Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
To the wider racing industry, the vast majority won’t know who Vivienne Leggett is and what she has done for racing, spanning three decades. She was a very successful sponsorship manager of the Hawkesbury Race Club (HRC). She joined in 1991 and worked there for 26 years, with her hard work pumping significant money into […]
This beautiful young woman named Georgie Beresford was employed at the Hawkesbury Race Club. Her mother claims that she became entangled in an affair with the club CEO at the time Greg Rudolph, a married man. She says that after the the relationship between she and Rudolph was exposed, the young woman was removed from […]
All the ‘experts’ on racing TV are making excuses for Thomas Stockdale’s ride on Chief Altonus in the 5th at Caulfield. There is no excuse. Stockdale has been riding long enough not to be excused for this slaughter job from hell. He was weak, that is why he lost the race. He stuffed up the timing […]
The NZ Harness Racing Owners Federation (NZHROF) has quite properly raised concerns about two licensed participants being allowed to continue to work in the industry at a time that they are separately and jointly facing charges of indecent (sexual) assault against a victim who most the industry are aware is also an industry participant. NHROF’s […]
In my opinion, the Club’s conduct, through Mr Rudolph, effectively destroyed Mrs Leggett’s life. She cannot work and, as the joint experts agreed, is permanently incapacitated from doing so because of Mr Rudolph’s and the Club’s conduct. That conduct caused a very serious psychiatric illness that may never be cured. Justice Rares, Federal Court of […]
Disgraced harness racing trainer Cam Jones has formally lodged his plea of guilty to charges of doping one of his horses on the way to the races a couple of months ago. He will be sentenced on Friday, with his inevitable disqualification and loss of his license probably the least of his worries right now. […]
Yesterday the Toowoomba Turf Club and Racing Queensland unveiled what RQ claims to be the Sunshine State’s newest innovative race, the Mort & Co King of the Mountain. It is a slot race, named after a Noosa pushbike race, that is named after a Noosa festival, that is named after a Midnight Oil song. How […]
Isn’t it just great to be taught racing history by people who don’t know it? The picture above is number 2 in the so-called Mr Racing – aka Mr Prior Knowledge of the Fine Cotton Ring In – Bart Sinclair’s top 5 Ipswich Cup winners, as related by ‘racing writer’ Nick Tucker in today’s Courier-Mail. […]
The QRIC Stewards hearing into the assault on trainer Ricky Vale by jockey John Stephens was held yesterday. We don’t have an outcome. Late in the afternoon Mr Stephens advised the Stewards that he was suffering from a medical issue, and the hearing was adjourned. It is unknown at this stage when it will resume. […]
https://twitter.com/EndreszAllan/status/1535868207487037440 Our thoughts and prayers go out to the Endresz family tonight on the loss of their beloved Joy. It’s a great name when you think about it, given how much joy she has obviously brought to those who love her, and who she loves back. God bless her, and God bless the Alligator for […]
