Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
The person in charge of the unlicensed Downside, Wagga knackery where the bodies of all the dead dogs was found Adrian Talbot is claiming that he only ever killed horses to feed his own dogs. If you believe that you believe in fairies, for it has been confirmed by officials that the carcasses of at […]
The man who operates a southern New South Wales property that he says is at the centre of an investigation into hundreds of dead horses is denying any wrongdoing. On Wednesday, Wagga Wagga City Council revealed it was leading a joint investigation into the discovery of more than 500 horse carcasses on a property near the […]
Isn’t it a great boost for QLD country racing that James McDonald has elected to drive up to Blackall for a mount on Saturday in preference to riding in the Group 1 Champagne and All Aged Stakes. It would be fantastic, if only it were true. Sadly however it’s not. RISA – which should know […]
That’s what Kiwi trainer Cran Dalgety said about his $310 000 yearling buy Chicago Bear just after the hammer fell at the NZ Standardbred auction a few years ago. The full brother to Chicago Bull and Perfect Stride must prefer it missionary style, because team Dalgety put the bridle on and banged him on the […]
Cocaine use appears to have been rife among those attending the Grand National, a Telegraph Sport investigation into racing’s “Peaky Blinders” drugs problem has found. The class-A substance was present in dozens of toilet cubicles examined during this year’s festival, despite organisers declaring beforehand anyone carrying illegal drugs would be denied entry to Aintree. The apparent scale of cocaine use […]
It is 7pm on Grand National day at Aintree and I am Maximus has long since galloped to victory in the 176th edition of the world’s greatest steeplechase. Yet, time is only now being called on the party in the racecourse’s Festival Zone for those not to have had their fill of one of the […]
This song by Dire Straits all but sums it up. The west have had some greats of harness racing that’s for sure but their best are no longer competitive on the grand circuit stage. This will be the case in the Nullarbor too. With Minstrel drawing the grandstand and Never Ending drawing behind Spirit it […]
The man suspected to be responsible for, or involved in, the deaths of the 500 horses whose remains were found in a dry creek bed just outside of Wagga is Adrian Talbot, who early in 2023 was deemed an exluded person for the purposes of rehoming racehorses in NSW, an action that banned him from […]
David Fowler is the principal thoroughbred caller for Radio TAB, taking the position upon Wayne Wilson’s retirement last August. David, who is a keen form student and punter, has enjoyed a lifetime involvement in the racing media. His personal blog, ‘My Call’, appears exclusively on HRO. I think the penny has finally dropped and I’m […]
Isn’t it curious that the brumby rehomer who ‘saved’ 500 horses – the same number that were found dead on the property of unlicensed slaughterman Adrian Talbot, the brother of the Wagga Greyhound Club’s president Ben Talbot – is friends with the Wagga rachorse trainer Trevor Sutherland? In 2020 Sutherland was disqualified for 3 years […]
