Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
Bookmaker at Longreach yesterday Peter Anderson looks for all the world in the photo like a man who has just run over his own dog, and backed up and squashed his wife’s cat flatter than a pancake too. Anderson’s long face almost makes you feel so sorry for him that you want to walk up […]
Layoff McLauchlan gets the cash ready to give back to the punters The mail out of Melbourne is that a great many Victorian bookmakers are deeply concerned about the implications of the Supreme Court of Appeal’s judgement in the matter of McLauchlan v Ng, and what it might mean for them. As we wrote earlier […]
Telephone betting with licensed on-course bookmakers in Victorian is permitted in accordance with the conditions set by the Racing Minister contained in a Ministerial Approval that has been issued under Section 4 of the Racing Act, and only under those terms. The Ministerial Approval permitting telephone betting, and detailing the requirements that must be met […]
The Supreme Court of Appeal is the highest court in Victoria. Decisions made by it establish the judicial interpretation of the law by becoming precedents that are required to be followed by all other courts in the State. The decision in the case of David McLauchlan v Allan Ng has laid down the law. Any […]
By BEN DORRIES and PATRICK BILLINGS RACENET A rape charge against stood down Albion Park Harness Racing Club chief executive Scott Steele has been sensationally dropped only days before he was due to face trial. In the Queensland District Court on Thursday morning, a notice of withdrawal was presented indicating the Crown would not proceed […]
Is that the stood-down Albion Park CEO Scott Steele who is appearing in the QLD District Court tomorrow for an umpteenth mention of his rape and sexual assault charges? We don’t know. What we do know is that if it is, then Steele’s charges have been separated and will be heard as two different mattters, […]
In February of this year Victorian trot trainer Paul Cauchi was convicted in the Sunbury Magistrates court on counts of failing to provide veterinary care to two horses, and aggravated cruelty to the pair. Cauchi’s offending was particularly egregious. One of the victim horses had two catastrophically fractured legs and burn lesions to both; the […]
John Hunt’s wife Carol, 61, and daughters Louise (top right) and Hannah were killed. Three women killed in a Hertfordshire home were the wife and two daughters of BBC racing commentator John Hunt, it has been confirmed. Carol Hunt, 61, Hannah Hunt, 28, and Louise Hunt, 25, were found seriously injured at a house in […]
A young apprentice jockey viewed as a rising star in the sport has been accused of stabbing her ex-roommate in the back during a row over alleged stolen kitchen items. Sariah Skye Champkin, 23, faced Toowoomba Magistrates Court last Friday on one charge of assault occasioning bodily harm whilst armed or in company, as well […]
As we foreshadowed in our Tips and Rumors column yesterday, the General Manager of the Albany Turf Club Mark Bayliss (pictured) has been charged by police with gaining a benefit by fraud and attempting to gain a benefit for another by fraud. The offences are believed to relate to his employment at the race club. […]
