Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
Racing is a hyper critical game. Noel Callow made a very bad mistake and racially vilified a group of aboriginal Australians, and got punished heavily for it. The jockey they call the King got put out for 10 months, despite his efforts to remedy his wrongs by undertaking at his own expense courses to educate […]
The Sydney Cup’s status as a Group 1 race should be stripped. If this is an elite class affair then we are both monkey’s uncles. Show me a genuine Group 1 horse who has won the once prestigious two mile race in the past 20 years and I will show you a naked centrefold picture […]
Insider Trading? Is it true that after a spate of positive swabs being thrown by horses in the supposedly secure retention barn facility at Menangle used to house runners in big races for two days before they compete, Club Menangle and HRNSW have given up on using the facility and rented it out as stable […]
On the topic of poor race programming, there are only four thoroughbred race meetings today, one each in QLD, Victoria, NSW and WA. The key to maximizing wagering turnover is when possible to schedule your races ten minutes apart so that tote punters who get paid on the declaration of correct weight can collect and […]
Self-flagellation is the disciplinary and devotional practice of flogging oneself with whips or other instruments that inflict pain. Expressions of Interest (EOI) are invited from individuals wishing to be considered for appointment as an independent director of the Australian Turf Club (ATC). The board of the ATC, a company limited by guarantee, comprises seven directors; four directors elected […]
… a person becomes bound by Rules upon becoming a participant in the harness racing industry. In other words, whilst the existence of a contract is not a prerequisite, or condition precedent, to a connection with the industry, a person becomes bound by the Rules as a consequence of participation. (emphasis ours). In that case […]
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 […]
Story by Cameron Bates A man has suffered critical injuries in a bizarre incident at a jockey club in Charters Towers. Queensland Ambulance Service confirmed a male in his 60s had sustained “life-threatening injuries” in an incident, believed to be the Towers Jockey Club on Hackett Tce at 1.44pm. A QAS spokeswoman said the man […]
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 […]
Seminal QLD racing writer Matt Nicholls has for weeks been calling for the Queensland racing authorities to put measures in place to assist racing participants during the current fuel price crisis. Matt’s entreaties make sense. QLD trainers travel further than any others in the country to get to race meetings, and the cost burdens on […]
