The Last Lap

Greyhound racing is on its last lap Story by Niko Vorobyov: The Spectator, 16/11/2025 Disclaimer: This story is about UK greyhound racing, and the views expressed are those of the author, not of peterprofit.com or Archie The trap draws open. The long, slender bodies of the greyhounds bolt out in pursuit of the taunting, mechanical […]

How Much Does HRV Spend on the Hero Program? – And How Many Horses Does it Actually Rehome?

Harness Racing Victoria talks a lot about its HERO rehoming program, but tells us very little. How many retired pacers and trotters a year does HERO rehome? Who knows? The annual report of HRV doesn’t tell us, and neither does either their own website thetrots.com.au or the HERO website hrvhero.com.au. All we know is that […]

They Are a Hardy Bunch the Kiwis

When punters arrived at Riccarton for NZ Cup Day n Saturday is was sunny and the skies were clear. Then in between races 4 and 5 the heavens opened, and this happened. In Australia the meeting would have been called off in a heartbeat. Not across the ditch. There they just downgraded the track to […]

Why Does the QRIC Cost So Much More to Run Than Its New Zealand Equivalent?

The Queensland Racing Integrity Commission (QRIC) and the New Zealand Racing Integrity Board (RIB) do much the same things. Both have racing integrity as their driving purpose, and the functions of each are the employment of Stewards to control race meetings and discipline, take swabs and have them analyzed, and oversee and enforce animal welfare […]

Touche!

A funny incident occurred in the 4th race at the Gold Coast on Saturday. The whips of jockeys Anthony Allen (in the blue and white) and Danny Peisley (in the red and white) became entangled. Allen ended up with both whips. Jockey A. Allen is not a strong rider with the persuader in the right […]

Lacey’s Lucky Day

Jockey Lacey Morrison (pictured) has had more fines and suspensions for whip rule breaches over the past 12 months than the average rider, so it is fair to say that she is somewhat fortunate that the Stewards at yesterday’s Cairns TAB meeting were half asleep at the wheel. Lacey struck her mount in race 4 […]

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