Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
Is it true that three prominent Cairns based trainers were hauled into the Stewards room last week to face charges after having horses return positive swabs to arsenic? How can these trainers rumored excuse of contamination stand up, when others training out of the exact same complex haven’t returned any positives to the substance? Will […]
As you the reader will know, we single-handed broke the story of the QRIC’s cuts to the number of vets and swab attendants on duty at Queensland race meetings and ran it hard, calling the integrity body’s actions every name under the sun, all of them which fit. After we’d exposed the plan and told […]
The knockers are out with their knives opposing the sale of Rosehill to create 25 000 new homes where the track currently is a land starved, unaffordable city in which young people largely can’t afford to achieve the great Australian dream by buying themselves a home. Are these anti’s kidding themselves, or are they simply […]
Huge congratulations to Racing NSW and its Racing Mates program leader Pat Webster, trainer of the former Group 1 star Happy Clapper. Horse racing is a terribly tough game, and the pressures on participants are enormous. It’s the reason that we can all name a trainer or rider who has died from an overdose or […]
How about this one then? Jockey Simon Marshall believes that he has cause to lodge a protest against his mount Tristanagh’s stablemate Malibu Magic, who had been backed for a fortune, in the 1989 Magic Millions. Marshall seeks direction from both horse’s legendary trainer J.B. Cummings. Bart decides that it would be bad for business […]
No that’s not him luv. This is a true story. Every word in the exchange and we quote and that the judge said is documented in the published decision of the NSW Supreme Court from which it was sourced. Only the names have been changed. Who needs script writers when real life is as good […]
When pressed on the likelihood of McLachlan getting the top job at Racing Victoria, V’landys had nothing but praise. “I think Gill McLachlan will do a brilliant job,” V’landys said. “He is one of the leading sports administrators in the world, so Racing Victoria will be very fortunate if they get him as chairman. “I […]
There have been a lot of knocks on the Racing Victoria Chairman elect Gillon McLachlan, most of them being that he lacks the racing experience to stand up toe to toe with Peter V’Landys in the internecine war between the two veto holding states on the Racing Australia board. So RV have decided to fight […]
The outgoing Chairman of Racing Victoria and his guileless CEO blame all of racing in the State’s problems on a decline in wagering turnover across the industry. It’s bullshit, and a callow cop out. Sure, Victorian racing’s wagering revenue decreased by almost $3o million. But NSW’s went up by around $21 million. That’s a swing […]
Archie, Let’s reflect on the reign of Commissioner Gillard. Report writers used to assist stewards at TAB venues in writing stewards reports, advising racecaller, on course tote and TAB of correct weight and doing transcripts. These were experienced and loyal people. Apparently the cost was around $300k a year. The solution to a problem that […]
