Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
News was confirmed this week that the small but passionate racing industry in Tahiti is to resume importing from New Zealand later this year. The South Pacific archipelago relies on Kiwi horses to fill its mainly harness fields due to there being no stallion in the region nor a vet qualified in artificial insemination. On […]
The Northern Territory Racing and Wagering Commission is established by the Racing and Wagering Act (NT) 2024. Its purposes are to: promote probity, integrity and fairness in the racing and wagering industries and among its participants; establish a fair and efficient system of governance over the racing and wagering industries protect the welfare of animals […]
1. A v BETCHA Lodged 15/11/22 Decided 26/11/24 Time Taken: 2 YEARS 2. E v ENTAIN Lodged 15/7/20 Decided 22/11/24 Time Taken: 4 YEARS 4 MONTHS 3. F v PLAYUP Lodged 29/7/22 Determined 24/10/24 Time Taken: 2 YEARS 3 MONTHS 4. L v ENTAIN Lodged 3/1/23 Determined 22/10/24 Time Taken: 2 YEARS 9 MONTHS 5. […]
The members of the Northern Territory Racing and Wagering Commission are: Alastair Shields (chair) Cindy Bravos (deputy chair) Susan Kirkman (member) Scott Perrin (member) Rachael Shanahan (member) Ian Curnow (member). Below are the commission 2024 meeting dates: Thursday 1 February Thursday 7 March Thursday 4 April Thursday 2 May Thursday 6 June Thursday 4 July […]
One of Tasmania’s largest harness racing operations has been charged with breaching its duty of care following a 2023 car crash, in which several people were seriously injured. Five young people, who worked for Ben Yole Racing Pty Ltd, were driving back to Mr Yole’s stables in Sidmouth in January 2023 when their Ford Ranger, […]
Just as we foreshadowed in our story yesterday, TasRacing has refused all nominations made by trainer Wayne Yole for this weekend’s race meetings. As a result Team Yole has no runners whatsoever on Saturday nights Launceston card. The new Racing Integrity Commissioner Sean Carroll is talking tough in the media about restoring public confidence in […]
In the wake of our story yesterday about the collapse of BudgetBet and the need for better protection of punters funds we were sent this. It’s a disclaimer that the online bookmaker BetM includes in its Terms and Conditions. They couldn’t be plainer about it if they tried. Should BetM be unable to meet its […]
Apprentice Cody Collis blamed the soft track for the second favorite Borisova getting beaten in the first at Ipswich yesterday. He might as well have blamed the aliens too. The track didn’t beat Borisova. Collis planting the filly four-wide from barrier 5 and then running her even wider around the home turn did. It may […]
My Victorian friends won’t swim at the beach in Port Douglas when they come up to visit. They claim that they’re afraid of the crocodiles. Wimps they are, all of them. Un-Australian I reckon. The lifeguards only put signs up and shut the beach like they did today so they can skive off and go […]
It seems that Hunter Cup winning driver Cam Hart has a secret he has been keeping from us all. Cam isn’t short for Cameron. It stands f0r Camilla. He is a she. Not that there is anything wrong with that. Just ask HRV Chairman of Stewards Peta Chadwick.
