Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
Why do racing licensees like the Kiwi driver in the decision below place bets in breach of the rules on accounts held in their own name? Or allow others to do it, either tacitly or by implication? What is wrong with these people? Why don’t they just use bowlers? Everyone else does. BACKGROUND: Prior to […]
Do you remember the case of Victorian trot trainer Scott Garraway, which we wrote about a couple of months ago? You can read about it at the link below if you don’t. An Abuse of Power IMO – A Classic Case of Stewards Over Reaching Nine horses trained by Garraway threw 17 positive swabs to […]
Racing Minister Tim Mander is asked by his ALP predecessor Grace Grace about Kim Kelly leaving and the reasons that he gave for his decision. She wants to know what the go is. Mander says that Kim Kelly is entitled to his views, and that he has expressed them in a series of meetings held […]
There has been a lot of conjecture about Ben Currie’s place in racing in recent months and weeks. There always is. Is Currie a villain who is somehow training by remote control in clear and present sight? Is he just a husband and father working within the rules to provide for his wife and kids? […]
We told you earlier this week that the latest Alligator Blood inquiry wouldn’t be the last, and that you could never write off Alligator Al’s capacity to find new and innovative ways to try and get his prizemoney and his way. The bloke is brilliantly intelligent but half mad, which anyone with an IQ like […]
So Pauline says that violence is an understandable reaction to stress about the rising cost of living and it causing you to be broke, and that it’s a shared problem and a two way street. Is she insane? Must be I reckon. I’m a gambler, and as such given the ebbs and flows of punt […]
Leading QLD racing writer John ‘Lucky’ Lingard asks this week on his letsgohorseracing.com.au website the question below that many have been posing about jockeys wives (or partners) being tipsters. The answer is that Gai Waterhouse proved in her landmark cases in the late 80’s/early 90’s against being refused a license because her husband Robbie was […]
Story by Stephen Drill: Courier-Mail, 22/7/26 Gillon McLachlan’s Tabcorp has been fined for sending 217,000 emails and text messages to gamblers who had asked to be blocked from their marketing. It’s the latest blow to the company, which is already under investigation over its processes surrounding money laundering and terrorism finance laws. Tabcorp’s share price […]
Story by Robert Craddock and Iwan Jones: Courier Mail, 22/7/26 A talented harness racing driver swears he will never return to Brisbane’s Fortitude Valley nightclub district after an alleged random assault left him unconscious for five hours. Nathan Rothwell, 23, of Mount Hallen in the Brisbane Valley, was allegedly coward-punched outside the Hey Chicka! nightclub […]
I was a strident critic of John Dumesny during his reign as HRNSW CEO. Some of my criticism deserved, some of it not. But whichever way the dice landed, it is impossible to argue with his appointment as Chairman of Harness Racing Australia. especially when I tipped him a while back as the man for […]
