Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
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 […]
Graham Quirk (above) before …. And (below) eight years later …. Go figure Is former Brisbane Lord Mayor turned Racing QLD Deputy Chairman Graham Quirk the Benjamin Button of Sunshine State? Does he do Botox? Peptides? Is heavy make up for photos Quirky’s thing? Or does retirement from elected public office simply agree with the […]
Racing South Australia has just announced that the name of its flagship race the Group 1 the Goodwood will from next year renamed the The McAvaney Goodwood, in honor of legendary broadcaster Bruce McAvaney. I don’t know about this. McAvaney is a legend of Australian sport who deserved his induction into the SA Racing Hall […]
Ponzi scheme’ founder’s ominous message to wife, and the missing folder that could reveal ‘everything’ Sarah Danckert September 8, 2026 — 4:50pm A man accused of running a $100 million Ponzi scheme through an Ivanhoe law firm told his wife that if anything happened to him, there would be a folder in his office that explained […]
Inwood is dismissed. Murdoch chimes back in. He refers to a number of affidavits from various people. One is a farrier, another a showjumper, and the third a stockman and farrier. All three say that they saw River Danzka around the relevant time, and that it was in good condition. Murdoch then points to another […]
Peter Inwood is sworn in. He says that when Neal approached him at the races he was with Steward D. Griffiths, and the three of them proceeded to the Stewards room. Inwood tells us that he told Neal that one of the horses in the picture was not his, and he maintains that. A. Turner […]
Murdoch KC challenges Neal about the identity of the informant who gave him the photos of the horses. Neal only knows the person’s first name, not his surname. He doesn’t tell us what the person’s name is. Murdoch has a go at him about not showing both lots of photos to Inwood on the day […]
We are off and racing in the Peter Inwood appeal. Jim Murdoch KC kicks off by saying that there is only one form of evidence against his client Inwood, which is three photographs. Murdoch wants them excluded. He says that the rules of evidence developed over centuries, and these snaps shouldn’t be allowed in. Murdoch […]
