Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
https://statements.qld.gov.au/statements/106112 QLD Racing Minister Tim Mander has announced the plan going forward for the running of the tri-code sports. The only problem is that just like the fairies in the garden story, it lacks all detail or proof. Racing QLD and the QRIC are going to be amalgamated, the Minster announced two days ago, demonstrating […]
As we have told you previously, Duke Of Bourbon is the best 2yo trotter in New Zealand, and probably Australia too, and he might even be the best of his gait up to three in either country too, he is that good. The problem however is that the Duke is a head case. He just […]
Lachlan Murray – in racing parlance the Cod – has been the acting CEO of Racing QLD for a long time now, about a year and a half in fact. Why? Who knows. The only thing for sure is that as an actor, the Cod has won no Academy Awards in the role yet. Here […]
“It’s a bit like buying a cheeseburger for the pickle. You don’t do that. People come to our game for the game.” – Peter V’Landys, talking about Grand Final half-time entertainment. PVL reckons that the game sells the show, not the half time entertainment. I guess we will see on Saturday whether or not he […]
This as good a tribute to Peter V’Landys that you will ever get. And all the better because it’s coming from Chris Waller.
Angry Anderson is dead. Long live Angry. I didn’t know the bloke, so I can’s say much by way of a personal tribute to him, but what I can do is recall the night in Warrnambool when the little bloke with the bald head and all the tatts stared the 6ft tall bookie David ‘Lay-Off’ McLauchlan […]
Accused mega million dollar fraudster Darren Wilson with his life partner Janelle Whalley (left), jockey Jimmy Orman (2nd from right) and his wife Heidi (nee Whalley) on the far right It is well known by now that Brisbane racing identity Darren Wilson has been charged with multiple serious offences, including receiving and possessing tainted property, […]
Melbourne Racing Club CEO Tanya Fullerton’s declaration that an internal review of Saturday’s Caulfield track debacle found no fault with the club or the track has been Fullarton claims variously that the track was totally safe to race and any opinions to the contrary are ‘nonsense’, that the jockeys who said it wasn’t don’t understand […]
Hi Archie Been doing my homework and its bloody hard to do homework on a race meeting at Dingo when you live in SEQ. I’ve been told that there’s a group of regular bookies who field at the meets in country Qld and work in together so if theres only a small meeting, then they […]
Is NSW the harshest state on offending in greyhound racing, or does it jus have the most cheats? We are not sure, but the number of licensees in the State currently serving periods of disqualification is staggering. 67 licensees – most of them trainer – are presently put out on DQ. That is more than […]
