Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
‘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 […]
Former Tasmanian jockey Kyle Maskiell once had a promising career ahead of him. I don’t know quite what went wrong but it all fall apart. Maskiell hasn’t ridden now since 2022. Given that he is nodding his head to four criminal charges today (we don’t know exactly what they are) it seems unlikely we will […]
Here are four Ryland Thoroughbred owned horses racing in Queensland that are going to need to find new owners post haste. Until they do the horses should be stood down immediately from racing. We don’t want to be paying any prizemoney to pedophiles.
Tang Renjian accepted cash and property bribes totalling more than 268 million yuan (US$38 million) between 2007 and 2024, the People’s Court of Changchun in northeast Jilin province said in a statement. China’s former agricultural minister was sentenced to death on Sunday on corruption charges, with a two-year reprieve, a court statement said. Tang Renjian […]
