Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
Is it true that a very junior QRIC steward in charge of a recent meeting in Central QLD tried to direct a Sky Racing cameraman to dismount from his vantage point and walk 400m away to chase away several kangaroos from the edge of the course proper while the horses were behind the barriers preparing […]
Racing Queensland’s annual report released last week reveals that turnover on thoroughbred racing declined by $500 million over the past 12 months, with code revenue for the gallops falling by $26 million for the year. Despite the reduced income the thoroughbred code still managed to return a profit after expenses of $13.5 on TAB meetings, […]
As if Sariah Champkin didn’t have enough problems already, here’s another one. Champkin is a bankrupt. The QRIC have issues with licensing bankrupt jockeys, because of the perception that they may be vulnerable to copping slings to ride their mounts uncompetitively, or in other words to hook them. It is for that reason that riders […]
In a highly unusual move, Greyhound Racing Victoria (GRV) is requiring every registered participant in the State to undergo a National Police Check (NPS) and provide them with the results. Of particular note is that owners have to provide one too. That might stir the possum a bit, for there are more than a couple […]
Hi AB Your bestie here Seaton. Just wanted to touch base, you seem to know a lot about me, probs even more then I know about myself. Thanks for all the publicity you’ve given me it has helped me grow my stable so I am forever thankful for you. You’re welcome. Money on the fridge. […]
The word is that Four Corners are doing a feature on Peter V’Landys. It’s not expected to be complimentary. Why do the ABC take such joy in cutting a bloke who should have a Group 1 named after him down? Is it related to V’Landys suing them for defamation over the knackery story? What’s the […]
Watch the horse on the inside in the blue and white colors of Julie Douglas. See what its driver Ryan Sanderson does at the 70m mark just when it looks a chance of sneaking up the inside to finish in 3rd or 4th place. If that’s not the drive of a reinsman who doesn’t want […]
First we had Rhinoceros. Then we had Elephant. And now he have Aarvark. What is this moronic trend of naming racehorses after slow, ugly animals? How do the owners who name them ever expect to win a Melbourne Cup? Don’t the nongs know that only 2 animals have ever won the Melbourne Cup, and one […]
There have been two similar type protests at the trots over the past 24 hours that produced two very different results. The first of them was in race 2 at Gloucester Park on Friday night, where the driver of the equal dead-heater for 2nd S. McDonald (3 off the fence in the yellow and blue […]
This is the gear that the newly developed swab tests for EPO and human growth hormone such as those used by the jailed American cheats are going to detect. There is a great mystique around EPO, but really it’s quite simple and easy to get, as long as you know the right doctor. EPO Injection […]
