Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
Fair dinkum bro. If you can get a vet to say that your horse has abnormal excretion rates like the Kiwi gallops trainer Todd Mitchell did, then you can not only escape a 3-month stint on the sidelines and a $500 fine like QLD greyhound trainer Allan Svensen copped, you can escape a charge completely. […]
QRIC Stewards on Wednesday handed down their penalties against the three participants in the Birdsville jigger case. Trainer Todd Austin – who the stipes clearly believe ordered the jock to give the horse the spark, and was thus the prime offender – got 5 years. The jock Ric McMahon was given 3 1/2, presumably a […]
Many didn’t realise how deeply the Racing Minister was grieving today at Doomben where Grace Grace was keeping her long-standing commitment to the BRC to celebrate International Women’s day at the track. The reason for the Minister’s grief was the recent loss of her much-loved uncle, her mother’s older brother Gerardo Bellino, the Fitzgerald era […]
The favorite in this race is Atreacherous. It is trained by Jeremy Seal and driven by Ryan Hryhorec, who as we shall soon see is about to have a very bad night. Atreacherous is drawn in gate 2, but no-one expects him to lead because he hasn’t done so at his past 22 starts over […]
We move now to race 4, a contest for lowly rated horses in the NR50’s run over a mile. The market only has two in it, Icy Reception trained by Aaron Bain and driven by Wayne Hill at $2.15 and drawn gate 3, and the $2.50 pop Shazzam in gate 6, which is once again […]
And so we move to race 6, the final leg of the quaddie. Race 4 was the 2nd leg. Take My Wallet drawn the outside of the front in gate 6 is the $1.45 favorite. Just like the slaughtered shorty before it’s trained by Aaron Bain and driven by Wayne Hill. The main danger is […]
Surely this comment can’t be directed at us. We’re not Karmichael Hunts. Just racing writers, working in a democracy where free speech is a basic right, and truth is the ultimate defence to defamation. I wonder if the person who penned this threat understands what this below means? We do, and so the Cairns Police. […]
JAMES TREASURE A primary school teacher was jailed in 2019 after he filmed children at a Sunshine Coast beach and superimposed images of himself and children into sexually explicit films. The Brisbane District Court heard at the time the man had also made sex tapes with a blow-up doll wearing a uniform from his school, […]
Moods in costume Peter Moody is going to train the winner of the Newmarket. But it’s not the one you think, I Wish I Win is the favorite, but he’s been weighted out of victory with 56 kilos. His stablemate is the one. Chain Of Lightning. Moods’ genius has got the mare in with 52kg, […]
Connor Crook, the trainer of Fynn Frost NZ, pleaded guilty to a charge under Rule 273(1) for presenting the gelding to race with a bit not approved by Harness Racing Australia. Given the nature of the equipment in addition to the post-race veterinarian examination which failed to display any effect, Mr Crook was fined $500. […]
