Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
A reader sent this to us in response to our story about Nathan Day being handed down a 9-month disqualification for reasons unknown It’s checked and correct. —————————————————————————- N Day provided money to Wally Welburn (clerk of the scales) and Trent Williams (racecourse manager) for unknown reasons, but noting that Wally has been well known […]
Well whoever would have thought it could happen? Tasmanian racing has turned the corner. Against all odds, they’ve kicked huge goals. Wagering turnover on the gallops has skyrocketed from $203 million to $343 million, an increase of almost 70% in a single year. Trots turnover is up 65%, from $73.5 million to $121.4 million. Turnover […]
That’s pretty simple isn’t it? Under the New Zealand rules of harness racing a person whose name is entered on the Forfeit List cannot nominate, enter or race a horse, and must not step foot on a racecourse until their forfeit is cleared. A forfeit is a debt, usually owed to the control body, but […]
The eyes of the sporting nation were on Ipswich yesterday, as a race that no-one bar committed punters would ever have known was being run became one of the most watched sporting events in the land, and all because the favourite Sacred Oath was part-owned by a national hero who we lost in terribly unexpected […]
They pay down to tenth place in NSW thoroughbred racing. You get $500. Calmer Karma finished eighth. The five hundred was in the bag. Or would have been if the lead had stayed there. Look where it fell out. It’s hard to earn half a ton in this tough guys town isn’t it?
Queanbeyan’s finest 5 star hotel It was a big day out for the Racing NSW officials at downtown Queanbeyan yesterday, that’s for sure. As hard as it is to believe, they actually made the QRIC mob up north of the Tweed look good. First up they hauled ten professional riders into the dunnies and made […]
“Amateur” – PVL stares down Alligator Al, and tells it how it is This is the rule that egotistical Allan Endrez claims that Peter V’Landys introduced just to get him. Like most things that Alligator Al says and does, it is bullshit. Here is the one that’s got him, and it’s all his fault. (9) […]
International Women’s Day is a wonderful thing. For years my wife Maggie was on the organising committee, and my youngest daughter is today involved. IWD is all about ending discrimination, and have a gender equal world. Hear hear! The Cairns Jockey Club are celebrating the day by giving women free entry to the track. Men […]
Have a goddamn look at this. And try not to vomit. It is the Launceston trots on the 13th of February, and this is the feature race, the $20 000 Sinbad Bay Final. Todd Rattray – the driver of the leader Magician, in the red and white – has taken his foot out of the […]
The head on vision from the Launceston trots on the 13th of February 2022 is there on the Tasracing website. It is there for race 5 too. But it has mysteriously disappeared for race 4. The race in which a horse named Magician was backed to win more than $10 000. One and the same […]
