Are Ben Yole’s Horses Eligible to Race This Weekend?
How can Ben Yole have horses racing this weekend at Hobart & Burnie when they haven’t and can’t have been in the care of a licensed trainer for the last 28 days as required by the rules, given that until a week ago Yole was warned off? If you are warned off, obviously you can’t […]
Wanna Be a Steward? – Have Bag, Will Travel
Once upon a time racing people of a certain bent used to live in hope of one day becoming a racing steward. Back then it was near impossible to get in if you weren’t from a racing family. Nowadays though it seems that they can’t give stewarding jobs away. Is it any surprise given what […]
Peanuts – The Fix Was In – But Will it be Still Be?
The hot mail from New Zealand is that the fix is on Race 5 tomorrow at Addington. This is how it is supposed to work. The horse drawn the pole Charlie Brown, driven by Lurch Dunn, is the one. The plan is to back it heavily, and make sure that it wins. Blair Orange is […]
Drunk, Crazy, Passionate? Or All Three?- Lydia Thorpe is as Mad a Cut Snake
Ready. Aim. Fire. Miss. – Jonathon Munz Goes Down in a Screaming Heap
Victorian racing identity Jonathon Munz got a bit of his own this morning when the coup he led against the Racing Victoria board fell flat on its face, with the man who sacked Craig Williams from Giga Kick’s team winning only 3 votes out of 35, leaving them well short of the 24 votes required […]
NZ Licensee Guilty
An NZ harness racing licensee has been found guilty of one charge relating to sexual offences. The man, who cannot be named to protect the identity of the victim, will be sentenced in May. What will happen to his license between now and then in unknown, but after the guilty finding one would hope that […]
Are the TAB Really About Racing, or Just Self-Interest?
For almost two decades, former National Rugby League player Mitch Creary (pictured above) has owned and operated a pub for racing enthusiasts in south-east NSW. Punters used to flock to The Commercial in Bega to watch thoroughbred and greyhound racing and place bets through an agreement with Tabcorp and its flagship racing channel, Sky. But […]
Setting it Straight About the Straight – Sort of Anyway, Not Really
Hi Archie, Thanks for your inquiry about The Straight. It appears from your article that you have already done significant research on the business background of The Straight. I refer you to our editorial charter for any questions you may have about our independence. It reads ‘any advertisers, commercial partners or investors in The Straight […]
Imported Vets and Vanished Animal Welfare Chiefs – Welcome to QLD Racing, QRIC Style
Obviously Animal Welfare is not important any more unless it is hidden away with one of the other ELT portfolios listed on the QRIC website. But then it must be important enough to fly a Vet into Queensland from South Australia for metro race meetings and pay accommodation as well to assist the one full-time […]