Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
It didn’t seem to attract the interest of the mainstream racing media, but we were intrigued about the distance of the King Charles III at Randwick on Saturday being 1609m rather than the traditional (but wrongly calculated) 1600m of the famous Randwick mile that the race was run over last year, and that is used […]
David Barwell Sydney Morning Herald: October 19, 2025 — 1.30pm A plan to redevelop Wentworth Park into an urban park and sporting complex is ramping up as the City of Sydney Council releases images of what the site could look like if the long-standing greyhound racing track at the site is bulldozed to make way […]
The ninth running of Sydney’s Group 1 $20 million TAB Everest set a new record for World Pool wagering today as a 50,000 plus crowd at Royal Randwick watched Hong Kong’s Ka Ying Rising win the world’s richest race on turf. Watched by hundreds of millions of other viewers around the world, Ka Ying Rising […]
A picture tells a thousand words. Some say two to the Valley. Like this one of todays crowd at Randwick says to Peter V’Landys knockers. Have you ever seen so many young people at a race meeting in your life? I’ve been goin to track for half a century and I haven’t, not even at […]
Do you want the long story about the NSW Parliamentary Committee Report into Possible contempt arising from the inquiry into the proposal to develop Rosehill Racecourse or the short one? We will give you the short version because the long one is boring. Racing NSW did absolutely nothing wrong, nor did Peter V’Landys. The whole thing […]
Barry mate it’s late 2025, this is not the breed that Handos and Dumesnys were breeding at Peak Hill a hundred years ago….. These are modern bred horses who are are high or fast class horses under the ratings system and are going to have to go to Menangle and be “on the bunny” from […]
Many in harness racing are puzzled as to why NSW trot trainer Brian Portelli hasn’t been stood down after his horse Red Sapphire threw a positive swab to Levamisole after winning a race at Penrith late last month. After all, Jack Trainor was stood down in June last year when his horse Manhattan threw a […]
Trainer Bernie Hewitt had the only three runners in the fast class trial at Bathurst on Monday. Two of them – the winner Royal Cruiser and the runner-up Jungle Dragon – equaled the track record in the trial. Hewitt’s other runner Our Goat ran 2/10th’s of a second outside it. The record of 1.50.6 at […]
The NSW Greyhound Breeders, Owners and Trainers Association (NSW GBOTA), on behalf of our members, is disappointed by the approach taken by Greens councillors in Newcastle this week. A discussion that held no place with a local council which was overshadowed by political theatre that achieved nothing for the local community. Statements made in the […]
The long awaited report from the Inquiry into Greyhounds NSW conducted by the Hon. Lea Drake is due to be handed down this week. Drake’s report was handed to the Minister for Racing in July, but for reasons known only to the Minister and his staff its public release has been delayed since then. Most […]
