Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
It’s a rare thing for a Minister of the Cloth to be a racing writer. In fact I don’t know of any others. But here we are, and here I am, and I am a holy man and you are not. A visionary to be precise. So shut up and listen to my stories. Blessings […]
Yesterday morning we write about how the Murrihy inquiry report is supposed to be handed down by the end of this week. Late yesterday arvo it is announced that the report’s delivery has been put back by 8 weeks. You have to start suspecting that fix is in don’t you? We certainly not, but there […]
I haven’t the faintest idea what Jamie Kah is trying to achieve by tweeting this statement. She must have been taking advice from Chynna Marston. My focus is on my physical and mental health? I doubt that her physical health is improved any by drinking champagne and snorting coke. So by adding the mental health […]
There were 9 races on the card at Addington last night. 9 horses got swabbed. 8 of them were winners of their race. Only 1 winner wasn’t swabbed. Guess who it was? Bella Button. They swabbed a 9-year-old mare who is the pride and joy of a small-time trainer instead. WTF? Mark Jones has got […]
Court grants Racing NSW right to inspect professional punter’s phone ByChris Roots and Adam Pengilly February 14, 2020 — 4.26pm Racing NSW has been given the green light to image the contents of the mobile phone of professional gambler Stephen Fletcher after the Supreme Court on Friday ruled stewards had the right to look for any breaches […]
The Annabel Neesham trained former Kiwi galloper Regal Lion was backed from $41 into $23 to win the Ipswich Cup on the weekend, and was anchored in plenty of other types of bets too. It seemed rather strange, given that the horse had been by 10.31 lengths the start just before, and 8.35 lengths the […]
GROUP 1 winning trainer Troy Murray and his sons Connor and Jackson Murray have been handed life bans and fines totalling $180,000 for nine live baiting offences. The announcement by Greyhound Racing SA (GRSA) comes following a thorough nine-month investigation after Murray’s Lewiston property was raided in August last year following intelligence and video evidence […]
I have never in entire life seen a more obviously crooked team drive than the one that Kate Gath pulled in the 8th at Melton last night. Gath drove the $1.40 favorite Encipher, trained by Emma Stewart and winner of a half million dollars and last year’s 3YO Filly of the Year award. It was […]
154. (1) If a horse breaks gait during a race, its driver shall take immediate action to avoid interference with other runners and without gaining an unfair advantage restrain the horse to its correct gait before rejoining the race without interference to another runner. Did not happen. Encipher did not break gait. 162. (1) A […]
For reasons that I am not at liberty to explain at present, New Zealand trainer/driver Brent Mangos continuing participation in harness racing is disgrace that brings shame on our sport and all of us who love it. When the suppression orders are lifted you will know exactly what I mean. Let’s go to Wonderland for […]
