Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
It’s the year 2023 and a lot of the richest people in the world wear jeans and t-shirts to work. The last vestiges of the stuffy colonial era of suits and ties are disappearing faster than the dodo did. But still in a strange little place called Melbourne the raj clings on. Men must wear […]
A growing feud between jockeys Bradley Appo and Sariah Champkin threatens to engulf the Toowoomba Turf Club community. Veteran rider Appo and apprentice Champkin have both been suspended following a July 1 trackwork incident. Appo has been banned for three months after Queensland Racing Integrity Commission stewards determined he was riding dangerously toward Champkin during […]
Exclusive: An ice time bomb is about to explode with unsuspecting homeowners discovering their properties are so badly contaminated with the drug they require hundreds of thousands of dollars in repairs to stop people getting sick. As many as 275,000 people in Australia smoke ice, but most insurance does not cover damage caused by them […]
Benji Marshall was born in Whakatane in the North Island of New Zealand, where he lived until he lived until he got offered a rugby league scholarship in Queensland, Australia. He then lived in the Gold Coast where he attended Keebra Park high school. After school he moved to Sydney to play for the Wests […]
As hard as it is to believe at a time when Harness Racing New Zealand was slashing prize money until Entain came along and saved them, the same HRNZ are flying its former chairman John Coulam, the man in charge during the period of most of the recent mess, and its new board member the […]
Liam Birchley was one of Queensland’s top trainers before the executioners from Victoria cut his career down without proper cause, and tried to grind it into dust. As you may recall, Birchley was the innocent victim of the Aquanita purge, a man accused of racing crimes that he didn’t commit and never did. He was […]
I simply could not believe my eyes when Catch a Wave blew out from $1.30 to $2.10 in the 3rd race at Melton last night. It was like I had gone to sleep and woken up in Paradise City. Sure it had been beaten first-up last start, but these things happen when you are being […]
The winner of the 3rd race at Eagle Farm yesterday Hot Spring Gold was the biggest tip of the day. It was backed for a fortune, and duly saluted. Punters who look at form guides or watch races or both scratched their heads in wonder, and screamed why, why, why? You can’t blame them. Hot […]
The Stewards report somewhat understates what happened in race 6 at Redcliffe on Wednesday, and the role of the Clerk of the Course in averting what could quite easily have been a catastrophe. Torque in Motion was drawn the pole. It’s bit broke just as the starter was about to let the field go, and […]
John and Sandra Galea are a Victorian husband and wife greyhound racing team, however they are not in a partnership. They each have dogs in their own names and switch them back and forward when things get hot, so that the family business can continue uninterrupted and unimpeded when things get hot. On the 18th […]
