Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
Prizemoney, operating costs and staff numbers are the supply side of harness racing’s dilemma. The real problem though is on the demand side of the equation. Racing QLD CEO Jason Scott lays it out bare. The trots take up 45% of the time on Sky at night, but produce only 8 percent of the revenue. […]
Don’t you just love the way the Victorian stewards are hearing evidence in the Jamie Kah running and handling inquiry? They talk to Kah. The premiership winning 14 time Group 1 winner and one time no 1 female jockey in the world says variously that she’s had an off day, that the horse is difficult […]
Wayne Hawkes has ridden in about as many races as we have, which gives him no more or less say on the Jamie Kah ride than we have. Our view is clear. Kah is culpable, and she should cop it for failing to take the run. Hawkes disagrees. He reckons that there was no fault […]
Does anyone remember John Livingstone, the old trot trainer from Tweed Heads who used to kick around the tracks of Queensland most weeks with his horses? That bloke who was related to one of the Elder boys by marriage, and was good mates with trotting identities like Noel Daley, Brian Pelling, Ross Croghan, John McMullen […]
There will be no new stories published today. The author is unwell. Our apologies.
The fences weren’t the only obstacle the runners had to deal with in this race at Craon in France yesterday. You see something new in racing every day. The car in the middle of the track is one.
Betmakers annual report released last week reveals that it has hit a milestone that few companies want. It’s has now racked up accumulated losses of over $200 million. Here are Betmakers annual losses over the past 4 years. 2021 – $17.5 million 2022 – $86.0 million 2023 – $37.7 million 2024 – $38.7 million Added […]
Tabcorp’s share price has been in freefall since it announced a $1.4 billion annual loss a week ago, and just when you thought it couldn’t get any lower, it has. When Tabcorp demerged from what is know known as the Lotteries Corporation (The Lott) shares were $1.00 each, valuing the company at $2.28 billion. At […]
Is that disgraced jockey Michael Poy who has been seen working repairing dents on hail damaged cars? Would a wise man in Poy’s situation facing betting charges in WA really be shooting of his mouth to co-workers about how much money he’s won on the punt? Speaking of sightings, was that really the vanished former […]
Bay of Biscay Race record: 13: 7-4-1 Best winning time: 1.51.4 (1609m Melton 13/7/24) 3YO whose only start outside its own age group was a last start win in a rating 80-89 race at Melton against a weak field of pacers other than the Victoria Oaks winner Aunty Bella, who was also having her first […]
