When We Were Young
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Anyone Know Mr K.A. Thomas? – I Hear He Might Have Had a Real Good Win
There were only four horses in the 2nd race at Mackay on Tuesday. Two of them were owned by the same person, Mr K.A. Thomas. One was trained by Tim ‘Lay Down Sally’ Cook and ridden by his apprentice Alisha Donald. It’s name was Corporal, and it started at $31. The other one was called […]
Now You See Him, Now You Don’t – Queensland’s Invisible Chief Steward
Chief Steward Peter Chadwick returned to duty last week after taking a month off for his winter vacation. Chadwick was kind enough to grace us with his presence at Eagle Farm on Saturday. It was nice to see him at the races, even if was just for a day. There was no Chadwick to be […]
All the Colonel Cares About is That Trainers Can Work 500 Horses a Day on the Poly
Taiki Yanagida. That is the name of the young jockey who died this week after falling from his mount on the polytrack. The Polytrack that Reid Sanders built. It wasn’t the Colonel’s fault that the kid died. Was it related to his track though? I don’t know, but intend to find out. This is what […]
The HRNSW Policy on Selection of State Representatives For the National Drivers Championship – The One They Have Just Smashed Into a Million Little Pieces
1. BACKGROUND 1.1 This policy was introduced as there was no formal policy concerning the selection of the NSW representatives at the Australian Drivers Championship. 1.2 The Australian Drivers Championship is conducted annually and each State is represented by two drivers. 1.3 In terms of NSW driver selection the precedent in recent years has been […]
I Always Thought in Journalism an Exclusive Meant That You Had the Story First – Jiving Gerry Chimes in, and Big Ben Strikes Again – Ding Dong
Ben Dorries from Racenet never ceases to amaze. On Saturday he told us a tale of woe about the treatment of Alligator Allan Endresz by Racing Victoria, and pleaded with the world to support the undischarged bankrupt who owes Australia $11.8 million and won’t pay, on the basis that Alligator Al always pays his feed […]
EXCLUSIVE – The Live Exports in the Integrity Ranks Switch Planes
The latest mail on the exodus of Australian racing integrity officials is different to the earlier post. It is now said that Kim Kelly (pictured above), the long serving and internationally respected Chief Steward of Hong Kong Racing, will soon announce his retirement from that role after two decades of sterling service, and return home […]
See You in Xanadu Livvie
Stripping Stan Fox of His Race is an Absolute Disgrace
It’s too late to try and change it, and there would be no point trying anyway because Peter V’Landys is all too powerful, but I want to state for the record that I reckon changing the name of the Stan Fox Stakes to the Callander-Presnell is an out and out disgrace. I mean no disrespect […]
The Best Way to Remember Our Fallen Comrade Takai Yanagida is to Find Out Why He Died, And Make Sure It Never Happens Again – I Suspect it Was the Synthetic Track – I Reckon They Are Killers
Kevin Ring from the Australian Jockey’s Association expressed his rider members concerns about the safety of synthetic tracks, and how they could kill or maim jockeys, way back in 2013. We need to band together internationally and do something to find out more about these tracks and their jockey injury rate he told everyone, because […]