Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
New Zealand trainer Trudy Keegan, for reasons of her own, is unvaccinated against COVID-19. That is her choice, but it means that she is not allowed to put others at risk by attending the races. On the 13th of January she decided to say ‘stuff you’ to the racing participants who acted responsibly, and went […]
Young Jack Brown didn’t drive at the Young trot meeting on Thursday night. Nathan Turnbull did. He breached the whip rule too. Turnbull was sentenced on the basis of Brown’s previous record. Me thinks he might have grounds for appeal.
There were six Stewards on duty at the Ipswich gallops yesterday. God only knows why, for a single monkey would have sufficed. A horse named Buddy’s Tale was backed from $41 into $16 in race three. The plunge was a mystery to all – until the race was run anyway – for its form read […]
Aminorex (Menocil, Apiquel, aminoxaphen, aminoxafen, McN-742) is a weight loss (anorectic) stimulant drug. It was withdrawn from the market after it was found to cause pulmonary hypertension. In the U.S., it is an illegal Schedule I drug, meaning it has high abuse potential, no accepted medical use, and a poor safety profile. Aminorex, in the 2-amino-5-aryl oxazoline class, was developed by McNeil Laboratories in 1962. It is closely related […]
Harness Racing NSW spent $15 million building a new trot track at Wagga, or at least that’s what we are told. The rumours are that not all of the fifteen million found it’s way to the track in Daryl Maguire’s old electorate, if you know what I mean. Either way, the purpose of the expensive […]
Three months ago a greyhound trained by Ben ‘Chainsaw’ Yole’s best mate Anthony Bullock suffered a terrible injury at the Tuesday night trials at the Launceston track. The RSPCA claims that the dog was writhing in pain and needed immediate veterinary attention, but there was no vet on duty at the track to assist the […]
What you see at the top is an extract from Tabcorp’s Half Yearly Report lodged this morning with the ASX. This company truly believes that the driver of digital growth – online punting – is the ability of a punter to physically go to a pub, club or TAB and deposit cash through an antiquated […]
So what is Tabcorp’s solution to the critical problem they face by losing market share, revenue and money? That’s easy. Just gouge your rapidly falling base of customers for more. Don’t grow the company. Don’t improve your digital product. Don’t be innovative or dynamic. Just increase the percentages of the markets you bet, and reduce […]
Tabcorp has released its half-year results today, and they are dreadful. Year on year wagering revenue has collapsed, falling by $126 million. Profits have plunged from $132 million to $43 million. This is catastrophic for racing, as a large punt of funding for the sport in each state (excluding WA, which for the moment still […]
https://www.yumpu.com/en/document/read/66397759/the-star-february-17-2022 You always hear it here first.
