Letsgohorseracing - Silks & Saddles

Details: Published: 12 January 2016; Created: 12 January 2016

IN his popular column, ‘SILKS & SADDLES,’ published in the NORTH QUEENSLAND REGISTER, respected racing writer, TERRY BUTTS, looks ahead to a gloomy New Year for the racing industry in Queensland.

He also writes of drainage problems that should never have happened on the new Townsville track and are being addressed in Cairns.

Here is the Butts’ column:

Details: Published: 14 December 2015; Created: 14 December 2015

IN his popular column, ‘SILKS & SADDLES,’ published in the NORTH QUEENSLAND REGISTER, respected racing writer, TERRY BUTTS, tells how racing in Queensland has finally decided to run as one – problem is it took the sinking of the Titanic to uite the passengers.

He tells of a letter from radio shock jock Alan Jones to the Premier addressing concerns about the industry in Queensland and how another unbelievable ‘instruction’ has been issued by the ‘German’ holding forte in the Deagon Bunker.

hehr uPremthetoksuccinctly sums up the sad situation that racing in Queensland has generated to.

Here is the Butts’ column:

Details: Published: 07 December 2015; Created: 07 December 2015

IN his popular column, ‘SILKS & SADDLES,’ published in the NORTH QUEENSLAND REGISTER, respected racing writer, TERRY BUTTS, succinctly sums up the sad situation that racing in Queensland has generated to.

And he poses the question – not only on the lips of those tens of thousands of stakeholders who rely on the industry for a living – but the punter, regular and casual racegoer – who are deserting racing in the sunshine state in droves.

Here is the Butts’ column: