Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
This is what the Victoria Racing Tribunal said about Michael Poy’s (pictured) claim that he received no financial reward for the 46 successful bets he relayed to professional punter Noah Brasch. In a word, bullshit. The bets were all Poy’s. —————————————- Charge 19 is based upon betting between 21 April 2022 and 31 August 2022. […]
Now that Michael Poy and his wicked co-conspirators time in the racing tribunals has ended with Poy’s 13-year disqualification from the game, it’s time for them to be criminally prosecuted. In Victoria, the Crimes Act 1958 (Vic) prohibits activity which may constitute match-fixing. These include: engaging in conduct that corrupts or would corrupt a betting outcome […]
Racing Victoria stewards wans the Victorian Racing Tribunal to disqualify the deeply corrupt jockey Michael Por for 20-years. As one who writes for the punter we say that it’s no-where near enough. Poy was the ringleader in the betting scandal involving himself, fellow rider Lewis German, and punter Noah Brasch. He was the one who […]
Take a look at what Tasmanian driver Nathan Ford does here as they turn for home. Bloody hell, how obvious can a cheat be? Ford pretends that he isn’t, but he clearly steers the leader off the fence to let the runner boxed up on his back through. It wins of course. That’s what it […]
Having read the comments made by Justice Bowman in his decision to warn the punter Noah Brasch off for 10 years, I feel confident to say that jockeys Michael Poy and Lewis Germain are looking at very long stints out of racing when their matters come to sentencing. They might even get life, Poy particularly, […]
What the hell was driver Mitch Ford doing here in the 6th race on the Emma Stewart trained Free To Play (no 9. 2nd from the inside on the 2nd row)? Why did he allow the despised $91 outsider Shooin to cross him at the bll? Why didn’t he come out 3-wide ahead of Didyoulousaroosta […]
Here is the guts of what the Stewards say happened, with a bit of our commentary incorporated into the tale. Shane Loone has two horses in race 6 at Gawler on the 12th of August, Majoreholeinmypocket and Illawong Kim. Loone nominates himself as the driver of Majorholeholeinmypocket. Given that he couldn’t drive a nail into […]
One of the most common questions we are asked the casual harness racing observer on this site is a simple one. “How hard is it to fix a trot race?” Not very is the answer, particularly when you have two drivers in on the fix. In 2014 the infamous now banished father and son team […]
Just a couple of weeks ago the Victorian Racing Tribunal upheld a 3-week suspension the Stewards gave small-time driver Michelle Wight for persisting to race three-wide on a $26 outsider, when there was no chance of her getting in. https://content.vic.gov.au/sites/default/files/2024-07/VRT-Decision-Michelle-Wight-11-July-2024.docx If that decision is the baseline, then Steve Turnbull should be given 3 months for […]
Michael Poy was allegedly communicating with the punter who was paying him for information on which horses to back and which ones to lay using disappearing messages on the encrypted app Signal. That sounds like an excellent idea if you are fixing races by pulling horses up, because the last think you want to do […]
