Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
Luke Tarrant was back in court on Thursday, for another mention of three charges of armed robbery. We are told that Tarrant is alleged to have robbed or attempted to rob his local store, and then gone back and done it again. These are simply allegations. But gee they make you wonder don’t they? Ice. […]
Story by Jared Lynch, The Australian Chinese junket operator Alvin Chau had “direct influence” on Chow Tai Fook and Far East Consortium – groups that have partnered with Star Entertainment on billions of dollars of casino resort projects – an inquiry has heard. Ahead of a risk assessment of Mr Chau’s Suncity junket in April […]
The news hot out of the NSW Supreme Court is that the three harness racing Ford brothers – Nathan, Mitchell and Tyler – charged with serious drug offences in NSW have this afternoon been granted bail. At this stage we don’t know the terms of their interim release from jail or what bail conditions the […]
Greg Eurell is quite a distinguished racehorse trainer. He has won multiple Group 1 races with Apache Cat, and a Cox Plate with Pinker Pinker. Eurell has an all but spotless reputation, and we don’t seek to besmirch it. But if what the police are saying is true – and we don’t have an opinion […]
Word is filtering through from the south that a former Victorian trainer Grant Dalziel and former Victorian jockey Brian Park have been pinched by police over a billion dollar cocaine importation. Neither was much chop on the track. It appears they are not much better at importing coke. Winners win. This pair have lost. They […]
Story by Eliza Barr: Daily Telegraph Multiple harness racing industry identities have been charged with allegedly ferrying drugs and cash on passenger flights and through the mail between NSW and Tasmania, court documents have revealed. The harness racing world was rocked after Menangle Park horse owner Justin Downey was charged with directing an alleged syndicate […]
Story by Lucy Rutherford: Adelaide Advertiser Original Operation Ironside arrest Andrew Benz awaits fate for trafficking 50kg of methamphetamine concealed in horse feed An original AN0M player, known as ‘The Pope’ awaits his fate after he made the “catastrophic” decision to transport 50kg of methamphetamine hidden in horse feed. A horse trainer with a “nothing […]
Dezi Freeman is dead. Good. So her deserves to be. Why should he live and those innocent police officers that he murdered die? There is no way it should happen. Freeman was a f**kwit and and a gutless piece of s**t who shot two Australians when they weren’t looking, then abandoned his wife and kids […]
Highly decorated? I have never even hear of the bloke. Have you? Story by Charlie Dadds A once highly decorated Australian athlete has been jailed after he descended into a life of crime and drugs following a career-ending fall and the sudden death of his wife. Former jockey Mark William Aghan, 65, was sentenced in […]
The attacks on SA trot trainer continue apace, this time with overnight graffiti on the signs in the back straight at Globe Derby. I’m not sure whether its by sheer coincidence or because the vandal knows the lay of the land, but the signs that were spraypainted are just out of camera range on the […]
