Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
The Queensland harness racing industry has been rocked by news that prominent owners Clint and Tamara-Lee Livingstone have been arrested on charges of alleged possession, production and trafficking of large quantities of illegal drugs including human growth hormones, anabolic steroids and testosterone. Police allege that 18.53kg of powder, 6.21L of testosterone liquid in vials and […]
Sadly we can’t agree with The Digger’s contention that the NT Racing Commission and Bet Nation weren’t playing fair when they voided three customers bets and shut their accounts down (see previous story). Our view is that the opposite is true, and it was the punter/s who weren’t playing fair. Two of the three accounts […]
Story by The Digger The Northern Territory Racing and Wagering Commission has once again sided with a licensed bookmaker, ruling in favour of Amused Australia Pty Ltd (BetNation) over three disputed customer accounts. Complainants Ms E, Mrs Z, and Mr O accused BetNation of unfairly withholding combined winnings of more than $25,000, including an individual […]
Don’t you be a bad boy JohnnyDon’t you slip up, or play the fool – Men at Work He’s Chiming was the $1.95 favorite to win race 5 at Bathurst last night. Its driver John O’Shea obviously didn’t back it. He might have laid it though. O’Shea is sitting pretty third the fence as the […]
Well you could see that one coming a mile away. As predicted trainer Liandra Gray has been stood down following her criminal conviction for animal cruelty. It’s the right thing too. Shows we as an industry and a sport won’t put up with animals being mistreated. Or assaulted with a whip 40 times. Gray is […]
I take back the harsh things we said about WA trainer Giles Inwood yesterday. He made a mistake and he’s owned it. Inwood has acknowledged he did the wrong thing. Apologies have been issued to the reinswomen he offended. The Facebook post has been taken down. It takes guts to cop one on the chin. […]
King Callow was a bit ambitious taking Kyle Wilson-Taylor on in the jockeys room at Doomben yesterday. He was giving away 25 years, and plus KWT is a real tough rooster and he can fight. Hospital is the only place he was ever going to go in this bout, and that’s how it ended up […]
Here is a report in today’s Tasmanian newspaper regarding trainer Liandra Gray’s animal cruelty conviction. It’s not particularly pretty reading. An immediate suspension of her license surely awaits.
One thing that appears to have escaped notice is that the success of the NO campaigners in the Rosehill sale vote moves the once reviled Robbie Waterhouse and his wife step closer to the ultimate revenge on the racing establishment that decades ago exiled him from tracks around Australia – by their friends and supporters […]
Archie, Your mention of a blow up at Emerald may have something to do with one party allegedly tipping off that the other had hidden a bleeder. Tom Smith…1 positive? Maybe 3 is about right. And what happened to the adjourned inquiry for Aunty Glenda from 19 April? Attended at 5 other meetings since then […]
