Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
Well you have to say that it’s not often you see us stand up for a Yole. We usually kick the shit out of the bastards every chance we get, and with good reason too because they’re race fixing, joint blocking, horse doping, workers comp dodging, employer superannuation contribution guarantee non-paying, used pacer dogging clan […]
Wayne Yole had lodged an appeal claiming that Tasracing Chief Racing Integrity Officer Heidi Lester’s decision to impose restrictive conditions on his license that would have shut down his business was actuated by real bias. In public bar language that means that he was saying that Lester was out to get him, and made sure […]
So it wasn’t Battle of the Bush winning former trainer David Reynolds who scratched Megan Purvis’ horse from a race meeting at Townsville last year without her permission after all. Apologies to Mr Reynolds for suggesting otherwise. It was a stablehand named Natalie James. We don’t know why she did such a thing, but James […]
The New Zealand racing rules provide that the Racing Integrity Board can order a licensee who is convicted of a rule breach to pay its (the RIB’s) costs incurred in prosecuting them. Imagine that in a democracy. Paying the police to prosecute you. It sounds like Nazi Germany. Of course the more you protest your […]
You can get into the Windsor Enclosure at Royal Ascot for fifty bucks. Peter V’Landys charges $50 to get into the public area for The Everest too. It’s a bit more expensive to go to Flemington for the Melbourne Cup. The cheapest tickets are $90.75 None of these major race day event ticket prices has […]
Trainers across the United States of America are in a mass panic after armed agents of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raided the Delta Downs race track last week and arrested 84 unlicensed illegal immigrants who were working as trackwork riders and stable hands. https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/ice-law-enforcement-partners-arrest-more-80-illegal-aliens-during-worksite All of the illegal workers – mainly trackwork riders and […]
Race six on the Randwick Kenso yesterday was the hottest gallops race I have seen for a long time. A mare named Hasty Honey ridden by Kerrin McEvoy was backed from $9.00 into $3.00. It jumped straight to the front. Every other jockey in the race put the handbrake on. J-Mac on the 5/4 favorite […]
The Phantom What has happened to a certain somewhat senior Steward in the Apple Isle? While the official reason for their long absence is illness – and we have no doubt that is true – it is said that being stood down by his employer for reasons publicly unknown didn’t help him get any better. […]
Ray Thomas obviously thinks the phrase Spot The Aussie is okay because he used it today for the headline of one of his stories today on Racenet, but we don’t. It’s downright racist, and Racing Australia should demand that the owners of the horse by the same name that you see at the top of […]
By Neil Breen Published in the Sydney Morning Herald 27/5/2025 The “no” vote prevailed and Rosehill has been saved – now stand by for the fireworks. The fallout will be immense. Peter McGauran, the former Howard government minister, can’t possibly survive as chairman of the Australian Turf Club. His handling of the proposed sale of the famous […]
