As you can see Tasracing has given gallops trainer Tanya Hanson warm plaudits and a fond farewell upon her retirement from the racing industry, with the principal racing authority’s tribute to her published on its website. That says everything you need to know about the regulators of the sport in the Apple Isle, and their […]
Mark Latham Takes Another Sneak Swing at PVL – And Falls Flat on His Face – There are a Whole Lot of Villains at Play Here – None of Them are Peter V’Landys
PETER V’LANDYS: Absolutely. My evidence today will absolutely destroy what they’ve written in that letter anyway because none of it is true. The other thing that was said in Parliament, which is completely false, is that I interfere in stewards’ inquiries. In the 20 years I have been at Racing NSW I have not interfered—and […]
I Have a Name For the Merged Betr and BlueBet – Unders
Bluebet have adopted the Betr brand name for their newly merged business, but I reckon they have made a mistake. A far more fitting name would be Unders. What else do you call a bookie that bets $1.20 about Kyle Feldt scoring a try anytime in the Storm v Cowboys game tonight, when other bookies […]
Mark Latham’s Star Witness
Hundreds of thousands of dollars allegedly went missing from one of NSW’s most successful country race clubs and it only narrowly avoided going under after Racing NSW granted it the benefit of the doubt. The Sunday Telegraph can reveal the mysterious case of the missing cash, which an auditor suggested was misappropriation but the club […]
Is the Gold Coast Turf Track Cursed?
Picture taken at the Gold Coast this morning Racing on the Gold Coast turf track takes its first step toward resumption this morning with the first trials being held back on the grass. Or they are supposed to be anyway. But the fog has rolled in like its the moors in England. Since when does […]
Tips and Rumors
Which commission agent with a reputation for being more gabby than a fishmonger’s wife went seeking tips from trainers of runners in the Cairns Cup, only to be told by one that their horse was sore and the other that their bloods weren’t right? Is it true that the lippy one then relayed the tip […]
Is the Auckland Trotting Club Stepping Closer to the Abyss?
Although no-one from the Auckland Trotting Club is coming out and admitting it to participants and the public, our inside mail is the Chinese property developer that has signed contracts to purchase the training center at Pukekohe won’t be paying for it in a lump sum later this year as we have all been lead […]
Only in Queensland
See that smallish chap in the picture working behind the barriers at the Home Hill races yesterday? That’s jockey Scott Sheargold. He had three rides earlier in the meeting, then swapped out of silks and into civvies and took up duties as a barrier attendant for the rest of the day. Where else in the […]
Why Never Ending is $2.50 Favorite to Win The Eureka
Star WA pacer Never Ending is now the $2.50 favorite to win the $2.1 million The Eureka, run at Menangle in 10 days time. This is why. You don’t see many horses run home their final quarter over 2300m in 26.3 seconds like this horse did on Saturday night in his tune up for the […]
Extracts From Racing NSW Draft Strategic Plan – The Cost of Owning Horses – And the Vital Importance of Prizemoney
Racing NSW has collected training cost information from a cross-section of trainers in order to estimate the total payments made by owners for racehorse training, veterinary and spelling costs. Assuming a horse is in work eight months and spelling four months each year, a survey of Metropolitan, Provincial and Country trainers reveals the average annual […]