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Should Peter V’Landys Have Dropped Star as the Sponsor of the Oaks?
Star Entertainment are in very poor form coming into the Oaks. It has all but admitted that it knowingly facilitated the operation of a billion dollar money money laundering scheme run out of it’s Sydney casino by a man linked to Triads and the international wholesale drug scene. It’s CEO has resigned in disgrace. He […]
Chris Waller Pulls Off His Weights Coup
I hate to say we told you so, but we told you so. Chris Waller has played the Sydney handicapper like a fiddle. By nominating Verry Ellegant for the Sydney Cup and then second accepting her when he never had any intention of running her in the race. Waller has been able to manipulate the […]
How Chris Waller is Breaking the Rules by Manipulating Handicap Weights – Why the Australian Turf Club Should Buy a Lie Detector – And Put Winxy on it First (First Published 15 March)
Chris Waller is the master of manipulating handicap weights. Winxy’s method is simple, and he has been doing it forever. He enters one of his top rated horses in a handicap race where it is certain to get the top weight, but in which he has no intention of running it, the purpose being to […]
Biting the Hand That Feeds You – Alex Ashwood Does the Double Cross
The problem with young trot trainers who have early success in their career is often threefold. They start to genuinely begin to believe – delude themselves – that its their own innate magical ability to train horses that is winning them all these races, rather than the liquid in the needles that they are shooting […]
The Rules and Laws Don’t Apply to David Reynolds – Or So He Thinks
How the hell can David Reynolds advertise for stable staff when he doesn’t have a trainer’s license? This bloke is the bloke facing serious criminal charges of such gravity that the QRIC stripped him of his license until the matters are finalised in the courts. But here he us still running a training operation. He […]
You Have to Love Harness Racing Australia’s Sense of Humour
Harness Racing Australia are introducing an across the board levy on Stallions service fees. The figure has not been publicly released yet, but it’s likely to be in the range of 10-15 percent. A large part of the revenue raised is to be redirected to funding a new slot race, which is odd because most […]
Gary Hall Jr is a Koala – And Emily Suvaljko is a Kangaroo – Part 2 – The Stewards Report and the Race
A koala is a protected species. Kangaroos are culled. The leading WA harness driver of the past two decades Gary Hall Jr is a koala. For reasons unknown the WA Stewards treat Hall as if he is untouchable, and must be protected at all costs. Emily Suvaljko is the brightest young driving talent seen in […]