Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
There is something big afoot. People are being watched and followed. Phones are off. The Organised Crime Squad is waiting at airports for young trot drivers, and know they are carrying large sums of cash concealed under their clothes. There are no body scanners at the airport she came from, and the arresting officers don’t […]
Where do you find the most hidden treasure? Under the sea. What’s the sea made of? Water. Where was the young harness racing participant going with the $92 grand she had hidden in her bra and undies? West. What’s out west? A trot track. Is there any water there? Yes. What else is there? Hay, […]
Australia’s greatest ponzi scammer continues to be chased for the money he stole after his death. Not many punters ever beat bookie Frank Hudson, not even Tony Mokbel. It will be interesting to see if John Adams gets the better of him from the grave. Bookie linked to Tony Mokbel sues over $100m Ponzi scheme […]
A 23-year-old licensed harness racing participant from Tasmania was arrested at Sydney airport on the weekend after being discovered with more than $90 000 in cash concealed upon their person. The participant, who is a member of a long established harness racing family that is well-known on both sides of the Bass Strait, was detained […]
Some changes may have to be made to field for the Tasmanian BOTRA Novice Drivers Series, given recent turns of events. Things never seem to go right for Tassie harness racing. As the Scottish poet Robert Burns famously told us, the best-laid schemes o’ mice an’ men / Gang aft agley. This is what happens […]
The disturbing news out of Auckland is that a convicted sex offender – who due to court issued suppression orders we shall refer to only as Offender X – is working for, and on the registered South Auckland training premises of, the largest harness racing operation in New Zealand. 10 Months Home Detention For Convicted […]
As we have written several times recently there appears to be an infectious disease sweeping the QLD racing ranks that is making people turn to (alleged) crime and landing them in court before a Magistrate or Judge. Sunshine Coast based rider Morgan Butler is yet the latest to catch the wicked virus. Butler appeared in […]
Our mail out of the BRT is that two one-time bosom buddies are not so pally-pally anymore. The pair, who a few years back were convicted of defrauding Racing QLD, were inseparable in the days when one was a dirt digging contractor and the other a contract manager and they were pulling tender rorts, but […]
Remember all those sedated yearlings that Dean Baring presented at the Nutrien Brisbane sale? The ones that couldn’t keep their heads up and dragged their legs all around the ring? Quite understandably seven of them didn’t sell, both because they were so bedraggled by being hit with ACE, and because they had completely unrealistic reserves […]
Now that Michael Poy and his wicked co-conspirators time in the racing tribunals has ended with Poy’s 13-year disqualification from the game, it’s time for them to be criminally prosecuted. In Victoria, the Crimes Act 1958 (Vic) prohibits activity which may constitute match-fixing. These include: engaging in conduct that corrupts or would corrupt a betting outcome […]
