Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
Now there is a name familiar to Queensland racing people. Neil Boyle, aka Boyley. A one-time drinking mate of Scott Steele’s he was, I think. It was only a couple of days ago that I was talking to someone from interstate and they expressed amazement at how all these Stewards from all over the place […]
The Hayes boys have inherited great stables and facilities out at the modern day incarnation of Lindsay Park, and the full brothers are bred to be champion horse trainers, being by Colin out of David, so they have some great advantages in racing life that are the envy of many and admired by all. They […]
1. A corporation cannot sue a mug punter for defamation unless they have 10 or more full-time equivalent employees. As an example, APG does not have 10 FTE’s, so cannot sue. UNLESS 2. It is a not-for-profit corporation that has objects that exclude its members obtaining financial gain. Using the APG as an example again, […]
So in Victoria a bookie pays 10 percent POC tax on net revenue – that is, winnings – IF they turn over a million or more a year. Racing Victoria is licensing a broad range of bookies, using their on-course license status to give them an off course license that – utterly unlawfully in my […]
Well our mail that Greg Gangle is leaving the CEO’s role at Wagga is rock solid. It’s not a matter of if we are told, but when. The only question left is where is he going. We said Albion Park, but now with the departure of Nick Redin from the top job at Racing SA […]
It’s not not often that I give paid tipsters a wrap, because most of them don’t deserve it. I have bagged Dave ‘The Sultan’ Strehlau before. But I am never afraid to admit when I am wrong. And I reckon I might be here. A mate of mine who punts for a living swears by […]
Harness Racing New Zealand (HRNZ) has backed down on it’s plan to make this year’s NZ Cup and Dominion Handicap handicap stand starts this year. So they should too. But just to illustrate the problems with conflict of interest on the board, I wonder how HRNZ Directors Colin Hair and Robert Dunn – the owner […]
Alan Parker in WA is one of Australia’s greatest harness racing historians. The man is a genius. He says that Chris Lewis has driven almost 5900 winners. Only a fool would disbelieve him. Adam Hamilton is no fool, he just got it wrong. It happens to the best of us. We expect to see the […]
The word is that Mark Purdon had to go home early from his usual winter sojourn in Queensland, and that Natalie Rasmussen’s friend Olivia Thornley came over to replace him. We hope that Livvie didn’t hang around too much with Nat’s great mate Scott Steele. The word is that you would never want to accept […]
