Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
PETER V’LANDYS: Absolutely. My evidence today will absolutely destroy what they’ve written in that letter anyway because none of it is true. The other thing that was said in Parliament, which is completely false, is that I interfere in stewards’ inquiries. In the 20 years I have been at Racing NSW I have not interfered—and […]
Hundreds of thousands of dollars allegedly went missing from one of NSW’s most successful country race clubs and it only narrowly avoided going under after Racing NSW granted it the benefit of the doubt. The Sunday Telegraph can reveal the mysterious case of the missing cash, which an auditor suggested was misappropriation but the club […]
Racing NSW has collected training cost information from a cross-section of trainers in order to estimate the total payments made by owners for racehorse training, veterinary and spelling costs. Assuming a horse is in work eight months and spelling four months each year, a survey of Metropolitan, Provincial and Country trainers reveals the average annual […]
Returns to Trainers, Jockeys and Stablehands The exponential increases in prizemoney in NSW has not only benefited the owners, but has seen trainers, jockeys and stablehands all receive growth in incomes that far outstrips any other state in Australia. This shared success through the distribution of prizemoney has ensured that all participants in NSW have […]
ATC unsolicited proposal to the NSW Government for the sale of Rosehill Racecourse The ATC has been progressing an unsolicited proposal to the NSW Government for the sale of Rosehill Racecourse. Racing NSW will be analysing this proposal in detail and ensuring the proper due diligence is completed and the outcomes are in the best […]
I’m a massive fan of jumps racing and always have been, but when you have seven horses die during the relatively short jumps racing season and three perish on the showpiece final day, plus a jockey in intensive care wife life shattering head injuries, it’s becoming hard to the point of impossible to mount an […]
If this audio missive sent to KO Racing owners by trainer Corey Geran was supposed to assuage their concerns about the security of their investments and the operations of the syndicator, then I’m afraid to say that it failed. The owners aren’t stupid. They know that KO founder Kobie O’Brien has gone bust and that […]
A jockey who returned a positive swab to meth over a year ago is still riding every week because his enquiry hasn’t been heard, or will it ever be heard? Another licensed person who returned a positive swab to meth and marijuana has been told he will not be charged as the chief thoroughbred stipe […]
Apprentice Dylan Bennett copped a 16 meeting suspension for his ride in this race at Toowoomba on Saturday night. The Stewards deemed to be improper. It’s hard to see from the side on view, but they found that Bennett – in is 3rd the fence in the light blue – directed his out in a […]
It was a good trick apprentice Amy Graham being asked to comment on the performance of Crymenotears in the third race at the Gold Coast yesterday Graham actually rode Fast Fusion in the race. Apprentice Jesse Townsend was on Crymenotears. When reports came about a ruckus in the saddling parade many thought it was some […]
