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22/06/15 The thoroughbred racing world woke up to the sad news last Saturday morning that one of the few champions that we will get to see in our lifetime, even …

23/06/15 I penned a story a couple of years ago about Pierro’s retirement and his possible stud success or otherwise – and in that article I made a point of …

17/06/15 Although the win of a magnificent black colt called Eskimo Prince occurred in 1964, it’s amazing that 51 years later that victory is still indelibly imprinted into people’s minds. …

18/06/15 The following story appeared in the January 1987 edition of Turf Monthly in an article written by the late Graham Dawson. Entitled “Aussie Stakes Races Are Losing Their Glamour” …

16/06/15 November 2, 1971 was a milestone date in Australian thoroughbred racing as it was the first time the Melbourne Cup was worth total prizemoney of $100,000 and was won …

15/06/15 You know there are so many laws in our society they drive most of us mad. Do this – don’t do that. You can do this, but you can’t …

10/06/15 With last Saturday being Queensland’s biggest thoroughbred race day of the year, I thought it would be an ideal day, given the big holds across all three of Australia’s …

11/06/15 With the Brisbane Winter Carnival in full swing, I thought that there would be no more opportune time than today to pen a story on one of Brisbane’s past …

03/06/15 If picking a winner at the races is hard yakka then picking a politician to vote for at an election who will actually do something constructive for their constituents …

27/05/15 Very rarely in mainstream media in the thoroughbred racing industry do you see a negative breeding story, as particularly where breeding is concerned, it’s best that it’s all kept …

15/05/15 Yesterday on this website I wrote an extensive article in which the Chairman of Racing Queensland, Kevin Dixon, advised all and sundry in a radio interview on RadioTAB last …

07/05/15 It’s Doomben Cup day on Saturday – just two more sleeps – for those that are getting excited by the alleged Group 1 field that will come together on …

29/04/15 The Toowoomba Turf Club should feel humbled to have a horse with the possible potential of Pornichet nominated to run in the Toowoomba Cup at the track next Saturday. …

24/04/15 The Queensland Winter Racing Carnival kicks off tomorrow with a nine-race card at the Gold Coast, but the day has me worried right from the start, as I cannot …

23/04/15 The Brisbane Winter Carnival takes centre stage in Australian thoroughbred racing from next Saturday right up until 6 June when Queensland’s signature race, the Stradbroke Handicap is run and …

30/04/15 Toowoomba’s signature sprint race, the Weetwood Handicap, may be run and won on Saturday at Clifford Park racetrack, with “may” being the operative word, judging by the latest weather …

15/04/15 On face value, from a prizemoney perspective, it’s fair to say that the top echelon of Australian racing, across its three codes, paints a healthy impression of the industry. …

16/04/15 Yesterday I advised that the racing industry needs to take big steps right now to do something constructive for the industry into the future “from a welfare perspective”. So …

09/04/15 Mid last week brisbanetimes.com.au first broke the story of 55 greyhound carcasses being found in bushland near Bundaberg. They’re the same mob that stole a copyrighted photo that I …

07/04/15 When you do what I do for 18 years, you often go out of your way to help people in the dog-eat-dog world that is racing, but you can …

02/04/15 Punters have at least been given plenty of notice to start looking for wet trackers over the Easter weekend of racing at Doomben in Brisbane and Randwick in Sydney. …

25/03/15 At the outset let me advise that I attended the greyhound industry meeting at Albion Park last night at 7pm – and it was what I’d call a “lively” …

24/03/15 Firstly to catch up on some homework I’m getting it confirmed from what I would call “multiple very reliable sources” that the Gatton race meeting last Thursday was called …

12/03/15 Magic Millions has 394 Lots set down for sale over two days of selling next week – March 16 and 17. The sale kicks off at 11am next Monday …

05/03/15 It would seem to me as an outsider looking in, that Racing Queensland’s knee-jerk reaction to the negative publicity that the 4 Corners story generated about greyhound racing a …

04/03/15 It is my considered opinion that the current catastrophic problems that have beset the racing industry via the 4 Corners expose on problems in the greyhound industry would have …

27/02/15 Racing Queensland hierarchy continue to implode with news yesterday that the Toowoomba track is incapable of holding scheduled race meetings on Friday 6 March and Saturday 14 March. And …

25/02/15 Yesterday’s website story on what Racing Queensland Chairman Kevin Dixon and Racing Queensland CEO Darren Condon stated in the 2013/2014 Annual Report sparked a flurry of emails given the …

24/02/15 Following on from the cobalt and greyhound racing scandals that have imploded on racing in the last few weeks, I thought that I’d go back and review what was …

23/02/15 A Sunday afternoon is, in any fair person’s assessment, an odd time for the racing industry to be invoking radical changes at its senior level, but that’s exactly what …