Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
With only a day to go until the end of the season, it appears certain that for the first time in memory the super-sire of the 21st century Bettors Delight will not make it into the top 20 US two-year-old sires by average earnings list. Bettors juvenile progeny this year have earned just $7 669 […]
Meatloaf said that two out of three ain’t bad. He was wrong. Three out of four ain’t. That’s how many Dan Patch Awards the racing progeny of Always B Miki won in the first round of the awards handed out last week. Miki’s sons and daughters won both 2YO categories, and the 3YO male award […]
The mail out of Sydney is that another former employee of Harness Racing NSW CEO John Dumesny is about to be appointed to the board. Adam Fairley is his name, the former long-time HRNSW Manger of Industry Development, and the Handicapper and Racing Manager before that. It is said that Fairley – who has been […]
Question Why does the auction house Australian Pacing Gold (APG) own a two-year-pacer named Captain Ravishing that is competing in races, and won at Melton on Tuesday? Question What happened to $80 000 sale of the horse to buyer A. Portelli at last year’s APG Sydney yearling sales? Question If the sale fell through, why […]
Justin Fung, son of Hong Kong Tony. This bloke looks like he can run a $500 million racing empire doesn’t he? And elephants can climb trees. Oh, by the way, this is where his Dad was going to build an international port, and a world class casino. Michael King is another bloke that we have […]
The big news in harness racing this morning is that Victoria – Club Melton – have followed suit with Albion Park by throwing their ownership share in the Australian Pacing Gold into the ring and walking away. That leaves the yearling sales company that was formed as a joint venture between the major clubs in […]
On the 19th of January 2021 Mr FUNG Wing Cheung – aka Tony Fung, father of Justin, boss of Shane McGrath, Mr Aquis – bought 10% of a Cayman Island registered company named Shen You Holdings Ltd, a company specialising in the manufacture and sale of sewing threads, the type used in sweat shops to […]
Crime, casinos and communists In late 2012, the Australian Federal Police arrested a Sydney man and charged him with laundering suspected drug funds. When federal detectives examined his financial dealings, they uncovered a $403,000 deposit into a gaming account at The Star Sydney. A report written by an overseas enforcement agency reveals that when detectives […]
I guess when one of your sires throws an Inter Dominion winner you deserve some fun. I’m just not sure if Alan Galloway from Alabar’s idea of it is the same as man. I rang Al this afternoon to have a chat about his now deceased sire Grinfromeartoear throwing the ID21 winner Boncel Benjamin, and […]
APG Gold have thrown the kitchen sink, the cat, the pool room, the spa and all the cars in the garage at next year’s yearling sale auctions, in a last ditch, all or nothing, desperate bid to stave off the invasion of the multi-national behemoth Nutrien who has walked out of nowhere and threatens to […]
