Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
Story by Richard Callander https://www.racenet.com.au/news/warwoven-for-cox-plate-blue-door-for-everest-trainer-baker-wont-die-wondering-richard-callander-says-20260927 Peter V’landys has gone. Don’t take sides, just applaud the man for what he has done. In his 22 year tenure V’landys secured $3.5 billion in new funding with new recurring annual revenues of $375 million. He raised the Saturday prizemoney of Sydney racing from $45,000 per race to $160,000 […]
“It’s a bit like buying a cheeseburger for the pickle. You don’t do that. People come to our game for the game.” – Peter V’Landys, talking about Grand Final half-time entertainment. PVL reckons that the game sells the show, not the half time entertainment. I guess we will see on Saturday whether or not he […]
This as good a tribute to Peter V’Landys that you will ever get. And all the better because it’s coming from Chris Waller.
We all love Warnie, but it doesn’t mean we should try to get plugs like him. Or like Greg Matthews. Peter V’Landys looks he has tried to better both, Good try son. But in the words of the great man Gus, no, no, no, no, no. Now you have to pay for hair […]
Peter V’Landys will be the NRL CEO by the end of the weekend. Was there ever any doubt that he would? Who else would you want but he? The self-interested fools in NSW racing will long regret letting PVL go. Rugby league fans will love him forever. Australia is the greatest country in the word. […]
A fortnight ago Racing Victoria CEO Aaron Morrison (pictured above) was telling us that the proposed changes to gambling advertisement and inducement laws would slash 30% off betting turnover, and lead to the wholesale closure of country tracks. A Seld-Defeating Argument? – Racing Victoria CEO Needs to Be Careful What He Doesn’t Wish For, Because […]
Eddie McGuire is blowing up big time about Peter V’Landys outsmarting the AFL by scoring a broadcast deal for the NRL that puts the aerial ping boys contract in the shade. V’Landys played them all off a break, Eddie says. Of course he did. It is called the art of negotiation, and no-one anywhere is […]
Finally the $10 million Golden Eagle has been granted Group 1 status. It is about time and long overdue. This is a G1 race every day of the week, and has been since its inception. Just look at the winners of the race below, and note how the Golden Eagle attracts high class runners from […]
Peter V’Landys hasn’t even left the building yet, but all of a sudden the sex has gone out of Sydney racing. God has won the fight, and just to demonstrate it PVL didn’t even deign to gloat. He just moved on, and swung the largest broadcast deal in football history. V’Landys said he was going […]
The Supreme Court decision in the battle between Racing NSW and the Australian Turf Club (ATC) over PVL’s crew’s decision to appoint an administrator to run the Sydney race club is difficult to understand if you don’t get the intricacies of the law, which I don’t but think I get the gist of, and even […]
