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Our Thoughts on the D. Weir Sentencing – He’s Been F**ked by a Fairy

The full decision of the Victorian Racing Tribunal in the Darren Weir case has now been published, and is available for reading at https://content.vic.gov.au/sites/default/files/2024-07/VRT-Decision-Darren-Weir-Jarrod-McLean-Tyson-Kermond-5-July-2024.docx What is striking about the decision at first glance is that it appears immediately clear that Weir has been sentenced on the wrong factual basis. The VRT has determined that the […]

Crime Jockeys Racing

Rising star jockey is accused of stabbing her ex-roommate in the back with a pair of scissors during row over stealing

by : peterprofitracing10 months ago

A young apprentice jockey viewed as a rising star in the sport has been accused of stabbing her ex-roommate in the back during a row over alleged stolen kitchen items. Sariah Skye Champkin, 23, faced Toowoomba Magistrates Court last Friday on one charge of assault occasioning bodily harm whilst armed or in company, as well […]

Racing

Tips and Rumors From Around the Traps

by : peterprofitracing10 months ago10 months ago

The General Manager of which WA race club will appear in court on the 18th of this month to face fraud charges relating to alleged thefts from the club? Is it true that despite his undoubted talents, there are some prominent Sydney trainers who are rapidly tiring of Bailey Wheeler’s ill-discipline and making rumblings about […]

Animal Welfare Racing Trainers

Weir Case Exposes the Sordid Side of Racing in All its Ugly Inglory

by : peterprofitracing10 months ago10 months ago

The Darren Weir case has taken a strange twist, with submissions from his barrister to be heard on when his seried of concurrent 2-year disqualification will actually start. Does it commence from the date Weir’s previous disqualification ended in February 2023, which would mean that it would expire in February next year and that the […]

Racing Victorian Harness Racing Club

Andrew Munz Spits the Dummy Over Racing Victoria Chairman’s Appointment – What a Surprise

by : peterprofitracing10 months ago

Billionaire racehorse owner and inheritor of the family fortune Andrew Munz has never been appointed to a position on the board of Racing Victoria, and doesn’t enjoy enough support among the members to get a vote up, but still somehow the bloke thinks he runs the show. Munz’s most recent demand has been for RV […]

Racing Racism The Gallops

Tyler Leslight Cops 4 Weeks For Racist Remarks

by : peterprofitracing10 months ago

Tyler Lesight had been outed for 4 weeks for calling fellow jockey Wanderson D’Avila a black c**t. It was a remark made for chivalrous reasons, but the way it was delivered was wrong. Everyone knows that D’Avila is a c**t. A wife beating, woman exploiting and then abandoning, violent but cowardly no good piece of […]

Animal Welfare Racing The QRIC

EXCLUSIVE – Meet the New Acting QRIC Commissioner – His Name is Mal

by : peterprofitracing10 months ago10 months ago

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 […]

Crime Racing

Danny Nikolic Charged With Burglary, Stalking, Car Theft and Assault

by : peterprofitracing10 months ago10 months ago

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 […]

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Tips and Rumors

by : peterprofitracing10 months ago10 months ago

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? […]

Racing

Green is the Lucky Color

by : peterprofitracing11 months ago11 months ago

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 […]