Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
The Sydney Cup’s status as a Group 1 race should be stripped. If this is an elite class affair then we are both monkey’s uncles. Show me a genuine Group 1 horse who has won the once prestigious two mile race in the past 20 years and I will show you a naked centrefold picture […]
You would think that one of the main ideas of race programming would be to attract the largest crowd possible to the track wouldn’t you? You would be wrong. The NSW town of Goulburn has a population of about 25 000. Like in other towns the percentage of people willing to go to the races […]
Self-flagellation is the disciplinary and devotional practice of flogging oneself with whips or other instruments that inflict pain. Expressions of Interest (EOI) are invited from individuals wishing to be considered for appointment as an independent director of the Australian Turf Club (ATC). The board of the ATC, a company limited by guarantee, comprises seven directors; four directors elected […]
I didn’t quite catch the name of the new bloke who called the Menangle trots last might, but gee he did a good job. He doesn’t quite yet have the vocal finesse of Fred Hastings, but he sure does have the class. Fancy being confronted with this finish in your first call. I couldn’t pick […]
Sydney trainer Jason Grimson has today been fined just $2000 by Victoria authorities – with $1500 of the fine suspended – for one pf his horses throwing a positive swab to the powerful prescription only human painkiller Tapentadol, a synthetic opioid similar to heroin. The fine is the same penalty as Vic trainer Wayne Potter […]
Harness Racing NSW’ application for judicial review of the NSW Racing Appeals Tribunal’s decision in Ben Sarina’s successful appeal against his (second) disqualification will be heard tomorrow morning in the Supreme Court. As you may recall the Racing Appeals Tribunal chaired by the eminent jurist The Honorable GJ Bellew SC determined that a person banished […]
… a person becomes bound by Rules upon becoming a participant in the harness racing industry. In other words, whilst the existence of a contract is not a prerequisite, or condition precedent, to a connection with the industry, a person becomes bound by the Rules as a consequence of participation. (emphasis ours). In that case […]
It is by now well known that an agreement has been struck between Racing NSW and the Australian Turf Club (ATC) to allow Morgan Kelly – the man that Peter V’Landys and co wanted to appoint as administrator of the race club, and which the ATC opposed and rejected – to undertake an independent review […]
At a time when progressive principal racing authorities such as Racing NWSW are implementing measures like travel subsidies to financially assist industry participants during this crazy time of war and rising fuel prices pushing costs through the roof, Harness Racing NSW has taken the opposite approach and slugged owners with an extra tax. Well not […]
Detente – the easing of hostility or strained relations The Australian Turf Club and Racing NSW seem to have struck some form of detente. Racing NSW have agreed to continue to provide the ATC with discretionary funding over and above the club’s guaranteed TB profit distributions to pay for the big races over the rest of the Autumn carnival. In return […]
