The Queensland Racing Integrity Commission has launched an independent inquiry into how the wrong horse was allowed to start in a race at Rockhampton. Trainer Julieann Lancaster had several runners at Thursday’s meeting including Authadane in the Benchmark 60 (race six) and Plain ‘N’ Simple in the Class Six (race… Read More »
So the answer to the question: what 5 things would improve racing in Australia, rests with the answerer’s perspective. Is it a punting viewpoint he/she is coming from? Or an owners, or a trainers? As I’m an owner and a punter, I’m going to address the question from toset perspectives…. Read More »
Racing Stewards are a peculiar bunch. We need them on race day, absolutely, no question. But do we need them to be like this? As Winx and Kiamichi were doing their wondrous things at Rosehill, a few trainers, jocks, horses, punters and officials went to Ardlethan for a day of… Read More »
Well that’s now 36 wins, 32 of them in a row and 24 at Gr 1 level for a grand total of $24,016, 675 in prize money. Trainers from here and abroad for the past four years have been pulling their best Houdini impression when it comes to Winx (Street… Read More »
The ATC has released a better quality photo of The Galaxy finish after some disgruntled punters thought it was a dead heat. Quite a few punters, probably Pierata backers weren’t happy with the original photo finish shared by the ATC on Saturday between Nature Strip and Pierata saying it should… Read More »
Punters at Mackay are furious after the heavily backed favourite in race two was declared a runner by stewards despite video showing the barrier attendant interfering in the start. Backers of the $2.20 favourite Mishnah in race two at Mackay are rightfully furious after they did their doe when the… Read More »
Ask yourself this: what is the one thing, the very most earnest of racing things you’d like to see happen? Keep the answer in your mind for a moment. The saga of this question begins with one of those facts that is so big and so obvious (like Uluru), that… Read More »
Trainer Caroline Bailey is hoping Reckless Behavior will be on his best behaviour when he runs at Southwell after getting loose and finding himself on the streets of Uttoxeter. The seven-year-old tossed rider Sean Bowen at the start of the Handicap Chase on Saturday, and went on to crash through… Read More »
The owners of Winx – the always affable Debbie Kepitis in particular, Peter Tighe and Richard Treweeke – have ridden the media wave alongside their global phenomenon to such an extent they themselves have become celebrities. They sign autographed photos of their great mare and they are constantly on TV,… Read More »
Former Fremantle, Greater Western Sydney and Carlton and NAB rising star AFL player Rhys Palmer is facing a life ban from race tracks after throwing two shoes at horses during the running of race six at Gloucester Park on Friday night. The winning driver Dylan Egerton-Green told The West Australian newspaper… Read More »
They say champion mares just don’t throw similar talent into their babies. Sunline, she of the $12million in stakes money and 32 wins, 13 at Gr 1 level, had 4 babies, 3 raced and only 2 of them won. And they were low key events. Atlantic Jewel, who was so… Read More »
As Saturday came to a close, scone-based trainer Paul Messara was conflicted. During the day two immensely emotional moments occurred in his life. The first was finding his beloved mare, Alverta dead in a paddock. The second was watching the horse his father part-owns called The Autumn Sun doing a… Read More »
A judge in England has called the wrong horse the winner in a hurdle at Sandown based on a photo from the first of two winning posts on the track. One For Rosie, trained by Nigel Twiston–Davies, was announced as beating the Hughie Morrison-trained Third Wind. But it transpired the… Read More »
Former trainer John Nikolic has been sentenced to 23 years in jail after being found guilty of importing cocaine into Fiji. John Nikolic and his wife Yvette were arrested after Fijian authorities found more than $20 million worth of drugs, along with two guns on their luxury yacht last year…. Read More »
Late last year in France, the governing body for horse racing, France Galop, decided to allow female riders a 2kg weight allowance EVERY time they rode in a race. This was for all females, not just apprentices, and the hope was the ladies would receive more rides. Which has happened…. Read More »
A gallant Happy Clapper has made Winx work for her latest record-setting feat in the Chipping Norton Stakes but she has no peer and simply eased past him to claim a 23rd Group One win. The crowds lining the Randwick straight on Saturday gave her a reception befitting her status… Read More »
Owners and horse names: a combination so intriguing it fascinates many. Me included. They say dog owners end up looking like their dogs, which may be true. I’m rather wiry, I’ve been a runner forever and I’ve owned three pet greyhounds during the course of my life. Go figure. But… Read More »
An All Star Mile contender has reaffirmed the farce that is the voting system for a $5m race with the name ‘All Star’ in it running second last in a Class 6 plate at Eagle Farm today, beaten close to ten lengths. Urban Ruler was voted into the $5m All… Read More »
On March 16th we will see the inaugural running of the $5m All Star Mile at Flemington but unfortunately the name doesn’t truly reflect the quality of race. The name All Star Mile suggests racing fans will get to watch the best milers or thereabouts battle it out for a… Read More »
In Hong Kong Beauty Generation is the best race horse. He’s so good he’s a deadset national superstar. No question, and he showed it again leading all the way at Gr 1 level in super fast time at Sha Tin last weekend. Champion jockey Zac Purton regularly rides him and… Read More »
