Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
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 […]
$1.60 NO $2.30 YES $1000 TIE
Date of hearing: On the papers Date of decision: 6 May 2025 Panel: Judge John Bowman (Chairperson). Appearances: Mr Marwan El-Amar appeared on behalf of the Stewards. Mr Matthew Hyland represented Ms Celine Gaudray. Charge: Australian Racing Rule (“AR”) 115(1)(C) states: (1) A jockey or apprentice jockey must not: (c) bet, or have any interest […]
On the last Sunday in March jockeys Celine Gaudray and Ethan Brown, who are partners, spent the afternoon getting on the piss and punting on the trots and dogs at The Coopers Inn pub in town. They’re both pissed, and they are using Ethan Brown’s Sportsbet account to put their bets on through the app […]
Story by guest columnist The Digger The wheels are falling off Racing Victoria as it scrambles to plug gaping financial holes with mass job cuts, slashed prize money, and a desperate restructure of a sinking ship. In a brutal cull, as many as 30 staff — including on-air talent from Racing.com — have been axed […]
The delivery of the Liandra Gray animal cruelty case decision has copped more checks than a bank teller on a Friday afternoon, with the matter again delayed this week. The decision is now set down to be announced next Tuesday. Barring a new pandemic we are told Gray will definitely know her fate then. We […]
By force of his ‘every man’ persona reinforced through his entertaining post-race interviews and his prominent role on television advertising tractors Bjorn trainer Baker has become somewhat of the voice of the average person in racing in recent times. Baker speaks common sense in a way that is without airs or seeming self-interest, and in […]
We all accept that accidents happen in life, but in a multi-billion dollar industry like racing it is incumbent on those who hold race meetings to have in place contingency arrangements in case of things such as the failure of essential equipment required for race days. Equipment like operational and fully functioning barrier stalls. Somewhat […]
The AI driven race caller of the future, working out of a data studio. He sort of looks like a young D. Fowler too. The move this week by Tabcorp/Sky to slash the number of race callers without putting any new ones on says three things to us. One is that Gillon McLachlan’s public shine […]
