Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
What you see above are the Victorian TAB win pools on the Queensland gallops meetings held on the turf last Wednesday at Doomben (in the blue) and for the meeting held this Wednesday on the poly track at the Sunshine Coast (in the orange). The difference is stark, isn’t it? It is vividly clear that […]
David Moran (above), the cuckolded husband The particulars of the charge being: On 14 November 2019, you attended the registered training establishment of licensed trainer Laura Crossland at the Shepparton Harness Racing Club training complex. You approached Ms Crossland, who was seated in a sulky driving a horse, whilst also leading another two horses; Following […]
Laura Crossland (above), the cuckquean DECISION Mr David Moran, the Stewards have charged you with four offences, which could be described as falling into two categories. Three of them arose in the context of your behaviour arising out of a break up with your then partner, Ms Laura Crossland, and her involvement with fellow driver, […]
Damien Wilson, aka Back Door Benny (above), the third party caught in flagrante delicto with the cuckquean We turn now to such matters as your background and situation, and to your character generally. You are aged 34 years. You have two young children and have a new partner. You are a particularly successful trainer and […]
If you see Jack ‘Turbo’ Trainor walking toward you down the street this week, cross to the other side. At the moment this bloke is just pure bad luck. On Saturday night at Menangle he drove the $1.20 tote favourite Tungsten Terror in the 4th race. It was a funny betting race this one, for […]
See this man circled in the picture? The chap in the surfer t-shirt on the phone? That’s the Wood Man. He’s Zeljko’s man. Zeljko Ranogajec is the world’s biggest gambler, a man who turns over of billions of dollars on totes around the world every year. Ranogajec has men on every race track that he […]
Well there goes our weekend. Yesterday morning we wrapped up Old Town Road as the next NZ pacing superstar, which he is. We put our money where our mouth is and whacked the whole weekend’s bank on him each way. Of course he galloped in the score up and didn’t even make it to the […]
I didn’t know that the NSW Chief Steward was a District Court judge, and I wasn’t aware that he was an expert on defamation law either. Which is no surprise, because he is not. Defamation is one of the most discrete areas of specialisation in the law, and no more than 2-3 percent of solicitors […]
And so it begins. Does anyone remember the series of stories I published last year on the subscription site archiebutterfly.com about the Sally Snow affair? For those who don’t, or who didn’t read it, I wrote that the reasons for the sacking of Sally Snow from her role as the senior odds-setter for the TAB […]
