Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
Prominent Melbourne rails booklie David McLauchlan closed down his Victorian registered Winbet operation, but he has another online bookmaking company registered in the same state called Fiesta Bet up and running. What you see at the top and above are screenshots of the fiestabet.com.au website. Note that betslip section on the right says Empty Pinata. […]
16-year-old wonder kid Zara Fitzpatrick continued the brilliant start to her professional race driving career by landing her first ever double at Penrith on Thursday night with winners on her grandfather’s horse Mitchell’s Run and the Jack Trainor trained Beau Steele. It takes the young driver’s record to 5 wins from 11 starts at a […]
Judging by recent events and reports there appears to be a very serious problem within the integrity ranks of the QRIC in Central QLD. Far too many mistakes are being made in the region, things are going wrong too often, and complaints about wrongdoing are being made about matters involving officials that are highly concerning […]
152 Priorities concerning horse to be driven (1) The owner or trainer of a horse in a race shall not drive any other horse in the race except with the permission of the Chairman of Stewards. (2) A person who owns or trains more than one horse starting in a race and who desires to drive […]
The Chris Waller stable advised on Friday that Group 1 winning two-year-old colt Switzerland will have surgery to remove a bone chip on a fetlock before being sent for a spell. The Snitzel colt won the Group 2 Todman Stakes over 1200m at Randwick on March 9th and went into the Group 1 Golden Slipper […]
Ask not what your country can do for you – ask what you can do for your country – John F Kennedy, Inaugural Address Kevin Seymour is the first to admit that it’s been a tumultuous last six months. From being at death’s door after a heart attack to the euphoria around his boom pacer […]
The talk of the Gold Coast track is all about a pre-dawn police raid at trainer Mel Eggleston’s place at the Gold Coast at about 4am on Sunday morning. Apparently there were more than a dozen cops involved bearing warrants who went through his house like a dose of salts until 9.00 am, and took […]
Jason Grimson’s record of 2 winners from his past 10 starters would be worn as a badge of honour by most trainers, but for Grimson it’s a comedown that has lead many harness racing pundits to question whether the Group 1 winning trainer might have lost his edge. They have no reason to. Let’s go […]
Winning a bronze medal is not quite as good as landing the gold, but when you’re a man like Keith ‘Movie Star’ McDeed who had only trained 2 winners in 20 years before making his Lazarus-like comeback recently, it will do, especially when you’re the sole lessee of the horse and get to scoop up […]
There is increasing speculation in racing circles that if Gillon McLachlan is proven to have knowledge of the AFL’s drug testing cover-up practices – and to date he hasn’t been – it may cost him the long-mooted Chairman’s role at Racing Victoria. Racing is a sport that is dependent both on being free of drugs, […]
