Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
The Mark Jones prepared pacer Tinkerbelle. It must be named after its trainer, even if he can’t get the spelling right. I got a phone call from a number in New Zealand this morning, and thinking it might have been my mate the Jackal the judge on a break in between cases I picked it […]
Leading figures in wagering, the law and sport are trapped in the Ponzi scandal now shaping to overtake the Melissa Caddick rort that stripped $30m from its victims. One estimate is that close to $100m has been lured from investors with false promises of well-secured mortgage loans. The Victorian Bookmakers’ Association has confirmed it has $1.8m at […]
Gun 19-year-old apprentice jockey Bailey Wheeler needs to grow up, get off the piss and learn to behave himself if he wants a career riding at the top level for a hyper-disciplined, super successful trainer like his current master Annabel Neesham. Wheeler has only just been granted a comeback date from a spell of next […]
A month ago we broke a story about trainer Wayne Potter having thrown a positive swab to a banned substance with his start juvenile trotter The Locomotive after a big win at Melton. We received a call from a person connected to the stable advising that our story wasn’t right, so based on that information […]
VBA Investments A number of law firms offer mortgage investment services and invest funds on behalf of their clients by loaning those funds to residential borrowers, and arranging a first ranking mortgage in favour of the investor. These arrangements are often referred to as solicitor mortgage loans or mortgage investments. The VBA has invested $1.8 […]
In it’s presumed wisdom, the Victorian Bookmakers Association (VBA) has seen fit yesterday to send a letter to all of it’s members specifically addressing the stories published over the past 3 days on this website about the disappearance of the bookies guarantee money, and describing them as inaccurate. The VBA also says in the letter […]
The Isisford Race Club are deeply saddened by the decision made by the Steward on Saturday 28th that prevented the horses racing. We, hand on heart, were confident that the track was safe and in the best possible condition. We still believe that to be the case. We sincerely apologise to all the Trainers, Owners […]
Have a look at this for fake news. All these dead bodies as a result of Russia launching an attack on the Ukraine. There’s just one small problem. One of them is clearly alive. The first casualty of war is always truth. This footage proves it. Have a look and see. Did the guy who […]
The official QRIC Stewards report is finally up for Saturday’s race meeting at Charleville, and it’s a cause for huge concern. The track was rated as sand in the report, when on RISA it was rated as slow. The starting gates seem not to have been functioning properly, with horses breaking through them or blundering […]
In their wisdom – or lack of it – the Victorian Bookmaker’s Association (VBA) is said to have invested all of the betting default guarantee bond money that it’s members have entrusted them to manage into what appears to be a Ponzi scheme run by the recently sadly departed to the great racetrack in the […]
