Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
The Government seems reluctant to tell you who they have appointeed as the new Acting QRIC Commissioner, so we will. His name is Malcom Letts. Mr Letts is no relation to the famous racing man of the same surname John. This Letts is a career public servant who most recently he has held the role […]
Former champion jockey Danny Nikolic will face a Melbourne court next month on charges including aggravated burglary, stalking, intentionally damaging property and theft of a motor vehicle. Nikolic, who rode Mummify to win the Caulfield Cup in 2003, was charged with two other burglary offences as part of an investigation by the Moonee Valley crime […]
Was it really the Macbet tipster Tom Henjak who took top pre-post odds about the Nick Walsh horse Oakleigh that stayed in the Mackay field last week, before Walsh pulled his other two runners out? If so, how did Henjak know in advance what was going to happen? Had he got the gift of foresight? […]
We’ve all seen Steven Bradbury’s amazing gold medal win at the Winter Olympics. The Irish must be right about green being the color of luck. Just watch the horse in the green in the race below. I hope those that backed it didn’t tear up their tickets at the 200 metre mark. They’ll be the […]
Never fear, Saint Gil will fix it. If he ever gets there. His tram must have been delayed.
The new at Sandown that was part of the six million dollar refurbishment plan to attract punters back to the desolate, windswept racecourse on the two Saturdays a year they actually race there. The messiah Gillon McLachlan’s first job is to make sure that it is open on race day. His next step is to […]
This is the reasoning that QCAT Member Richard Oliver applied in hearing – and ultimately dismissing – horse trainer George Sitel.s appeal against a $1500 fine imposed on him by the Stewards for improper conduct, and upheld by the QRIC internal reviewer. Senior Member Oliver is a barrister whereas I am just a mug punting […]
Greyhound racing identity Vince Tullio (pictured above) is a man of rather questionale repute, there can be no doubt about that. Over the years he has been embroiled in controversies about the export of dogs to China for the illegal racing trade, the kidnapping of greyhounds from local Chinese connected trainers who hadn’t paid their […]
In the last week, Rolling Stone magazine has said about Donald Trump that he has become the mother of all pop-culture villains, a globally despised cross of Dominique Strauss-Kahn, Charlie Sheen and Satan. No one wants to be seen as some kind of cartoon villain. Is it any wonder then, that Danny Nikolic has sought to explain his own […]
Gee Eagle Farm is a funny track. It raced like a Soft 7 yesterday when it was only a Soft 5, with horses throwing up clods almost the size of bowling balls. Yet winners were running Good 3 type times. Mishani Lily is only a 2YO, but she won in just 3/4 of a second […]
