Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
This is the issue that I was talking about at the end of the last story. In her application for a Hight Court judicial review of her manifestly excessive 19 month DQ for giving her horse a turmeric and black pepper paste on raceday, Sheryl Wigg argued that the panel was unlawfully convened, and as […]
The Appellant draws a distinction with the constitution of benches in the Court of Appeal, which regularly involves one permanent Court of Appeal Judge and two sitting High Court Judges. Considering the process outlined above, it is clear that there is an analogy, rather than a distinction, to be drawn between the Appeals Tribunal and […]
The NZ High Court decision in the case of Sheryl Wigg throws up a whole lot of very interesting issues. One is the applicability of the Penalty Sentencing Guidelines (PSG) that are used by the Racing Integrity Board (RIB) to determine a rule breach offender’s punishment. The Kiwi authorities have been using PSG that were […]
This extract is taken from the recent NZ High Court decision in the matter of Wigg v Racing Integrity Board. The Richards referred to is Jamie Richards. Te Akau Racing’s trainer after and before Mark Walker. Richards was an excellent trainer with an unblemished record – according to the Judge – who just so happened […]
You always risk friendships when you tip against your mate’s horse, but the last bastion of freedom is truth, and we always tell it here. My mate Melbourne Merv owns Copy That, who is – judged by his record – without doubt the no 1 pacer in New Zealand. The Mark Purdon trained Self Assured […]
Robert Famularo (right), accepting the trophy from New Zealand’s greatest ever Prime Minister John Key To All Clubs and Kindred Bodies In this open letter I wish to express my real concerns around the behaviour, transparency and competency of the current Board as a collective entity controlling our industry. As a majority, our Board and […]
So Te Akau Racing have identified the cause of the positive swab its Group 1 winner Tokyo Tycoon threw after winning the Sistema Stakes, and they have fingered the offender. It was a strapper of course. It always is. The strapper has met with the Stewards and confessed all. She made a mistake. Trust Te […]
Te Akau racing is a syndicator whose horses have absolutely dominated New Zealand racing over the past four years, with their trainers smashing the others in the premierships, and scooping up most of the cash in the pool. Last year Te Akau’s horses won $6.2 million, double that of their nearest rival the Stephen Marsh […]
Gee that bloke one from the right is good looking. His wife tells him so every time he slings her a few hundred to buy shoes. I hear he writes stories about racing. Katrina Purdon is better looking though. Almost as handsome as Ba. I wonder why Jamie didn’t throw in a watch when Belle […]
I think I might have given you a cryptic tip about this a month ago, but if you didn’t get it now you know. Entain the owner of Neds and Ladbrokes has got the gig to run the NZ TAB. Thank God we all say. This outfit is top shelf, and have been ripping market […]
