Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
So now we are getting advice on integrity from Shane Loone, one of the biggest cheats in the business. That’s a bit like getting advice from Dominic Perrottet on how to win an election. Just listen to this drivel. “Stewards wouldn’t allow illegal pracise (sic) or fraudulent activities”. Not unless you are paying them off, […]
So Te Akau Racing have identified the cause of the positive swab its Group 1 winner Tokyo Tycoon threw after winning the Sistema Stakes, and they have fingered the offender. It was a strapper of course. It always is. The strapper has met with the Stewards and confessed all. She made a mistake. Trust Te […]
Wayne Walters is widely credited as the trainer of Torbek, the horse that they famously pulled off a massive plunge on at Seymour in April 1979. That’s about as true as the story that the then council clerk and now dodgy Cairns motel owner Brian Jorgenson was the mastermind behind the plunge. It was all […]
RV’s goal is to maximise safety for riders and horses and to minimise the occurrence of racing incidents, while acknowledging the inherent risks of the sport. The falls at three consecutive Saturday metropolitan meetings have been widely reported. Each incident is being reviewed thoroughly via a Stewards inquiry. The first inquiry saw two riders suspended […]
Racing Victoria have today issues a 2 page statement in response to widespread questions about the current racing program, and whether it causing rider fatigue and contributing to falls. You can read RV’s statement as published in the article above. The committee of the Geebung Polo Club met today to consider the statement. This is […]
Alan Endresz is having a very bad week. First his horse Private Banker – is it rhyming slang? – was subject to an inquiry into it being flicked with a stockwhip by Desleigh Forster. Alligator Al wasn’t there and had nothing to do with it, but has faith in his trainer and believes that if […]
Over the 157 year history of the great Doncaster Handicap there have been a handful of runners that have gone on to have a career racing over the hurdles. Strike The Stars – by Savabeel out of Ambitious – is the most recent one that comes to mind. https://www.racenet.com.au/profiles/horse/strike-the-stars But to the best of my […]
Prize money by code The thoroughbred code had higher levels of growth in prize money at a national level, with a nine per cent annual average growth rate between 2015-16 and 2018-19. Whilst Tasmania’s thoroughbred prize money growth was the highest of the three codes, averaging seven per cent over the four year period, it […]
I think I must be missing something here. Racing QLD are paying airfares, accommodation, meals and allowance for 10 woman drivers to travel to and from their bases in NSW, VIC, TAS, SA and WA for a Team Teal fundraising series. The cost of the above is a conservative $20 grand, and probably more. A […]
Look at this poor excuse for a Steward’s Report. If the Chief Stipe Chris Albrecht truly believes this, then he is as silly as a wheel. We need a bunker system in racing with a video stewards as ref. And we need it now.
