Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
Racing South Australia has just announced that the name of its flagship race the Group 1 the Goodwood will from next year renamed the The McAvaney Goodwood, in honor of legendary broadcaster Bruce McAvaney. I don’t know about this. McAvaney is a legend of Australian sport who deserved his induction into the SA Racing Hall […]
Ponzi scheme’ founder’s ominous message to wife, and the missing folder that could reveal ‘everything’ Sarah Danckert September 8, 2026 — 4:50pm A man accused of running a $100 million Ponzi scheme through an Ivanhoe law firm told his wife that if anything happened to him, there would be a folder in his office that explained […]
Inwood is dismissed. Murdoch chimes back in. He refers to a number of affidavits from various people. One is a farrier, another a showjumper, and the third a stockman and farrier. All three say that they saw River Danzka around the relevant time, and that it was in good condition. Murdoch then points to another […]
Peter Inwood is sworn in. He says that when Neal approached him at the races he was with Steward D. Griffiths, and the three of them proceeded to the Stewards room. Inwood tells us that he told Neal that one of the horses in the picture was not his, and he maintains that. A. Turner […]
Murdoch KC challenges Neal about the identity of the informant who gave him the photos of the horses. Neal only knows the person’s first name, not his surname. He doesn’t tell us what the person’s name is. Murdoch has a go at him about not showing both lots of photos to Inwood on the day […]
We are off and racing in the Peter Inwood appeal. Jim Murdoch KC kicks off by saying that there is only one form of evidence against his client Inwood, which is three photographs. Murdoch wants them excluded. He says that the rules of evidence developed over centuries, and these snaps shouldn’t be allowed in. Murdoch […]
Queensland jockey Corey Bayliss has been jailed for 2 years after pleading guilty to strangling his former partner in front of their child, and then threatening to distribute intimate visual recordings of the poor woman unfortunate enough to have been the victim of his evil acts. Both crimes were domestic violence offences, at a time […]
Archie Don’t forget Phar Lap in Cup week 1930. On Derby Day (Saturday) he won the Melbourne Stakes over 2000m. On Tuesday he won the Melbourne Cup over 3200m. Oaks Day (Thursday) he won the Linlithgow Stakes over a mile. Then on the Saturday he won the C.B. Fisher Plate over 2400m. It’s a feat […]
Then face of evil – conman lawyer John Adams (pictured above) I know a number of people who were conned into investing their life savings in now dead lawyer John Adams mortgage investment fund. There were smart people not mugs. They trusted Adams, who was regarded as pillar of church, the legal profession and society, […]
Four other Jockey Club stipendiary stewards – Jamie Andrew Stier, Kam Shiu-bor, Tony Lam Tsun-hin and Martin Maxwell Knibbs – also testified that they did not question Fradd’s riding and believed he was only ‘settling the horse’ in the early stage of the race – www.scmp.com/article/397408/i-had-hold-horse-back-safety-says-fradd Oh dear. Martin Knibbs was once a senior racing […]
