Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
The scenes from Bondi Beach are just awful. Bodies are lying everywhere, innocent people having a day out at the beach now dead. Australia’s heart is broken. How could this happen here? From amid the terror a hero emerges. A brave, great Australian charges the murderous coward shooting innocent strangers. He put his life at […]
South Australian harness racing trainer Lane Johnson’s property was the target of a fire-bombing attack last night that the family believes was deliberate and perpetrated by someone or ones connected to the harness racing industry. Petrol bombs were launched at the Johnson’s property in the attack, with Johnson’s partner Pay Hayter posting on social media […]
The Menangle crew of alleged cross-state drug traffickers all appeared in the Campbelltown Local Court last Wednesday. Tatts – whose real name is Justin Ashley Downey – appeared by video link for a mention of his extremely serious drug charges and of an application made by a police officer for an order to protect his […]
‘Devastating life events’ led to SA horse trainer Ryan Balfour to drink and drive and pass out in his car, court told Story by Natalie Vikhrov, Adelaide Advertiser A prominent South Australian horse trainer was suffering “devastating life events” – including the loss of the family racing business – before he drove so drunk he […]
This photo was taken a decade ago by Luke Pizzilli, the alleged supplier of a large commercial quantity of drugs and member of Jason Grimson’s lifelong friend Tatts Menangle Crew who was arrested in Western Sydney today when he reported in to the Auburn police station as required by his bail conditions on other matters. […]
Organised crime detectives investigating an alleged harness racing drug syndicate accused of transporting drugs between NSW and Tasmania have now charged an eighth man. The State Crime Command’s Organised Crime Squad Casino and Racing Unit and Tasmania Police have jointly been investigating the alleged intra- and interstate supply of prohibited drugs under Strike Force Chiel […]
You can see what has happened with all these arrests. The NSW cops were all over Tatts (Justin Downey) and his wife for alleged high level dealing. They had phone intercepts obtained under warrant on them both, and in the process of listening learned of the alleged Tasmanian supply link. So after they had sat […]
It appears that we got the detail of jockey Corey Bayliss legal troubles slightly wrong in our earlier story. Bayliss has not been charged with breaching a Domestic Violence Order as we stated in the story. The latest information that has come to light is that he has been charged with an alleged domestic violence […]
Hass Taiba (pictured above with the horse) is best known in racing circles as the former owner of one-time star pacer Captain Ravishing, which was sold to one of Mr Brightside’s part owners earlier this year and transferred to WA. It seems Hass will be having Christmas lunch inside this year. What a terrible way […]
The mail out of Roma Street is that two Queensland jockeys have fallen afoul of police in the past week, one of whom at least a person you would have hoped would be living life on the straight and narrow given their well publicized legal travails over the past year. We speak here of Justin […]
