Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
The word out of Hong Kong is that the CEO of the jockey club Winfried Engelbrecht-Bresges, who we wrote about the other day, is on a massive all inclusive annual salary package of circa $40 million HK. When converted to Australian money that equates to $8 million bucks a year. It seems an incredible sum […]
“What became obviously clear during Covid was that we were on the cliff’s edge because we had no assets,” said ARLC chairman Peter V’landys. “If ever there is another crisis like Covid, we need to be better prepared. Having an asset base is crucial. It’s not a nice-to-have, it’s a must-have.” – PVL, speaking after […]
“Not a lot goes on in the half hour or hour before a race meeting, so it was as much a practical decision as anything,” MRC Executive Director, Racing and Operations Jake Norton said. “It is an attempt to be more efficient.” The Melbourne Racing Club owns and operates the Caulfield, Sandown and Mornington tracks. […]
I told you weeks ago that the Rugby League Player’s Association were pissing in the wind with there timid little put a sticker on your jersey and refuse to talk to the media industrial strategy didn’t I? You can’t a behemoth like Peter V’Landys with jabs. The only way to beat him is to knock […]
Racing Victoria have quickly lost the war haven’t they? Faster than Egypt. Jordan and Syria did against the Israeli’s back in 1967. Everyone in the racing world is slagging the new CEO Andrew Jones stupid new ideas off, and so they should be, for they are just ridiculous. He wants to wire pro jockeys up […]
Well a lot of people don’t know it, cos they are too dumb to see, but Alligator Al – Allan Endresz on his birth certificate – is the one of the smartest blokes in racing. I know one bloke who is smarter, and another one who might be, but outside of that they’re it. So […]
He’s a most exciting horse, Steparty. That was a dominant display. — Matt Welsh (@Matt__Welsh_) June 17, 2023 Is this proper? Matt Welsh is the General Manager of Racing at Racing Victoria. Steparty is a horse trained by a bloke who once served a 4 year disqualification for using a jigger on a horse, an […]
If I am not mistaken, I think my magic crystal ball told me this days ago, and I am quite certain I shared it with you. Let me share something else that the crystal ball told me. B-b-b-baby, you ain’t seen nothing yet. Racing NSW chief executive Peter V’landys is adamant the latest multimillion-dollar The […]
Like others on the fringe of the circle, I was as worried as hell when news leaked out that PVL was going to take on the Cox Plate. “You can’t do that mate” I thought, “you’ll be the most unpopular person in the racing world.” I couldn’t believe he would do it, for it would […]
A few hours after the final race of the majestic carnival at Royal Ascot tonight, in a swank 39th floor ballroom towering above the city of London, at a high class event hosted by the once little wog boy from Wollongong, the Racing NSW CEO Peter V’Landys will make the biggest announcement in Australian racing […]
