Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
It seems we got a rather important bit wrong in our earlier story relaying the mail about the Victorian visit to the central west of Northern NSW during the week. They were they alright, and they did come to interview Amanda Turnbull about the alleged Cobram fix, but it was not the HRV Integrity Team, […]
As yet unreleased but entirely accurate aggregated wagering figures for the last half year show that for the first time ever, Australian betting turnover on US harness racing has outstripped the amount bet on the code in New Zealand. If that doesn’t set red lights flashing I don’t know what will, because the US trots […]
Big news out of Victoria is that despite Nathan Jack and Mark Pitt’s big win on appeal on their criminal match fixing charge, the Cobram affair may not be over yet at all, and far from it. If you recall, Amanda Turnbull was arrested over Cobram race fix early in the piece on allegations that […]
Just 3 years ago Kevin ‘Clip Clop’ Seymour AM was the 124th richest man in the land, worth $768 million super large, and well on his way to the billion. Sadly though it appears that the wheels have fallen off. In the space of 36 months he’s plummeted down the AFR rich list to number […]
The news that RV have purchased a huge tract of land out near Tullamarine Airport makes the long rumoured sale of the Sandown racecourse an absolute certainty. RV are denying it at the moment, but that’s a cheque that you can take to the bank and cash right now, with confidence. It’s a good thing too. […]
If the Albo in this picture published in The Australian this morning isn’t your type of real true blue PM, then I strongly suggest that you are living in the wrong country. Bleary eyed like he’s hungover, pillow hair everywhere, ugg boots, baggy PJ pants and and an old Newtown bluebags jersey. I bet he […]
This is the Stewards Report from the race at Balaklava in SA on Wednesday afternoon where the stipes ordered that the race be started despite a horse being cast under the stalls. It’s become apparent that our information about a reindeer was wrong, and we apologise to those concerned for our error, and any reputational […]
You can understand an outfit like Racing Queensland having one, or maybe two, lawyers on staff to deal with matters of legislative and contractual importance, but four? That’s weird. This was taken from the Racing Queensland website yesterday. I think it might be yet another of those clerical errors that seem to permeate the operations […]
Do you reckon Johnny Brash isn’t one of the great Australian race callers? Because Bunny calls the dogs a lot of people under-rate how good he really is, but don’t be fooled by their ignorance. J. Brasch is a gun. You try to pick this photo in real live time while verbally painting a vivid […]
The good news of the day is that Australia’s best three-year-old, the Queensland born and bred Leap to Fame, has finally received his invitation to race in the Rising Sun, three months after he should have been a shoo in to be the first horse invited. Given that my suspicion has long been that the […]
