Owner Rod Witham cannot stop smiling after Delago Pilli's fortunes have taken an upward spiral since joining the stable of Graham Pollock, who has a perfect three from three record with the gelding. Picture: Tim Marsden Source: The Courier-Mail
HITS on the Racing Queensland website are likely to increase markedly with TC02 results now being published.
"If it has the effect of deterring people from treating their horses illegally, knowing the wider racing public will know when horses are close to the threshold, it has to be a good thing," chief steward Wade Birch said.
A reading of 36 millimoles per litre of plasma or higher triggers a positive TC02 swab, but with a 1mm margin of error either way, it effectively means 37 is the cut-off point.
Scientific evidence suggests the average horse has a natural level between 28 and 32.
This exercise therefore will expose horses returning higher than normal levels, but within the legal limit.
AFTER an initial foray that suggested racehorse ownership was easy, reality soon bit for Sunshine Coast-based renovator Rod Witham.
After years of going to the races with his father Reg, Witham decided it was time to try the ownership game two years ago.
"I paid $12,000 for Delago Pilli in 2010 and at his first start he ran second at 50-1 at Toowoomba," Witham said.
"I thought 'How easy's this' but then he didn't win a zac in the next 12 months."
Delago Pilli's fortunes have taken an upward spiral since joining the stable of Graham Pollock, who has a perfect three from three record with the gelding.
"I'd never met Graham, but I loved the set-up he had and he and his son Darryl do a fantastic job," Witham said.
FRUSTRATION with the unreliable on-course tote system in Brisbane is reaching fever point.
Saturday's brief meltdown was untimely for one leading trainer, who missed the boat in backing a long-shot winner.
The current equipment is in desperate need of an upgrade.
Gold Coast officials will be sweating on their system holding together on Magic Millions day after two costly crashes in recent years.
THE Newman Government has released details of the updated Industry Infrastructure plan, with works already in motion.
Beaudesert, Cairns and the Gold Coast are the first cabs off the rank, with Toowoomba's move back to grass also fast-tracked to the first wave of expenditure under the $110 million plan.
Racing Queensland chairman Kevin Dixon said the plan would be rolled out over five years, with a key difference being money allocated on a needs basis, rather than a lump sum being designated to an individual club.
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