Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
Queensland jockey Corey Bayliss has been jailed for 2 years after pleading guilty to strangling his former partner in front of their child, and then threatening to distribute intimate visual recordings of the poor woman unfortunate enough to have been the victim of his evil acts. Both crimes were domestic violence offences, at a time […]
Archie Don’t forget Phar Lap in Cup week 1930. On Derby Day (Saturday) he won the Melbourne Stakes over 2000m. On Tuesday he won the Melbourne Cup over 3200m. Oaks Day (Thursday) he won the Linlithgow Stakes over a mile. Then on the Saturday he won the C.B. Fisher Plate over 2400m. It’s a feat […]
Then face of evil – conman lawyer John Adams (pictured above) I know a number of people who were conned into investing their life savings in now dead lawyer John Adams mortgage investment fund. There were smart people not mugs. They trusted Adams, who was regarded as pillar of church, the legal profession and society, […]
Four other Jockey Club stipendiary stewards – Jamie Andrew Stier, Kam Shiu-bor, Tony Lam Tsun-hin and Martin Maxwell Knibbs – also testified that they did not question Fradd’s riding and believed he was only ‘settling the horse’ in the early stage of the race – www.scmp.com/article/397408/i-had-hold-horse-back-safety-says-fradd Oh dear. Martin Knibbs was once a senior racing […]
Arrowfield principal John Messara was once famously an unabashed friend and supporter of Alan Jones. That was back in the days when the confirmed bachelor Jones was considered respectable, which now seems so long ago. I wonder how Messara feels about his old mate Alan now? We shudder to think. Although to be fair, Messara […]
Luke Tarrant had the criminal indictment against him presented yesterday in the District Court. That means his armed robbery and/or other charges are starting to move quicker to a finale. The question most are asking is whether the one time star apprentice will nod his head to the charges and cop a reduction of his […]
Story by Phil Purser Please be advised that Gitana, the widow of Dan Costello, has advised that a memorial service for her late husband Dan will be held at Albion Park on Sunday 30 August at 2pm. As an aside, Gitana is meeting with me on Wednesday of this week, so that we can work […]
A prominent QLD racehorse owner is said to be up to his neck in the emerging pork industry scandal that has seen four people arrested accused of alleged large-scale financial crimes. The owner – who under the law cannot be named until he makes his first court appearance on 14 September – is, like fellow […]
Race 2 at Emerald on Monday was a disaster. The club has been granted TAB status and given a number of big earning meetings telecast on Sky 1. So they do this. And the QRIC does too. You would have to be kidding. Race 2 is the one where it all went wrong. Pride of […]
Archie Just watching a total solar eclipse in Iceland and they said Australia will get one on Saturday the 22nd of July 2028. Checked it out a bit and its going straight over the Top of Betoota and Bedourie at around 1.30 pm on a that date. It is expected to draw tens of thousands […]
