Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
Once upon newspapers had racing editors. Some of them even did their job and checked that everything on the racing page was tickety boo before they declared correct weight and put the paper to print. Things have changed now. The Courier-Mail hardly has any racing writers left at all, and there are no editors. That’s […]
In a sensation Sky Racing personality Chynna Marston has this week been placed on the Racing NSW exclusion due due to animal welfare concerns. As a person on the exclusion list Marston is not permitted to be provided with any retired thoroughbred that has been domiciled in NSW for the majority of their life, or […]
All the offices are closed at the moment so we cannot get official confirmation this evening, but the information we are receiving is that the ban relates to the severe malnourishment of a retired racehorse in her care that left the horse near death when discovered. Adding grist to the mill of concerns is that […]
On 2 July 2020 Chynna Marston was fined $10 o0o by then Racing NSW Chief Steward Marc Van Gestel for animal welfare offences. The penalty was suspended for 2 years on the basis that Marston did not reoffend. A condition was placed on her that she was not permitted to have any more than 16 horses […]
The pony in the images we published earlier is owned by a well-known racing writer, It is his daughter’s pony. For certain reasons unrelated to animal welfare the trainer needed the pony looked after for a period. Chynna offered to care for it. It is believed that she was paid money for feed and other […]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQluGs2SFRs Well, well, well. The Government kicks in almost half of the revenue of the Recycled Racehorses rehoming charity founded by Chynna Marston, chaired by her de-facto husband, and co-directed by her mum. What a cracker. Has Chynna’s charity really spent the $20 grand that it claims was for food and agistment on those particular […]
We have been subjected to a degree of online abuse this evening, which is okay by us within the limits of how it was thrown, for we believe in free speech and expression of opinion, as long as it free and fair and doesn’t involve calling being rock spiders. But in light of this reaction […]
Hadyn ‘Hollywood’ Flynn Jnr clocks up his half century this morning, although of course he’s telling everyone who will listen that he is only 48, just like he was was on the 8th of June the 2 years before. It’s a bit of a jealousy thing because his sister is actually older and much better […]
Ignore everything that Singo and Gerry say, Hawaii Five Oh cannot win the Straddie. In fact it’s the lay of the day. 5 of the past 23 winners have been 3YO’s, two of them fillies (La Montagna and Private Steer), two of them geldings Sincero and Snipers Bullet), and one – Impending in 2017 – […]
