Noel Callow Appeal Live Addendum – The Redfern Speech
The full text of the Redfern Speech can be read at the link below. https://pmtranscripts.pmc.gov.au/sites/default/files/original/00008765.pdf
Make Australia Great Again – Ban Frozen Spoof
Will a 25% tariff be imposed on our standardbred exports to the USA when Trump rules that the HRA stallion levy is an “unfair tax” on American imports?? Some people might think that’s a good thing…… Belle From Burnie Editor’s Note The people who hate the stallion tax so much are the importers of chilled […]
Belle Says Leap to Fame’s Record Mile at Albion Park is the Fastest in Australia on a 1000m Track – And Given Her Encyclopaedic Knowledge of Harness Racing, Who Would Doubt Her
Wasn’t Ride High’s 1.49.0 at the Bendigo the fastest mile in Australia on a 1000m track? Not anymore I’d say……. One off the fence for 2 turns, 14 odd extra meters covered, about a second faster on the pegs. That was ultra impressive, but his lack of gate speed means he’s going to have to […]
Victorians are Wimps
My Victorian friends won’t swim at the beach in Port Douglas when they come up to visit. They claim that they’re afraid of the crocodiles. Wimps they are, all of them. Un-Australian I reckon. The lifeguards only put signs up and shut the beach like they did today so they can skive off and go […]
Norm Provan Would Be Rolling in His Grave
If its not bad enough that the Australian mens netball team is called the Kelpies, then they come out and do this on the opening day of the Fast5 series. Rugby league hardman Norm Provan would be rolling in his grave. Surely if they had to do something like this they could at least have […]
Barossa Bill Disagrees With Us About Merlin
Archie You’re living in dream land thinking that Merlin can beat Leap to Fame in the NZ Trotting Cup. Larry the legend will do to the great fake Merlin what the Kiwis have done to their own industry in NZ. The great Merlin got carted into Friday night’s race at Alexandra Park by team driving […]
Out With the Aardvarks, Rack Off the Rhinoceros, and Evict the Elephants – Ban Horses With Animal Names Now
First we had Rhinoceros. Then we had Elephant. And now he have Aarvark. What is this moronic trend of naming racehorses after slow, ugly animals? How do the owners who name them ever expect to win a Melbourne Cup? Don’t the nongs know that only 2 animals have ever won the Melbourne Cup, and one […]
Mastermind Topic – Obscure Places in Australia Holding Race Meetings Today
How good are you? Can you tell us where on the map the following racecourses holding meetings today are. No cheating. Mt Magnet Barrabe Enngonia Twin Hills Pooncarie If you got them all right you’re a genius. Answers in next story.
Where You Find the Obscure Towns That are Racing Today
Mt Magnet (pop. 576) Mid-west WA mining town approx. 575km north-east of Perth on the way to Paynesville? Way to where? Exactly. One of its open cut mines is named after an arsehol. It’s that sort of town. Barraba (pop. 1410) NSW gold rush era town in the New England area, between Upper Manilla and […]
The Rule That the PRA’s All Ignore
The QLD Forfeit List is a record of defaulters on debts owed to Racing QLD. Anyone whose name appears on the list is treated the same as a disqualified person, meaning that they cannot ride, train, own or race horses; are barred from entering any race track; and cannot associate with licensed persons for purposes […]