Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
Which prominent Group 1 winning NZ training partnership has thrown a positive swab? How costly will it be to the barn and their owners? Who is the high ranking executive at the QRIC who is considering a tilt at Parliament? Would they really give up their tasty salary to take a step into the unknown? […]
As if RV CEO Andrew Jones woes weren’t deep enough already, what with free falling wagering turnover, reduced prize money, a failed attempt to usurp Peter V’Landys by creating a rebel national peak body without him in it, deep unrest within prominent sectors of the industry, and who knows what else, with the list going […]
This is the Stewards Report from race 8 at Doomben yesterday. A question, or two actually. When there were no protests or major incidents in the previous race, and there are no pre-race incidents in this one, shouldn’t the field get to the start on time, particularly when it is only 250m or so from […]
In the current season the top 10 trainers in Victoria have won circa $45 million in prizemoney between them. https://racingaustralia.horse/FreeServices/Premierships.aspx?State=VIC&Season=2023&Table=Trainer In NSW the big 1o have earned about $84 million in stakes for their owners, https://racingaustralia.horse/FreeServices/Premierships.aspx?State=NSW&Season=2023&Table=Trainer Where would you rather be racing your neddies? In the kingdom of Sir Peter V’Landys? Or in the dud-dom […]
The news that horse racing in Macau is shutting down has been portrayed in the mainstream media as shocking, but the truth is that who really cares? Macau racing has only been around for 30 years, and for most of that time has been riddled with mass corruption, illegal betting and race fixing. Jockeys who […]
An international advisory body on horse racing has expressed shock at the Macau Jockey Club’s weekly practice of destroying retired and injured horses by shooting them in the head and is to seek an explanation. The Paris-based International Federation of Horse Racing Authorities, to which Macau, Hong Kong and 50 other racing jurisdictions are affiliated, […]
Eddie Birchley, the original fireman (and no relation to Liam) Hello Archie and all your readers, Well I just had to put pen to paper again. Recent events just keep ringing things in your head and question why bother to be involved in RQ racing scene as an owner or punter. Passion for the horses […]
Nick Williams is one of the great mouths of Australian racing. He is also a parochially Victorian dummy spitter. Being a boy who was born into hundreds of millions he has a sense of entitlement, and daddy’s money makes him presume to be an expert who isn’t afraid to voice his opinions, no matter how […]
Victoria is the jewel in the crown of Australia’s racing industry and I’m confident our 2024 events will continue to attract millions of visitors — whether they be kings or not – Victorian Racing Minster Anthony Carbines, crushed by PVL, and spitting the dummy So King Charlie is coming to visit the colony to have […]
I love Japan and I love Japanese people. Many of them are numbered among by best friends. But gee when they weren’t it was a close run thing. The Cairns, Mareeba, Gordonvale, Atherton and Innisfail races are where the X is, with Cooktown just up the road. That dotted line is where the Axis forces […]
