of a Judicial Review of the decision by the Supreme Court, falling the Appeals Panel’s way. It’s just a shame we couldn’t get a price. The decision is one of interest to a lot […]
One of the more interesting racing cases this year comes to its climax tomorrow when the Supreme Court of QLD hands down its decision on the QRIC’s application for judicial review of the QLD Racing Appeals Panel decision in the case of a 13 day suspension handed down to Chad Schofield in January last year. […]
