Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
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 […]
North QLD trainer Belynda Kliese bought a 3yo bay filly named Dark Fae in an online auction. At the time of the sale the filly was trained by Joe Pride, who logic suggests must have been the person in charge of her. Dark Fae was sent north to the buyer by the seller. Or so […]
So V’landys as usual leads the charge, and puts up $3 million to help NSW racing participants ride out the knock on effects of D. Trump’s war that isn’t. Racing Victoria do what is always does and falls in behind. Well sort of, but not really, because it’s been badly managed for years and doesn’t […]
People are always trying t0 tell me that Jett Turnbull is tactically no good. He gets the best drives in races and drives them like the best horse and they win, they say. A monkey could do it. Oh yeah. They think that because I rate Jye Coney the greatest young driver I have seen […]
Earlier in the week Racing NSW used their contingency fund to implement starter payments for owners and trainers of horses to offset their increased costs due to the rapidly rising cost of petrol. Today it is the low paid workers in racing’s turn and work at least 8 hours a week will receive $100 a […]
Those who knock Peter V’Landys are imbeciles in my opinion, and I mean that with the greatest of respect. Just look at what he has done here. The price of fuel is going through the roof, trainers can’t sleep at night worried that they are f**ked, owners are thinking to themselves “Sh*t, how am I […]
Court showdown on cards after Group 1 swab shock Connections of last year’s Group 1 Breeders’ Challenge Final winner are contemplating heading to the Supreme Court after their horse was stripped of the race due to a positive swab charge. Two-year-old filly Ark Sea tested positive to Synephrine following her win at Menangle last October […]
You ever heard of the Retention Barn at Menangle? That is the supposedly secure facility that HRNSW paid millions of dollars to build and who knows how much to maintain to ensure that runners in big races compete on a level playing field, with the aim that no horse gains an unfair advantage over another. […]
