Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
The woman in the middle in the picture that leads this story is Maree Crabtree, the mother who was today acquitted of topping her violent, abusive, drug addict son by overdosing him with a poisoned smoothie. This picture is taken as she is leaving court after the verdict. The blonde woman on Crabtree’s right is […]
Coffs Harbor racehorse trainer Brett Bellamy has been suspended from the sport for almost half a year after being found guilty of three counts of sexual harassment of female racing participants. His offending conduct included making remarks with sexual connotations concerning one participant’s body, engaging in sexual harassment of another female industry participant by making […]
Archie Talk from at Globe Derby today. They have said that they are going back to proper standing starts in a few weeks, not the walk ups for everyone to cheat… They are also lining it up with the return of the auto release standing start system lol. Turns out they read Archie’s stories after […]
Race caller Ross Stanley has been a wonderful servant to country racing, particularly at the tracks up around Wondai’s Mate country where he has broadcast the races for a number of years. All good things must come to end though, and after listening to Ross’s calls at Burrandowan on the weekend, particularly in the Cup, […]
A scapegoat is a person, group, or entity unjustly blamed for the faults, failures, or misdeeds of others, often to deflect responsibility or manage collective anxiety. This concept stems from a biblical ritual involving a goat sent into the wilderness bearing the community’s sins The news out of Rockhampton this morning is that the Rockhampton […]
The 5th and last race at Longreach on Sunday was declared a no-race after the Stewards in consultation with the stater established that when the start was affected the barrier gates opened at different intervals and most of the field was disadvantaged . Fair enough too. Look what happened when the gates flew, or some […]
You learn a lot from great sporting coaches. About life, sport, success and yourself. Golden State Warriors NBA coach Steve Kerr is probably the greatest coach of any sport in the 21st century. He is also a very good and interesting bloke. It is well worth listening to what he has to say. Story by […]
What Steph Curry does on the court is more readily appreciable. How do you compare him with Jordan? He’s an incredible leader. Michael was an incredible leader himself, but it’s an entirely different approach. I mean, Steph’s compassion for his teammates, his joy in life, his joy for celebrating everybody else’s accomplishments is so powerful. […]
You mentioned the strong draft class. Can you talk about the challenge of drafting well? You can’t predict a guy’s personality. You can try. Our front office does these personality tests, we sit down and have lunch with them—but you don’t really know. You can’t. And you ask people, you ask their trainer, you ask […]
You’d say it was great winning the Ouyen Cup wouldn’t you, because it used to be a really good country cup race that attracted good class country pacers who were top of their league in regional trot racing. The race was always the best on the card, and befitting of the highest prizemoney. That was […]
