Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
The decision in Aaron Goadsby’s case against Harness Racing NSW will be delivered today. Goadsby has challenged the decision of the NSW Harness Racing Appeals Board to increase his penalty for refusing to hand over his phones from 12 months to 5 years, without warning him that it intended to do so. The warning – […]
The appeal of harness trainer Aaron Goadsby against the decision of the NSW Harness Racing Appeals Panel to disqualify him for 5 years for failing to produce telephones registered in the names of his non-racing related businesses will be heard at 10.30am this morning in the NSW Supreme Court, and is sure to be of […]
Tabcorp shareholders are praising Gillon McLachlan and declaring him King after the release of its full financial year results sent the company’s share price rocketing to a 22 month high after closing the day at 88c, up from 37c a year ago. King Gil has seemingly miraculously turned a $1 360 million ($1.36 billion) loss […]
The battle for PointsBet has heated up over the past week, with offers and counter-offers flying left, right and centre. Japanese raider MIXI is offering $1.25 a share in PointsBet, paid in cash. Betr is offering the equivalent of somewhere between $1.30 and $1.40 (depending on the measure used), all of it paid in Betr […]
Story by The Guardian Australia A man who “binge gambled” $40,000 in an 11-hour session was awarded VIP status by the bookmaker BlueBet (now part of Betr) and assigned a dedicated personal manager who encouraged him to keep betting and took a cut of his losses. A regulator has found it wasn’t until the man […]
Here is a sample of Matt Nicholl’s race writing for the North West News. It’s great. Add them to your favorites. https://www.northwestweekly.com.au/form-goes-out-the-window-as-outsiders-dominate-program-2025-08-27 ————————————————– It was a tough day to be a punter at Mount Isa on Saturday as form guides were tossed to the ground following a string of unlikely results at Buchanan Park. Five […]
The North West Weekly has put racing back in the headlines with its outstanding coverage of our sport. We are saddened to hear of the demise of its print edition, but are overjoyed to learn that editor Matt Nicholls and his staff will continue to provide us with all the news, views and racing from […]
Dear Peter Profit As a witness with no affiliation to either party and despite being a peace loving man , I’d probably be tempted to smack a bloke in the face too if he approached me in the way the Chairman of the club Mr Gudge did Mr Crear. Mr Gudge, who appeared affected by […]
It is interesting to see that the two trackwork riders who independently of each other submitted falsified annual health assessment result forms purportedly completed by their doctor each year when they weren’t, with the riders – Lane Sharrock and Jeff McKay – having submitted a previous year’s report after altering altering the dates. The appeals […]
There are some NSW trainers who appear to be under-performing this season compared to the last. Brad Hewitt trained 69 winners Statewide from 299 starters last year at a strike rate of 23.1%. He won 22 from 72 in the city at a strike rate of 30.6%. Hewitt finished 7th in State Premiership and 5th […]
