Senior thoroughbred steward Ian Brown will act as chief steward for Queensland’s harness racing industry until there is a full time appointment.

The passing late last week of Gold Coast resident, Sam Zammit, at the age of 82, has seen several emails arrive on the Justracing desk asking where to find the story that was penned by former Justracing website owner Phil Purser on the man who etched his name into Queensland Greyhound racing history.

The fight against banned substances in Victoria’s racing industry has been boosted with an investment in new equipment for testing.

Way back when Archer won the first two Melbourne Cups, that was 1861 & 1862, racing in Australia was very different. There wasn’t any clear differentiation between stayers and sprinters.

Racing Queensland has announced a 9.8 per cent rise in wagering on the three codes in Queensland which has highlighted the importance of Eagle Farm racetrack.

Queensland Racing Integrity Commission boss Ross Barnett says the commission had proved its worth in its first year of operation.

With the hype starting to build around the Everest Luke Murrell runs his eye over those horses in the market for the $10 million race part 1.

Big Richie looks at Sky Racing, good rides and bad rides plus I think it is time for 1 of his mates to give up the punt…. Richie plzzz

Luke Murrell’s thoughts on the TAB merger and the Racing NSW betfair decision. Luke also previews Randwick race 6 where he thinks we have some profit tomorrow.

Luke missed last week so is 11 from 18 in the free Friday previews. He has 1 of his own as a suggested bet this week end. Is he on the mark or looking through his owners eye?

Racing Queensland is hoping its new winter carnival campaign will attract a more diverse supporter base.

Our resident greyhound expert the Guru provides the first of his Saturday night previews.

Luke got it correct again last Friday so is 11 from 17 in the free Friday night previews. Tomorrow he looks at The Percy Sykes. Can he get you some cash again tomorrow?

04/08/16 After much consideration following a recent medical assessment, which cast a shadow about my current state of health, even though I felt good in myself, I have made the …

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 …

28/06/16 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 …

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 …

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 …

09/03/16 Forget optimism and pessimism, if one is simply a realist as I am, it’s very easy to stand back and smell the roses and accept that the way things …

24/12/15 Firstly let me wish all website visitors and valued clients to the various website services a safe and happy Christmas. No story will go up here tomorrow but apart …

11/12/15 As today is 11 December we only have 14 more sleeps before Christmas prior to the big fat man in a red suit turning up with one or more …

10/12/15 So yesterday’s story on this website reinforced what everyone in Queensland racing industry knew which was, “Houston we have a problem,” which I referred to as “a speed bump”. …

08/12/15 As mentioned in yesterday’s website story, last Sunday was another glaring example of how in racing in Queensland we for far too long have seemingly had the mentality of …

30/10/15 Well it’s Victoria Derby day on the first of what will be four big days of racing at Flemington and as regularly happens a dreadful field of pretenders have …

07/10/15 Over the 18 years that this website has been functioning, I’ve constantly used constructive arguments to slam racing administrators. Yet 18 years on and they obviously aren’t getting any …

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 …

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 …