Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
Two weeks ago the Jason Grimson trained Maxo Mighty ran 2nd in the Group 1 QLD Derby at just its 6th start since joining the stable two months ago. Today its racing status is listed as None Recorded. That’s because the 3yo is brown bread. Dead. We don’t know why, or what its cause of […]
By Edward Rennell – CEO Greyhound Racing NZ (and a damn good bloke) Greyhound Racing New Zealand (GRNZ) concludes its operations at 11.59pm tonight, bringing to a close more than a century of organised greyhound racing in New Zealand. Tonight marks the end of a way of life for many New Zealand families whose commitment […]
The Project Stamina report with its myriad of actual and potential track closures is grabbing all the headlines in NZ after its release earlier in the week, and the poor old dogs are finished after tonight, but it amongst it all there is something rather important that has been missed. The new racing financial year […]
Michael Berkman MP is the Greens MP for the inner city Brisbane seat of Maiwar. Like all greens he is an anti-greyhound racing activist. And like most of his kind he is prepared to tell half truths and deceive you to promote his political cause. Take a look at this video he posted on his […]
Let me tell you more. As you saw in Berkman’s misleading video about the dogs in the story above, he derides greyhound racing as being nothing but a cruel vehicle to benefit the bookmaking industry that he quite correctly says donated $50 000 to the major political parties in QLD. Watch this. What this deceptive […]
Jabez Johnstone is quite possibly the most talented apprentice that Melbourne has seen since Nick Ryan, and while that is one hell of a wrap considering the quality of the kid riders who have followed since then, it’s true. Johnstone lost his 3 kilo claim prior to the Sandown meeting on Wednesday, but still rode […]
Story by Matthew Benns, Daily Telegraph https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/nsw/administrator-lashes-australian-turf-club-over-strategic-failures/news-story/5d91fce32767b657876e517b0c666b84 The newly appointed administrator of the Australian Turf Club has given members a scathing report on its lack of accountability, internal controls and strategic vision. The newly appointed administrator of the Australian Turf Club has given members a scathing report on its lack of accountability, internal controls and […]
Rumors are swirling around the track that prominent owner cum stablehand cum trials driver Josh Davine threw a personal positive swab to a prohibited substance, namely amphetamines. The rumor is true, but its not what it seems. Josh Davine, like myself, suffers from the medical condition Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), and takes a small […]
Racing QLD, and as a consequence Racing Information Services Australia (RISA), had jockey Matthew Chadwick as claiming a kilo and a half on Lets Do It Again in the 4th at the Gold Coast on Saturday when the fields went up. Chadwick, for a long time one of Hong Kong’s leading riders, hasn’t had a […]
There were a series of strange decisions in race 6 at Eagle Farm yesterday. First there was a protect 2nd v 1st for alleged interference passing the 250m mark. The protest appeared to have strong grounds, for the winner ridden by Jai Williams in the yellow and red definitely took jockey Tahlia Fenton in the […]
