Want Your Heart Broken?
There is not much I can say. The video says it all. Poor bloody kid. How brave is he? Give generously.
Like Lemmings Over a Cliff
Whoever said horses aren’t herd animals? They were wrong.
The Swabs Show There are Drugs at Callaghan Park – But is There Asbestos Buried at the Track Too?
According to information that we have received from people who would know, the barrier attendant who returned a positive preliminary reading to a banned substance during this week’s impromptu drug testing operation at the Callaghan Park racecourse was none other than the banned trainer Nick Walsh’s father Troy. The irony is that not only is […]
The Say the Release of the QLD Racing Review Report Will Be Delayed Until After Xmas – The Telstra Shop Ran Out of Copies
Um excuse me Mr Racing Minister, today is the last day of the month …. The inside mail is that the release of the QLD Racing Review has been delayed because the Government refused to agree to the Review Committee’s centerpiece recommendation that the Point Of Consumption Tax (POCT) rate be reduced from 20% to […]
Vale Starter Mr. Rex Kelly – A True Legend of the Game
We were saddened to hear this morning of the passing of former Central Coast starter and long-time racing man Rex Kelly. I never met Mr. Kelly but heard his named mentioned by race callers so many times over the years that it felt like he was an old friend. He was a great servant to […]
China Sentences Former Agricultural Minister to Death with Reprieve – Some SayThere is a Very Important Australian Racing Link to This Story
Tang Renjian accepted cash and property bribes totalling more than 268 million yuan (US$38 million) between 2007 and 2024, the People’s Court of Changchun in northeast Jilin province said in a statement. China’s former agricultural minister was sentenced to death on Sunday on corruption charges, with a two-year reprieve, a court statement said. Tang Renjian […]
Tips and Rumours
No Free Return Which leading Australian standardbred stud is presently the subject of a police complaint made by a disgruntled breeder? The breeder claims that the stud has defrauded them of $100 000 in service fees paid for mares who missed producing a live foal to the stud’s stallions. The mares were allegedly subject to […]
Upheld or Dismissed?
The rider of the second horse Ryan Maloney fired in a protest against the winner, alleging interference at around the 1oo meter mark. Take a look at it from both angles and see what you think. We would have upheld it. The Stewards didn’t. It’s just a matter of opinion. And its theirs that matters […]
A Sad Sorry Mess
That’s a monster of a sentence the 25 year disqualification handed down to jockey James Innes Jr this week by Racing NSW Stewards, one of the heaviest short of life that I have ever seen, although to a 30 year old mid-rung rider life is what it really is. I don’t know what Innes did […]
D. Weir is Lucky He Doesn’t Live in Hollywood
There has been much debate over whether Darren Weir’s 2-year disqualification for using the jigger on his Melbourne Cup runners a few years back was t00 light, manifestly excessive, or just right, with the latter being the broad consensus. Whatever your thoughts on the controversial topic are, there is one thing that is certain beyond […]