Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
Hi Archie On the recent stories of ABR/Summit & TSR’s “break up”, i think one thing really needs to come into perspective. The absolute debacle that is Victorian Harness Racing. You highlighted it the other day when you mentioned the Ouyen Cup being worth $10k, much less than standard races in Tasmania. I have seen […]
Aaron Bain and Summit Bloodstock own quite a few horses trained by Emma Stewart and Clayton Tonkin, all of whom we are told will be leaving the stables and going elsewhere. There are a few good ones amongst them, but one is an absolute standout. Loucasso, the winner of 7 from 9 in his first […]
Aaron Bain, principal of Aaron Bain Ta It seems that the rumors of the rift between long time premier Victorian trot trainers Emma Stewart and Clayton Tonkin (TSR) and their Johnny come lately leading owners Aaron Bain Racing (ABR) and their partners Summit Bloodstock (Summit) are true. Reports are that 15-2o Summit/Bain owned horses are […]
Luckie Karabitsakos in a Melbourne Cup winning greyhound trainer who has had an enormous amount if success. He is also a performance enhancing substance cheat and a personal user of illicit drugs, which when added to his already volatile character makes him a hothead and a quite difficult cat to deal with. Justice John Bowman […]
Trot trainer Scott Garraway’s horse threw 17 positive swabs to cobalt, with some of the readings as high as 1300 ug/ml, which is extraordinary when you consider that the threshold is 100 ug/ml. What is even more extraordinary is that after his first positives came back from the lab, the trainer was given the option […]
The woman in the middle in the picture that leads this story is Maree Crabtree, the mother who was today acquitted of topping her violent, abusive, drug addict son by overdosing him with a poisoned smoothie. This picture is taken as she is leaving court after the verdict. The blonde woman on Crabtree’s right is […]
Coffs Harbor racehorse trainer Brett Bellamy has been suspended from the sport for almost half a year after being found guilty of three counts of sexual harassment of female racing participants. His offending conduct included making remarks with sexual connotations concerning one participant’s body, engaging in sexual harassment of another female industry participant by making […]
Archie Talk from at Globe Derby today. They have said that they are going back to proper standing starts in a few weeks, not the walk ups for everyone to cheat… They are also lining it up with the return of the auto release standing start system lol. Turns out they read Archie’s stories after […]
Race caller Ross Stanley has been a wonderful servant to country racing, particularly at the tracks up around Wondai’s Mate country where he has broadcast the races for a number of years. All good things must come to end though, and after listening to Ross’s calls at Burrandowan on the weekend, particularly in the Cup, […]
A scapegoat is a person, group, or entity unjustly blamed for the faults, failures, or misdeeds of others, often to deflect responsibility or manage collective anxiety. This concept stems from a biblical ritual involving a goat sent into the wilderness bearing the community’s sins The news out of Rockhampton this morning is that the Rockhampton […]
