Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
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 […]
Racing Victoria stewards wans the Victorian Racing Tribunal to disqualify the deeply corrupt jockey Michael Por for 20-years. As one who writes for the punter we say that it’s no-where near enough. Poy was the ringleader in the betting scandal involving himself, fellow rider Lewis German, and punter Noah Brasch. He was the one who […]
I wonder what the renowned lover of sand, surf and sea Damion Flower is doing right now. More than likely he is sitting quietly in his prison cell, dressed in standard issue greens, staring up at stains on a colorless ceiling, wondering how it all went so wrong so quick, just as he will be […]
Two prominent young New Zealand harness racing identities have been found guilty of criminal charges relating to the assault of a young stablehand during NZ Cup week in 2021. The men cannot be named, but one is a previously disqualified trainer who has not been relicensed since their penalty expired, and the other a Group […]
Auckland Trotting Club – I The beleaguered Auckland Trotting Club are going so good that on Friday night they cut off the 20% members discount at the bar and restaurant without telling anyone. What next? Do they take the hat around so they can pay the power bill? Auckland Trotting Club – II Murmurs are […]
