Leading QLD racing writer John ‘Lucky’ Lingard asks this week on his letsgohorseracing.com.au website the question below that many have been posing about jockeys wives (or partners) being tipsters. The answer is that Gai Waterhouse proved in her landmark cases in the late 80’s/early 90’s against being refused a license because her husband Robbie was […]
Welcome Back Minister
Tim Mander is back as Racing Minister after being cleared of any wrongdoing relating to his electoral enrolment in between permanent houses following his marriage break down, and so he should be too. As we said at the time he was never guilty of anything, and was simply a bloke temporarily between a rock and […]
Prayers for Cyril
Story by John Lingard – letsgohorseracing.com.au THE prayers of the racing world are with the family of one of Australia’s favorite jockeys, Cyril Small, who is fighting to survive a massive stroke. Small, 67, best remembered as the rider of the legendary galloper, Vo Rogue, was rushed to Gold Coast University Hospital on Saturday. (PHOTO […]
Chynna’s DQ Reduced From 7 Years to 5 – It Won’t Matter Though, She Will Never Get Another License
One time Sky Channel star Chynna Marston has had her disqualification for animal welfare offences reduced from 7 years to 5 by the NSW Racing Appeals Panel, and her boyfriend Alex Kean has had his cut from 6 to 5 too. Neither of them bothered to respond to the hearing notice, and the pair didn’t […]
Tips and Rumors
Let it Snow, Let it Snow, Let it Snow Some smarties are saying that prominent Victorian bookmaker Lay Off McLachlan is contemplating registering a business called the Sally Snow Fab Club, with him as the Chairman. We for one don’t believe it, because Knackers and Sally’s boss R. Waterhouse aren’t widely known to be close […]
Are We Making it Up as We Go in Queensland?
See the excerpt from the Stewards report of the Emerald race meeting on Monday (above), and the one below. SUMMER SIZZLING – Underwent a pre-race veterinary examination due to having not started in a race for a considerable period of time and was cleared to start. Began awkwardly. Raced keenly in the early and middle […]
He is Here, He’s There – He’s Big Bad Baldy, He’s Everywhere
When you think about it Baldy looks a bit like the horse is he is scoping out for Zjelko. They both have a similar sort of white nose. It’s probably the ice cream. Professional punter David ‘Baldy’ Frolley has become the most loved character ever written about on this website. Every where he goes to […]
Some Things Are Way Beyond the Pale
Random human sampling? WTF? Which riders did they eat? Do you reckon they tasted good? Most of them would be a bit like quail in my opinion, and the ones who aren’t would taste like old leather. Not that there is anything wrong with that. I wouldn’t want a sample of one of them though. […]
This is Out of Kilter – It Needs to Be Addressed
Gitalong wins two races, one at Gladstone, the other at Roma. This bloke’s a rating 71 horse before either win. It doesn’t get any penalty or increase at all for the Gladstone win, and remains a rating 71. Then comes the Roma win and Gitalong goes up just two ratings points to 73. Compare that […]
Baldy Hits the Casino
The last time we saw racing’s everywhere man Baldy, the Forrest Gump of the punt world, was 3 weeks ago in Swan Hill. On Thursday popped up 1700km away at Casino. He has had a haircut in between. It looks like a $5 job at the apprentice barber’s school to me. The fiver was probably […]