#Racing Queensland

Magic Millions' signature two and three-year-old races will be boosted to A$3 million (£1708000/€1939000) from 2024 and a $1 million (£569000/€646000) juvenile race for auction house graduates during the company's National Sale in late May will be run as part of a massive shake-up of the Gold Coast carnival. Night meetings on the Gold Coast,…

Racing is never short of a storyline and 2022 was certainly no different. Be it the good, the bad or the sometimes ugly, racing can at times resemble a soap opera as much as it does a billion dollar industry. With 2022 now in the rear view mirror we look back at the 30 biggest stories to shape the year with Part 2 today covering 15-1. 15) Melbourne…

He has drawn the dreaded box seven again, but Hara's Herbie will still be hard to beat in the third Queensland Derby heat at Albion Park on Thursday night, according to trainer Jemma Daley. He will go in as the second favourite at $2.80 across online betting sites after his excellent last-start victory over the same 520m distance at Ipswich last…

Allan Endresz (right) following Alligator Blood's win in the Champions Mile. Picture: Michael Klein Forget Allan Endresz. Love him or loathe him, put your thoughts on Endresz and the latest saga involving cult horse Alligator Blood to one side for a moment. And now take a dispassionate look at the sweeping ramifications for racing of the decision…

As the calendar year closes, greyhound racing continues to thrive with prize money and net income at record levels with no ceiling on the horizon. Annual Reports can hide as much as they disclose yet the metrics around pecking order on average per meeting prize money, breeding numbers and wagering turnover is in plain sight. And the winner in…

It wasn't that long ago racing in Queensland was viewed by many as a basket case but now it has become a bonanza. A $3 million Stradbroke Handicap, a beefed-up Gold Coast Magic Millions day featuring lucrative new races and a pair of fresh slot races. And increases in prizemoney across the board. Horses can't race all year and Victoria and NSW will…

Queensland's famous Stradbroke Handicap will be catapulted to one of the richest sprint races in the country after receiving a huge boost on the back of sweeping prizemoney reforms across the state. It can be revealed the time-honoured Group 11400m handicap will be doubled from $1.5m to $3m from next year, in what is the most significant boost in…

You've seen the offers from bookies promising to "double your deposit" or refund your bet "if your horse runs second". They're usually accompanied by a couple of asterisks pointing to disclaimers that tell you the extra $100 or the money you got back can't be used for anything, really, except placing more bets you probably won't win. Well, the odds…

A betting blackout on Queensland racing is again looming with some corporate bookmakers seething over the Point Of Consumption tax hike, due to kick in on December 1. It can be confirmed at least one major corporate bookmaker is set to remove all Queensland products from their home page and put any product from the Sunshine State last on their site…

Alligator Blood has been banned from racing in the Victorian spring carnival. Picture: Grant Peters-Trackside Photography Headline horse Alligator Blood has been sensationally banned from racing in the Victorian spring carnival. In a bombshell development, News Corp can exclusively reveal the two-time Group 1 winner has been barred by Victorian…

Numerian and Tommy Berry didn't look back to claim The Q22 at Eagle Farm on Saturday. Picture: Grant Peters-Trackside Photography If you had been told Annabel Neasham would win both the Hollindale Stakes and rich Q22 at the start of the winter carnival, just about anyone would have assumed freak horse Zaaki had stayed on for an extended Sunshine…

Catch up on the week's harness racing action in our weekly review, thanks to Darren Clayton. Trainer Chantal Turpin's dominance of the two-year-old trotting ranks in Queensland continued last Tuesday when Razzleme Dazzleme (Sebastian K) claimed the Springboard Series Final. Driven by husband Pete McMullen, Razzleme Dazzleme was slowly into stride…

It is considered the sport of kings, but an investigation into two prominent identities in Queensland country horse racing has sent the industry spiralling and cast a long shadow over outback events. Investigation into alleged jigger incident in Birdsville continues Racing insiders believe the use of illegal equipment could be widespread The…