Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
Forget that she is a trot driver, the Sheryl Wigg case in New Zealand is one that should be watched closely by racing participants on both sides of the Tasman, and in all codes, for two reasons. The first is challenges the NZ High Court to make a determination on the long vexing issue of […]
There were just three horses pre-race swabbed at the Gold Coast gallops meeting on Saturday. Two of them were in the same race, number three. They were Argyle Belle which started at $10.00 and ran 6th, and Value Abbey which started at $51.00 and ran to its price by being tailed out 15 lengths at […]
We broke the story this week about Marc Van Gestel leaving Sydney to take up the Chief Steward’s role there, and although the mainstream press haven’t caught up yet, you can be guaranteed it’s true. Based on his performance post race 5 at Rosehill today, they can have him. I’m not sure what was the […]
Robert and John have been training together in very much an unofficial partnership in recent years as the stable has northern and southern bases, with Robert often spending time in Auckland. But the time has come to make the partnership official but with John also the country’s second leading driver it will be Jenna’s name […]
The latest mail on the exodus of Australian racing integrity officials is different to the earlier post. It is now said that Kim Kelly (pictured above), the long serving and internationally respected Chief Steward of Hong Kong Racing, will soon announce his retirement from that role after two decades of sterling service, and return home […]
About seven months ago we wrote a story about a horse called Mark Dunnett, who couldn’t a yard when it was in the barn of Courage Under Fire’s trainer B. Negus, but turned into Batman when transferred to the Woodend Beach stables of Lurch Dunn. In his first six runs for Lurch the 26 starts […]
Alligator Blood Update! Racing Victoria did not respond to the proposal by 5:00 pm that would have allowed 🐊🩸🆎 to run in Vic Spring Racing Carnival where a 15% free interest in AB would have been donated to Living Legends. Lawyers have been instructed to proceed with Plan B. — Allan Endresz (@EndreszAllan) August 7, […]
Do you remember how last year the QLD Premier and Racing Minister promised us that reforms to the Racing Appeals system would be implemented in the first half of 2022? No more gaming the system on stays they said, we are going to be fair dinkum from hereon in. Oh yeah? Really? We are still […]
Racenet’s chief racing writer Ben Dorries has for some unknown reason become Allan Endresz head cheerleader, and is pleading for the convicted crook who owes Australia almost $12 million to be allowed to continue to race horses, even though he refuses to pay his debts and conceals his ownership interests in family trusts so he […]
Coffee conversations in Bungendore ends with years in jail for trying to import 300 kg of cocaine The extraordinary tale of Adam Phillip Hunter began with an unnamed character called the ‘Coffee Man’, stretched into Africa and ended with the Bungendore businessman jailed for about 13 years for trying to bring an excavator filled with […]
