Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
GRV UPDATE: HORSHAM ABANDONMENT Greyhound Racing Victoria wishes to provide an update regarding the abandonment of today’s race meeting at Horsham and ongoing issues with the track surface. Following the abandonment of the race meeting after Race 5 at Horsham on Tuesday 6 June, the Horsham Greyhound Racing Club, in conjunction with the GRV track […]
Yesterday morning we write about how the Murrihy inquiry report is supposed to be handed down by the end of this week. Late yesterday arvo it is announced that the report’s delivery has been put back by 8 weeks. You have to start suspecting that fix is in don’t you? We certainly not, but there […]
Dear Peter Profit SA harness racing is currently sitting on 6% of overall wagering turnover in the State. The much vaunted improved stake money is a sleight of hand. Go back to school and learn some simple arithmetic. Race handicapping Australia wide just a joke. There are no leaders of any standing within the industry […]
The Battle of the Bush final is the big race of the year for country QLD thoroughbred owners and trainers. Prizemoney for the race is great. You get $116 500 for winning, and it even pays $2750 for running 6th to 10th, although you get nothing after that. A horse named Coat of Arms ran […]
Hi Archie, Just saw your headline about Munce hiring a divorce Lawyer. I’m not a Munce fan and I am not defending him on bit, but I though it would be good to set the record straight about his lawyer Geoffrey Sinclair. Geoff actually owns a lot of horses with Chris, and while Geoff is […]
The mail floating out of Victoria is that wagering on harness racing in the State has absolutely collapsed. Now this is unconfirmed, but what we are hearing is that the current breakdown of the turnover split is looking something like this: 56% gallops 39% greyhounds 5% harness racing We have to say that these numbers […]
The well known Victorian gallops and harness trainer Ian Forsyth passed away over the weekend. He was a real good bloke Ian, and will be sadly missed. With the greatest of respect that he is due, will it to people who knew him better to write Ian’s story, and I warmly invite anyone who knew […]
After a week of fun and family times in Bali and the Gili islands I’ve found myself in a quiet private villa down south. The deal was I do the family thing for a week off the punt with my only news from the homeland was this website. Sometimes the Ukraine/Russia war was more entertaining […]
VIC BREEDING Is it true that standardbred breeding numbers in Victoria have plummeted by an average of almost 30% this year? If the answer is yes, then what does that mean for the future of the sport? HARNESS RACING NSW CEO Who the hell is this new Harness Racing NSW CEO Peter Buckman? No-one seems […]
I realised that Tim Tszyu was far more than his father’s son when I went in to the gym on the night of the Townsville Cup heats and watched him train for the Jeff Horne fight. Boxing is my lifelong third passion, behind Maggie and the races, and about a half length in front of […]
