Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
It’s the protest that has the South Australian racing industry buzzing – and cost one punter a $30,000 windfall. The controversial decision by Racing SA stewards to uphold an objection in the opening race at Balaklava on Wednesday has a few layers and divided opinions. The Gordon Richards and Damien Moyle-trained Call Me Al beat […]
Jason ‘Stubby’ Holder is South Australia’s leading jockey. He is also a liar, a trickster and a cheat. And he is a koala too, a protected species. On the 9th of December, after he had ridden trackwork at Morphetville, the Stewards asked him to come to their office at the track and provide them with a […]
Thoroughbred Racing Northern Territory has responded quickly to out request for information about the 16 retired or deceased horses from a 2022 race meeting that we selected at random. All of these 16 horses are accounted for and records have been kept. This is an outstanding result. We thank TRNT for being so responsive, and […]
Ben Yole had 10 runners at Cranbourne yesterday, but only contested just 3 races. Tasmanian race fixing and team driving has been transplanted to Victoria. Yole’s man Robert ‘Honest Bob’ Walters is the ringmaster. Watch and you will see. RACE ONE Yole has 2 runners. They are Good Feelings drawn the 2, and Major Assassin […]
How good is this for a sports bucket list completed? 1. Watching Rod Laver in 1960 and again in 1969 (along with Margaret Court) 2. Attending every day of the first ever tied Test in 1960-61 3. The first State of Origin in 1980 when Arthur Beetson entered the arena to the chants of “Artie, Artie’’ 4. Attending […]
A punter who consumed two “bags”of cocaine in a matter of hours at the races has sensationally claimed he is behind a failed drug test for a Mark Currie-trained sprinter, throwing the high-profile case wide open. In a stewards’ inquiry on Wednesday, Nigel Soden submitted a statutory declaration saying he petted the Currie-trained End Assembly […]
2. POLICY 2.1. Except as otherwise provided for by this Policy, horses which are trained by or under the effective control of a trainer will not be selected to comprise more than fifty percent (50%) of the starters in any race field. 2.1.1 Where the total available nominations, and therefore race field size, is an […]
There were 10 races on the card at Menangle yesterday. One horse was pre-race swabbed in each. They used to swab two, but I guess someone has realised that the way HRNSW go about the swabbing business that was an absolute waste of time and money and have cut it in half. Given the events […]
In the stuff up of all stuff ups, betting on Saturday’s new $4 million WA slot race the Quokka was this afternoon suspended pending an inquiry into irregularities with the barrier draw. It turns out what happened is that midway through the draw Uncommon James barrier was by mistake called out as Massimo’s, and all […]
Peter Chadwick never used to go the races much when he was the Chief gallops steward in QLD. There always seemed to be something more important on. The Plodder is down heading the integrity team at the trots in Victoria these days. Nothing much seems to have changed. Chadwick’s been to one meeting all month. […]
