Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
Call me stupid if you like, for many do, but there is something I just don’t understand. How can the Auckland Trotting Club sell a piece of prime inner-city fringe land that it owns for $50 million, and only come out the other side of the sale with only $11.8 million? It’s got me baffled. […]
There are hundreds of lawyers in New Zealand, and many dozens of firms based in Auckland. Any supposed not-for-profit club with half a grain of integrity that wanted to spend more than a million dollars on legal fees would tender a contract for them so as to ensure that its members got the best quality […]
To save QRIC the trouble because we know they are busy, we are pleased to announce the following appointments to senior Deputy Steward roles. Deputy Chief Steward South QLD – Geoffrey ‘Gus’ Goold Deputy Chief Steward North QLD – Karen Lees Geoffrey joined the Brisbane stewards’ panel after starting as a mature age jockey apprentice […]
There were nine races at the Burnie Trots last night. Seven races were worth $9700 in prizemoney, one was worth $14 000, and the other $5 950. Horses from the Ben ‘Chainsaw’ Yole stable contested 8 of the 9 races. In three of these races Chainsaw trained the entire field. He prepared 8 of the […]
Our mail, which is accurate, is that the APG spent $57 000 to hire the Magic Millions complex for yesterday’s yearling sale. It only made $83 000 from commissions on the sales, before expenses. That leavers $26 000 left over. Sadly for the true believers, that wouldn’t even pay the wages and costs to put […]
36 yearlings went through the sales ring at the APG auction at the Gold Coast yesterday. Only 19 of them were sold. None of the 17 others reached their reserve prices, which in most cases were set at dollars they couldn’t possibly achieve. But each of these 17 are deemed to be sold, and are […]
It is clearly unacceptable to breed dogs for racing and not take responsibility for the welfare of all dogs which are bred, irrespective of their racing ability. Alan McSporran, the rich kid turned lawyer who wrought havoc on racing, and then got sacked from the CCC. So here is the issue. According to numbers published […]
After much consideration, champion harness race driver Brian Gath has decided to change career while he is still young enough to make a good go of it. The Professional Bull Riding Circuit is going to make him the face of the sport. This photo you see is the first promo. B. Gath will kick off […]
The story that follows talks you through how Narissa and Taleah McMullen, and Narissa’s husband Matt Elkins fixed a race so that Elkins brother and dad’s horse would win. The McMullen’s cousin Nathan Dawson is arguably involved in it too, as I am guessing was Justin Elkins, although because it all happened for him he […]
The Stewards report above is absolute bullshit. Awholelotofpretty was not hanging out an any stage of the race at all. It’s driver Matt Elkins pulled it out of the sprint lane sit and three wide on the turn to give the horse behind the run through. This race a boatie, one so obvious that you […]
