03/08/16 When one thoroughbred racing season ended and another started last Monday there was understandably a plethora of positive press about all the warm and fuzzy stories surrounding which respective …

28/07/16 Today would seem like a good time to go back and have a look at the life and times of some trainers, jockeys and horses that helped shape the …

27/07/16 Following his sad passing on 10 December 1986 the man who had spent decades trying to educate punters, including yours truly, Clif Cary, had this tribute written to him …

21/07/16 Numerous times over the two decades that this website has been operating I’ve concluded that “racing is its own worst enemy”. The three codes that comprise the industry seemingly …

28/06/16 The course proper at Eagle Farm last Saturday has come in for plenty of criticism both on the day and subsequently, but there were other sad aspects of the …

20/06/16 Last Saturday’s Ipswich Turf Club meeting showed yet again that Justracing is simply light years ahead of all the passive and patronizing mainstream media crew. For nearly 12 months …

15/06/16 I always rate the Ipswich Cup as one of the worst black type races that is run in Queensland annually, so to be balanced and fair to the race, …

08/06/16 There’s a once in the history of Brisbane thoroughbred racing, which is an event unfolding over the next three days when we see the Lightning Handicap and the Stradbroke …

02/06/16 The Group 1 Queensland Oaks is the feature race at Eagle Farm on Saturday. First run in 1951 when Maltmaid won the race from Clarrie’s Choice and Princess Jill, …

31/05/16 Most punters were on the ropes at Doomben last Saturday from the get-go after Upstart Pride won the first race on the eight event card, leading all the way …

27/05/16 With it being Group 1 Doomben 10000 day tomorrow, I thought it would be a good idea to turn the clock back 20 years to 1996 to see what …

26/05/16 It’s funny how a humanoid, on occasions, can’t remember what they did five minutes ago, yet other memories – often from as far back as childhood – are indelibly …

18/05/16 Of all the 649 variables in thoroughbred racing, there is generally one aspect that will forever stand the test of time – and that is the “class” factor of …

12/05/16 Next Saturday is BTC Cup day at Doomben and these days the race is a Group 1 event worth $500,000 in total prizemoney. The race has been afforded Group …

09/05/16 As advised here seven days ago, today’s normal rails bookmaker report by Lindsay Gallagher can’t appear here, as he didn’t field at the Gold Coast last Saturday. Instead he …

05/05/16 2016 is no different to any other year in Australian thoroughbred racing in that a plethora of young stallions will go off to the breeding barn in an attempt …

04/05/16 In recent weeks on this website I researched the results of trainers that are at the top of the Brisbane trainers premiership ladder. The form guide in last Friday’s …

03/05/16 Well in the last couple of weeks on this website I’ve reviewed the “Saturday city” quarterly results of the two trainers at the head of the current Brisbane Premiership …

28/04/16 The Ubet Super Six Trainers race days start on 14 May with the BTC Cup meeting at Doomben, meaning that’s only three Saturdays away, so I’d best get cracking …

21/04/16 Well we unfortunately had to endure that stupid Origin Jockey Series which featured alleged “top” or “champion” jockeys riding some of Queensland’s slowest conveyances around late last year and …

20/04/16 An interesting topic that gets written about very rarely in thoroughbred racing media circles, to help educate punters, relates to the weight that a horse gets handicapped with. Punters …

20/04/16 An interesting topic that gets written about very rarely in thoroughbred racing media circles, to help educate punters, relates to the weight that a horse gets handicapped with. Punters …

19/04/16 When you do what I do, all one has to do is stand in the background and watch the racing industry self destruct. Mainstream media tries its hardest to …

14/04/16 Well after the somewhat forgetful day that was Weetwood Handicap and Toowoomba Cup day 2015 after dramas associated with the track rating starting off as a heavy 8 and …

06/04/16 As advised on Monday my IT people have done a terrific job to get the websites back up and running after they were down for three days following hacking, …

29/03/16 After last Saturday’s Rosehill Group 1 The BMW meeting I’ve reached the conclusion that fining jockeys for overuse of the whip is pretty much a total waste of time. …

24/03/16 Of all the aspects of racing there are two that never cease to amaze me. The first one is advertising via race names. What a total waste of money …

17/03/16 With a heavily advertised Magic Millions QTIS yearling sale on at the Gold Coast about to happen over two days next week – Monday and Tuesday – I couldn’t …

14/03/16 Well I’ve been exclusively writing up the fact for ages that it was going to happen one day and the Racing Queensland stewards at the Caloundra TAB meeting last …

10/03/16 In Part 1 of this two part story yesterday I looked at how TABs and racing administrators are pretty much useless at coming up with new and innovative racing …