Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
We tipped you seven at Melton tonight. Three won, and the one we tipped you each way ran 2nd. Here are the results. The Locomotive – Win $2.30 Lindys Love (EW) – 2nd $34.00 ($5.20 the place) Catch a Wave – Win $2.40 The Lost Storm – Win $1.50 No good the other three. Outlay […]
Pete, mate of Nathan Jack and tough guy when he’s three on one. Aren’t we all? So I am at the pub with the boys tonight, and Maggie’s down at the yacht club dancing with her girlfriends. I leave the lads around eleven and ride the motorbike down to have a quick boogie and a […]
Hadyn Flynn used to the number 2 bookie in the Brisbane ring until he retired to Cairns to dance with the ladies on a Friday night. The seed obviously doesn’t fall far from the tree, although the quality of fruit tends to improve with age and inter-breeding. The young bloke in the picture is Flynn’s […]
It’s the big 12 x Group 1 Super Series Night, and after killing the bookies at the venue last time around we reckon we can find you a few winners. Good luck and punt hard. Race 2 no 10 – The Locomotive This bloke has won 8 from 11 this year including the Home Grown […]
Tonight at Melton they run the finals of the rich Vicbred Super Series, with each of the six pacing finals worth $130 000 in prizemoney. I’m running a sweepstakes on how many of them the Emma Stewart/Clayton Tonkin stable will win. My guess is five. Stewart has 8 of the 12 starters in the 3YO […]
The Forfeit List is a register of defaulters, people that owe racing money. A person whose name is entered on the Forfeit List is, under the rules of racing, subject to the same disabilities as a person who is disqualified. That means that they cannot train, ride, race horses, work in a stable or even […]
A WA bikie chief and a local racing identity have appeared in court over allegations they were found with close to $500,000 in illegally obtained cash. Police allege they stopped Karl Labrook, 52, in Ridgewood on Wednesday and after searching his car uncovered $210,000 packed inside a box wrapped as a Christmas present. Police allege the gifts were addressed to […]
Two years ago the long time harness racing lover, administrator, owner, breeder and benefactor Kevin Seymour AM, one of the giants of the Queensland and Australian sport, offered the SA Harness Racing Club that runs the famous Globe Derby course and club a life line to save them from crippling debt. Seymour extended the club […]
Paddy Busuttin is a world renowned horse trainer famous for the deeds of his durable stayer Castletown, and at age just 68 or 69 he’s a whole lot younger than you probably imagined too. Busuttin would be be a great mentor to aspiring QLD trainers who attend the Racing QLD Academy, if it were not […]
Bookmaker turned fledging funds manager Tom Waterhouse has made an eye-opening return of more than 1800 per cent in two years buying gambling shares for investors, as the boom in the US wagering market has sent global betting stocks skyrocketing. Much of the big return is from a canny deal struck with ASX-listed BetMakers, on […]
