Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
Arrowfield principal John Messara was once famously an unabashed friend and supporter of Alan Jones. That was back in the days when the confirmed bachelor Jones was considered respectable, which now seems so long ago. I wonder how Messara feels about his old mate Alan now? We shudder to think. Although to be fair, Messara […]
Luke Tarrant had the criminal indictment against him presented yesterday in the District Court. That means his armed robbery and/or other charges are starting to move quicker to a finale. The question most are asking is whether the one time star apprentice will nod his head to the charges and cop a reduction of his […]
Story by Phil Purser Please be advised that Gitana, the widow of Dan Costello, has advised that a memorial service for her late husband Dan will be held at Albion Park on Sunday 30 August at 2pm. As an aside, Gitana is meeting with me on Wednesday of this week, so that we can work […]
A prominent QLD racehorse owner is said to be up to his neck in the emerging pork industry scandal that has seen four people arrested accused of alleged large-scale financial crimes. The owner – who under the law cannot be named until he makes his first court appearance on 14 September – is, like fellow […]
Race 2 at Emerald on Monday was a disaster. The club has been granted TAB status and given a number of big earning meetings telecast on Sky 1. So they do this. And the QRIC does too. You would have to be kidding. Race 2 is the one where it all went wrong. Pride of […]
Archie Just watching a total solar eclipse in Iceland and they said Australia will get one on Saturday the 22nd of July 2028. Checked it out a bit and its going straight over the Top of Betoota and Bedourie at around 1.30 pm on a that date. It is expected to draw tens of thousands […]
Turaroi Tokoma, the slave without the shirt. My kids great-great grandfather. My wife’s great-grandfather – my children’s ancestor – was a slave, stolen from his island home in the waters between the Solomon Islands and PNG, and taken thousands of miles away to labour for white men without wages and at the threat of whipping […]
QUEENSLAND HAS LOST A WONDERFUL RACING MAN – DAN COSTELLO By Phil Purser WHEN Dan Costello lost his long battle with cancer last night in the palliative care section of Redcliffe Hospital, after being admitted there last Wednesday – Queensland lost one of its favourite racing sons far too early at just 67 years of […]
Racing Victoria Chief Executive Aaron Morrison has come out swinging against the Government’s proposed limits on gambling advertisements and the ban on promotions to punters, which the government calls inducements, claiming that it will result in a 30 percent decrease in wagering turnover and lead to job losses and the closure of country tracks. It […]
JD Hayes and Dakotah Keane, pictured above at last night’s Victorian Racing Awards I am a bit confused. I’m quite sure that I saw jockey Dakotah Keane out one night arm in arm with one of the Hayes boys when I was down on one my regular racing trips to Melbourne, not sure which, or […]
