Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
Murdoch KC continues with his attempts to weave Austin’s appeal into the jurisdiction of the Racing Appeals Panel, arguing that the decision to refuse his license application flows directly from the Birdsville matters, and is therefore a racing decision. “The Birdsville Incident” the Judge wryly calls it. Aye aye Skipper, that’s the one. Murdoch for […]
Murdoch is seeming to be suggesting without saying that the decision on Austin’s license was pre-determined, and that his client was never given a fair go. He is zeroing in on the rejection letter sent to Todd Austin, and is grilling Elliott about her not putting her name to the letter. She says it is […]
Jim Murdoch KC appears for Todd Austin. He is instructed by solicitors Cardew Salmon. Barrister Scott McLeod appears for the QRIC. The big guns are out. Murdoch KC and 2 solicitors instructing him appear in person, however Austin appears via video conference from Western QLD where he lives. Austin is wearing his butchers uniform, so […]
We have taken to calling NSW the Hanging State when it comes to penalties for rule breach offenders at the trots, and with good reason too. HRNSW Stewards don’t actually hang anyone, but the sentences they hand down to licensees who break the rules are much harsher than in most other jurisdictions, so the sobriquet […]
Story by Sean Williams: Published October 27, 2025 Budimir Šobat had been lying face down in a swimming pool for around a quarter of an hour on March 27, 2021, when something strange happened: he fell asleep. Šobat, a 56-year-old professional freediver from Zagreb, Croatia, was aiming to break the world record for the longest […]
Remember the story we told you last week about the wagering services provider Betmakers recording a $26.4 million loss in the last financial year? That made the company’s total losses over the past 5 years a staggering $210 million. So did Betmakers sack the whole board for presiding over such a diabolical fiscal mess? No. […]
We continue to receive information that unlicensed trainer Todd Austin is preparing at least 7 horses at the Barcaldine track, and that he is doing it out of a car so he is not visible and can drive off undetected if by chance the Stewards unexpectedly arrive during trackwork hours. Those that know say that […]
Rocksie Rock had been backed from $8.00 into $1.80 to win the first race at Penrith last week. It wasn’t pre-race swabbed which I reckon was lucky, because the family have form. The horse didn’t. It had been going ordinary for a while now, about 3 months. There was nothing in its form to suggest […]
https://www-harness-org-au.akamaized.net/nsw/PCM25102506.mp4 Hollywood Strip goes good but when is Portelli, and the others for that matter, going to learn to drive? He was no hope sitting parked outside Hollywood Strip, so why didn’t he go on with it? Keep going and if Hewitt has half a drivers brain he lets him go and then moves to […]
It is one of those uniquely racing ironies that Kate Waterhouse gives Peter V’Landys the biggest boost you could ever give a man, and does it without even speaking his name. When a society princess of Kate Waterhouse’s standing declares the race day you created the very best of good things, it is pretty high […]
