Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
Group 1 winning trainer Rob Heathcote insists he made an honest mistake in treating his horses with a banned product, which led to his runners being sensationally scratched by order of stewards at Doomben on Saturday. Heathcote admitted using a product called Hemoplex on his horses. The multiple Group 1 winner said he had been using […]
Good Will Punting is a so-called sports betting consultancy firm. It claims to offer risk free punting solutions. Peter Foster and Bill Vlahos did too. As every punter knows, there is no risk free. That’s why it’s called gambling. Very few people know him or know his name, but my mate Overs is one of […]
I’m on a mission to dig up the truth You think we’re stupid and there’s no proof Well let me tell you that the time has come To pull the trigger on the smoking gun Lies lies lies lies lies lies lies I’m on a mission to bring out the facts You got your stories […]
Greyhound racing, most impressively, is now contributing almost a quarter of a million dollars in economic value to the State. Brendan ‘Pins’ Parnell, CEO Racing Queensland. Um, no Pins. $245 million is a quarter of billion mate, not 1/4 of a million. Do you want me to buy you a calculator for Xmas? Or would […]
Tuesdays at Menangle are like shooting fish in a barrel. Boom, boom, boo. Thanks Mr Bookie. Next stop Wagga gallops for the Cup. Then back to Menangle Saturday night. Whoever said three’s a crowd? They lied.
A Melbourne-based betting “consultancy” firm is hunting a client for missing thousands after engaging the punter to place bets on its behalf. Professional gambling outfit Good Will Punting sued James McConnon for almost $7000 after it signed the client as an “agent” in September 2020. The Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal heard on Tuesday Mr […]
This is the Stewards rear footage of the run down the back straight and the home straight in the first race at Ipswich yesterday. Tracks don’t throw up like this when it hasn’t rained for a week. Not properly constructed ones that cost a good part of $26 million. What the hell is going on […]
Disgraced Star Entertainment CEO Matt Bekier has been in the witness box at the NSW Casino Inquiry for just one day, but already he has created the distinct impression that his attitude to the world has been styled on that of his countryman and obvious role model Hansie Cronje. The mantra is clear. Lie, lie […]
Four desk jockeys pose for the cameras dressed as builders, pretending to look like they know what they are doing You can’t make a silk purse out of a sow’s ear – ancient truism Over the past 3 years Racing Queensland has spent $26.4 million on redeveloping the long trouble plagued Ipswich racecourse. That’s a […]
I cannot believe what I am reading here. This is a message to harness racing from the Chairman of the Board (pictured above). If HRNZ were fair dinkum it would be John Coulam’s farewell note as Chairman as well. The depth of his lack of understanding of the realities of modern racing are astounding. What […]
