Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
The latest newsletter to Australian Turf Club (ATC) members from administrator Morgan Kelly reveals that the cash strapped club spent $4 million in legal fees fighting Racing NSW’s moves to put it under Kelly’s control. Four million dollars for the lawyers! Only to lose. Is it any wonder that the ATC finds itself under administration […]
See the bloke in the picture with the camera, standing just inside the running rail at about the 300 mark in race three at the Gold Coast yesterday? Who is he? And what the hell is he doing there? For a starters the bloke is far too close to the runners, close enough that is […]
Like many racing fans, I got sucked into Cruiserweight and thought he was a real horse of the future. We were all kidding ourselves, just like the Doctor (aka the Nude Tipster) said at the time. A couple of low grade wins in winter doth not a Group horse make. Cruiserweight is a cat. A […]
“Since I joined the Melbourne Racing Club, improving the performance of our tracks has been a clear priority. Our objective is to ensure MRC racecourses deliver among the best track surfaces in Australia, underpinned by strong internal leadership and external best-practice expertise.” – Tanya Fullarto, CEO Melbourne Racing Club Well if the MRC’s objective was […]
Peter V’Landys will be the NRL CEO by the end of the weekend. Was there ever any doubt that he would? Who else would you want but he? The self-interested fools in NSW racing will long regret letting PVL go. Rugby league fans will love him forever. Australia is the greatest country in the word. […]
Racing Australia has bowed to the long inevitable, and is going to outlaw jockeys use of spurs. Spurs are getting banned. It’s sort of apropos of nothing, for spurs is a misnomer. They’ve been blunt for years. The ones that are about to be outlawed look like this. Sure they probably hurt a horse a […]
Mr Ryland is Luke Ryland, the owner of Ryland Thoroughbreds and an all time grub. He is piece of shit lowlife who late last year was convicted of sexually abusing a 5-year-old girl. Ryland escaped a jail sentence due to his being in a wheelchair after having both pins amputated. https://www.thecourier.com.au/story/9336436/luke-ryland-horse-breeder-avoids-jail-after-child-assault/ Sadly for him though […]
Thou Shalt Not Trouser Thy Jailed Mate’s Money Which colourful Brisbane racing identity, who in a former life was colourful NSW police officer, has for the past year or so been in charge of delivering money collected in the passed around hat to another colourful former NSW police officer that is presently on holiday as […]
The season proper is started. Spring has sprung. It’s Underwood day this Saturday, for mine the real start of the second greatest racing carnival on earth, Royal Ascot being number one. Which makes you realise what a crowded market we have at the top end of the stayers training ranks in Australia, one absolutely dominated […]
Remember us telling you a month ago that a leading owner of racehorses trained by Kelly Schweida had been charged with serious financial crimes involving his business dealings in the pork industry? We told you that we knew the name of the person but were prevented by law from sharing it with you until he […]
