Did Lurch Pick the Start Perfectly? – Or Did the Starter Pick Him?
John Dunn gets the fly here on Moses, like a man parting the Red Sea. The question is did Lurch pick the start? Or did the starter pick him? I’m not sure. You be the judge.
And Then There Was One – The Last Gold Coast Turf Meeting Left Before the Million Dollar Night Card Bumped to the Poly
The Gold Coast Turf Club’s last scheduled grass track card before the inaugural $1 million Magic Millions race meeting under lights has been bumped to the poly track too, meaning that there will be no races run on turf prior to the big night. If of course the grass track is in a sufficiently raceworthy […]
Only in Tasmania – The Most Disgraful Stewarding Decision in the World
When the rider of a winner fails to weight in the horse has to be disqualified from the race, no ifs no buts. It’s been the way for 2 centuries. Bankrollbenny won the last race at Devonport on the 24th of April. The horse’s jockey Craig Newitt didn’t weigh in as required. As such there […]
The Wide Runner That Never Left the Rail
The Chief Steward Josh Adams was the Chairman of the Panel at the Eagle Farm meeting last Saturday. That means that he was in charge of signing off on the official Stewards report. The one that recorded the Tony Gollan trained Blue Spinel as having raced 3-wide for the majority of the race. Blue Spinel […]
Jack Hill is Kidding Himself About the ‘Bool – Call Him RS Dye I Say
So all these trainers, jockeys, punters and other clowns are blowing up big time about the track bias at the ‘Bool. Are they insane, incompetent, or just plain imbeciles? Isn’t it the job of the professionals to work out where the fast lanes are, not to whinge about other people finding them? I would have […]
Gum Trees and Two Up Daze
Hi Archie, I remember going to the Mingela races in the early 70’s. The two-up game started after the last race. When the pool built up to a sizeable the two coppers from Charters Towers who were there for the day walked through and scooped it all up. Queensland being what it was back then, […]
There’s Always a Spoiler in Every Crowd – But Breaking Up the Two Up at the ‘Bool is Just Un-Australian
The picture you see is the Victorian coppers breaking up the two-up ring after the last at the ‘Bool today. What next? Are they gunna stop Australians marching down the street on Anzac Day? Put a halt to punting at the Melbourne Cup? Ban people from drinking beer at the Boxing Day test? Where does […]
A Different Viewpoint to Mine About Amateur Drivers Races
For those of you that castigate amateur harness racing and continually complain about it, you’re all wrong. Form Cornelius Kingsley Garrison Billings of yesteryear to the gentlemen and ladies that participate this very day, amateur racing has done wonders for our sport…and countless charitable organizations here in the U.S.A., as well. First off, many of […]
Secrets and Lies – The Toyah Murder Pre-Trial Hearings Open a Can of Worms – While All the While the Accused Who Bolted to India Sits Silent
A Queensland podiatrist who accessed child exploitation material, which included a baby, more than 2200 times and admitted to rape fantasies has been disqualified from applying to be a health practitioner for four years. Tyson Bryan-Anthony Franklin, 28, was in October 2018 found to have accessed child exploitation material on 2211 occasions. QCAT disqualified Franklin […]
Robbie Katter Calls For a Country Rider’s School
As country racing has kicked off in western Queensland in recent weeks, momentum is building for a “jockey school” – or mentoring program – to recruit more jockeys and track staff to offset crippling shortages. Amid claims that the North-West had only five or six locally-based jockeys for the 2023 season, which prompted scratched horses […]