Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
The trial of the alleged mushroom killer Erin Patterson has captivated the attention of the nation. As the evidence draws to a close, here is our betting market on the outcome of the case. $1.30 GUILTY $3.10 NOT GUILTY $15.00 HUNG JURY $50.00 MISTRIAL
Kiwi trainer/driver Nigel McGrath is a persistent serial cheat. In 2004 he was disqualified for 3 years (halved on appeal) for using the highly controversial banned performance enhancing drug Blue Magic, in part of a broader scandal that cost two men their lives. Years later he was suspended from driving – but incredibly not from […]
Harness Racing New Zealand is conducting a formal review of the recent controversial incident whereby the qualification rules for the prestigious 2YO Young Guns Trot series were altered to allow horses that hadn’t contested a heat to gain a place in the field for the final (the original published conditions were that only horses that […]
The Melbourne Racing Club (MRC) has announced that sacked CEO Tom Reilly will not be replaced, and that John Kanga has assumed the role of Executive Chairman and will, aided by the newly appointed to the specially created role for her Chief Operating Officer Tanya Fullarton, be running the club in his place. That’s all […]
Re your story about equestrian Heath Ryan unduly whipping a horse 4o times. Did you see the video? I can’t watch it (because I can’t play it not any other sensibilities) Editor’s Note – Yes I did. Here it is at the link below. https://www.nine.com.au/sport/news-2025-equestrian-heath-ryan-australian-olympian-video-whipping-horse-reaction-20250612-p5m71y.html Distasteful as it maybe the key is in the video […]
Don’t you love the racing website The Straight quoting “Australia’s biggest fixed odds punter” who “is now believed to be the nation’s highest turnover punter on fixed odds markets” without naming the person they are making these unsupported claims about? https://thestraight.com.au/the-trajectory-is-concerning-australias-biggest-fixed-odds-punter-exploring-international-opportunities/ It’s a bit like us citing “Australia’s biggest rooter” who “is now believed to […]
In a round 1 win to Wayne Yole, the Tasmanian trainer and father of Ben has won a stay of the Tasracing imposition of conditions on his license that would prevent him from keeping horses at his infamous Sidmouth training property. We learned during the hearing of Yole’s stay application that, as we had previously […]
Australian Olympic equestrian representative Heath Ryan, pictured in 2012. Picture: Chris Eastman Me thinks the bloke in the story below’s Olympic dreams are dead. If all things are fair in this world, then just like Tasmanian gallops trainer Liandra Gray who was charged with a criminal offence after also whipping a horse 4o times, this […]
How the hell did Kyle-Wilson Taylor escape being charged over the fight with Noel Callow in the jockeys room? Clearly Callow was the aggressor, there is no doubt of that. He chased KWT into the room and shoved him hard in the back. Then the pair tussled and fell to the floor. There is nothing […]
Ray Thomas obviously thinks the phrase Spot The Aussie is okay because he used it today for the headline of one of his stories today on Racenet, but we don’t. It’s downright racist, and Racing Australia should demand that the owners of the horse by the same name that you see at the top of […]
