Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
By Danny Russell When bookmaker David McLauchlan met client Allen Ng in a northern suburb car park to collect an $80,000 gambling debt, he did not foresee that he was the one who would end up the biggest loser in a Supreme Court case. He did not suspect that Ng would become a client who […]
What well-known racehorse syndicator owes $80 000 in fees to a leading QLD gallops trainer? Why? Has the prizemoney earned by the syndicator’s horses been correctly distributed to shareholder? If not, why not? Which Tasmanian racehorse trainer has 2 RSPCA prosecutions on the go, but is still allowed to work horses? Does Wentworth Park have […]
Ben Keith is the man behind Star Sports, the newest entrant to the Australian bookmaking market. What you see at the top is what he tweeted after Sir Erec died. A lovely remark isn’t it? Compassionate in the extreme? When he realised what a dickhead he looked, Keith backtracked real quick. Too late though son. […]
Sir Erec has been put down after breaking its leg at Cheltenham Festival. The horse, trained by Joseph Patrick O’Brien, was being ridden by Mark Walsh in the Triumph Hurdle when it pulled up after going over a fence. Sir Erec, who was the out-right favourite to win the race, suffered fatal injuries as a […]
Shane Ciurleo used to be Ben Currie’s man. He would help choose the cheap horses that Currie filled his stable with. Ciurleo used to do the form form for the now banished trainer too. In between engagements with BM Currie he worked briefly as the bloodstock manager for AQUIS, but that relationship didn’t last long […]
Peter Huxley was the boss of the NSW Rural Bank back in the 1960’s and 70’s. He was a pillar of society who served on the boards of prominent charities and leading arts organisations. Huxley had friends in high places, including in finance, politics and the police. Everyone trusted him. But they shouldn’t have, for […]
Our mail out of Melbourne is that a very well-known and loved Melbourne bookies clerk was seen strolling out of a garishly painted Mason Street, Newport tobacconist store this week with ten cartons of gaspers tucked under his wing. The problem is that the bloke – whose name is Renoir, or Rimbaud, or Rosscoe or […]
