Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
The Coroners Court of Victoria has launched an investigation into the death of lawyer John Adams, the former director of a suburban law firm who allegedly lost up to $100 million of client funds in an apparent Ponzi scheme. Major discrepancies in the firm’s trust accounts were discovered by staff just days after Adams’ death. […]
Anyone want to invest in a housing development being undertaken by a Kiwi harness racing club? You’d have to brave after seeing what has happened at Alexandra Park, but that’s exactly what the Waikato-Bay of Plenty Club are asking people to in their proposed subdivision at the Cambridge raceway. Don’t ask exactly what the plans […]
Have you heard of this one before? Another horse’s tail getting wrapped around another jockeys boot, causing that rider’s foot to be pulled from the stirrup, which in turn made their mount lose several lengths? That’s what happened to Roth ‘N’ Bell’s rider Morgan Butler in the 8th race at Innisfail yesterday. The horse lost […]
The NT Racing Commission has recently ruled against a lightning fast soccer punter who to get on a La Liga 2nd division soccer game after it had finished and succeeded, as it turns out only temporarily. What happened is that the punter must have been watching the game live, whereas through no fault of the […]
This is a fascinating scientific analysis of the brain of gambling addicts. It has the potential to change the way we think about compulsion, and the chemical reasons behind it.
My goodness, look what’s happened here. It’s race 2 at Northam on Saturday night. The finishing order in across the line in the race was Spudmeister 3rd, Wandering Girl 4th and Travelban 5th. https://www-harness-org-au.akamaized.net/wa/NMC04112302.mp4 When they came back to scale the driver of the 5th horse lodged an objection against the 3rd horse for coming […]
The picture above is taken from a property search we conducted on the dead scammer John Adams mansion at Lorne, the luxury house that stolen money bought and built. Take notice of the folio number on the property, for ease of later identification. This is the mansion at Lorne below. There are some quite curious […]
What links a staid suburban law practice to strip clubs and gangster pubs, big betting, AFL football clubs and racing? In the case of the late John Bernard Adams, the enigmatic figure at the centre of what threatens to be Australia’s biggest Ponzi scheme, it’s the network of contacts he gathered over several decades. One […]
What the hell was Gary Hall doing with his drive on the $1.30 favourite Never Ending in the WA Derby at Gloucester Park on Friday night? It stunk to high heaven. Hall is the stable driver for his father Gary Hall Jr, who had 4 runners in the race. Hall Junior knows those horse’s intimately, […]
Not content with murdering Leap to Fame in the Be Good Johnny, Moses decided to do it again to Kevin Seymour and the punters on the odds on favourite Bettor Cullect in the 2YO Qbred For Life final. Dixon was drawn gate 3 on the dominant $1.90 fave with only two longshot outsiders inside him. His […]
