Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
Can anyone on earth tell me why Harness Racing Australia CEO Andrew Kelly gets paid a total salary package of almost half a million dollars a year? What does he actually do? I know that that Kelly sells slot race concepts to already wealthy breeders. And that he upsets breeders by picking their pockets of […]
God almighty. Wouldn’t you love to buy a piece of this filly that’s for sale at the Tasmanian standardbred yearling sales in March? Her dam never raced. Neither did her grand-dam, great grand-dam, great great grand-dam, or great great grand-dam. Five generations of mares and not a single one ever started in a race. The […]
Keith from QLD chimes in fresh from a Xmas spell up fishing off the Cape. He’s not real happy with Gaita. I don’t normally watch Globe Derby trots but I was bored and had Sky on yesterday so I did, and I saw what in my opinion was good ol’ Gaita trying a bit too […]
Now I have crack at Gaita on a regular basis, so my Pullino slagging form is pretty good. But this time I am sticking up for in defense to Keith’s claims. It’s a two horse race, with Gaita’s at $1.65 and Alan Cronin’s one driven by Corey Johnson at $2.15 and double figures the rest. […]
What do you do with a greyhound CEO who thinks a bit of live baiting makes it a big month? You headhunt him to become your trot club CEO of course. So that is exactly what the Auckland Trotting Club did. Mauro has moved on now. I would too. Most people like to be sure […]
Objectives of Racing Integrity Board (RIB) The objectives of the Board are to promote, and ensure compliance with, high standards of animal welfare, integrity, and professionalism by participants in the racing industry for the benefit of the public, participants, and the racing industry as a whole. It’s hard to say they have achieved it, isn’t […]
What a wonderful gesture of mate ship and respect is by Will Hulbert to train his sadly lost mate’s horses for free and give the prizemoney to his widow and kids. I didn’t know the bloke, but it sounds like the thing Dave Garrett’s would have done. Praise doesn’t get any bigger than that. My […]
Apologies to readers for the absence of any stories yesterday and today. The author has been otherwise occupied assisting two different licensees that he been asked agreed to represent preparing documentation for appeal matters being heard this week, one in Melbourne and one in Brisbane. Whilst we appreciate the disappointment this may cause, the simple […]
This year’s shaping as one of the most even competitions in modern NRL history, with the salary cap finally starting to kick in and work. Dolphins are easy beats who will be lucky to win a game. They will get beaten by 60 in some. Warriors should forfeit all their away games and put the […]
Here are three different perspectives on the King of the Mountain at Toowoomba. The first two are from readers. The last is my own. Isn’t it wonderful that we live in a democracy? We truly are the lucky country. You are spot on, King Of The Mountain was a belated Christmas gift to the local […]
