Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
In one case, the headmaster was condemned for having dismissed a teacher after receiving a complaint of abuse against him, but allowing him to stay on for some weeks till the end of term, so that he could leave without disgrace. Archbishop Aspinall described this as a ‘cover-up’. The truth was that the teacher was […]
Dr Paul Browning is one of the best people that I have ever met. The word good was invented to describe him. The word brilliant was too, but Paul’s far too humble to allow anyone to use it. For more than 30 years I didn’t trust anyone, not a single soul, not even my parents […]
This is recent CCTV camera from a Rockhampton pub. The bloke who gets whacked is Nathan ‘Grubby’ Day. He’s the good guy here. The bad guy is trainer Jamie McConaghy, the fella who hits him, gets ejected, and then comes back for a second crack while the bouncer’s back is turned. How it unfolds is […]
NSW gallops mentor Garry White has never been a great trainer, or really anything much more than struggle street Stan. His career strike rate is about 11%. Between April and September this year he all but doubled it. 10 from 50 at 20% White returned during this period. It would be nice to think that […]
As it set out to root out cheaters, the Jockey Club found two kindred spirits across the Hudson River, at the Meadowlands racetrack in New Jersey. Jeffrey Gural, a second-generation New York City developer, runs the track, which hosts thoroughbred and harness racing. Brice Cote, a former minor league relief pitcher and police detective, is its […]
This is an old story I wrote about 6 years ago while doing a live coverage of the Trade Union Royal Commission. Salem is the Commission. The Sultan is the Commissioner. David Hanna was then a free man, and the Commission’s star witness. I think it is fair to say that I picked him in […]
The word on the street is that a prominent racehorse trainer who has received all the favours in the world is about to be forced to take his medicine. They say that the bloke who helped him cover up his crimes is too. Sean Carroll is the ORIC Commissioner in Victoria. I hear he is […]
“There’s a sucker born every minute.” ― P.T. Barnum So this Baluch bloke is Australia’s most wanted. Everyone is talking about him being granted bail by a goose, he’s escaped and is on the loose, and every police force in the country wants to lassoe him with a noose. The problem is that none of them […]
What does this police raid have to do with yearlings sold to a buyer on tick at the Sydney APG yearling sales in 2020? Where are these yearlings now? Have they ever actually been paid for? Why are none of them registered as racehorses? Is a harness racing licensee somehow embroiled in the arrests? Do […]
Once upon a time the boxer Michael Katsidis was a world champion. Then his beloved brother and gun jockey Stathi died of a drug overdose, and Mick lost the plot. He got on the gear too, and it’s all been downhill from there. I won’t go into Mick’s history, other than to say it is […]
