Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
Peter Foster, pictured 50m down the road from our joint. Peter Foster got offered a free ticket to see the real Wolf of Wall Street, a bloke named Jordan Belfort, do a speech about how “share his insights on the power of persuasion and how to become a successful salesperson” This was our favorite dodgy […]
It’s no wonder Jim Murdoch is smiling. I don’t feel so bad about him getting me kicked out of QCAT now. Or only a little bit anyway. But always remember Sir, just like Desleigh, those who laugh last laugh the longest. DECISION Racing Integrity Act 2016, Section 252AH Review application number RAP-6 Name: Desleigh Forster Panel […]
We have written before about the incredible success of young Rockhampton trainer Nick Walsh. Now he has done even better. With his winners at Rockhampton on Sunday and at Thangool yesterday Walsh has surpassed his previous record, and lifted his already amazing strike rate beyond the 50% mark for the season. Walsh has now trained […]
The growing preponderance of preferential barrier draws on Victorian metro meetings since the National Ratings system was introduced harbours interesting origins. For years – even decades – there’s been an unverified, almost patriarchal belief that making races more even encourages wagering interest, which raises turnover and increases stakemoney. And, like many things in life, there […]
I have always had trouble comprehending what Jason Bonnington is on about when he gets on his high horse making pronouncements about the state of harness racing and how to improve it, as if he is some sort of super wise sage. Today is no exception. It appears to me that that what Bonnington is […]
What sort of warped and weird world are the NZ Racing Integrity Board living in where a jockey can be sent out of the sport for 6 days on suspension for hitting a horse two times more than permissible in a race, but a male trainer who grabs a female fellow participant by the neck […]
We in the racing industry may often disagree with each other on issues, and we usually do, and aren’t afraid to say it. But there is more that unites us in the sport than divides us, and in this time of utter tragedy the racing fraternity has joined together as one and proven it to […]
This is an appendix to the Operation Inca judgement in New Zealand, the decision that torched the Steward’s chances of getting any information that was obtained under police warrant. In this the Judge explains some of the legal principles involved in the matters that licensees had been charged with. It is fascinating reading for followers […]
The disastrous barrier draw for the Quokka 2 weeks ago brought back non-fond thoughts of a previous draw disaster for harness racing fans with long memories. Legendary WA based harness racing historian and writer Alan Parker describes the events of the 1987 WA Pacing Cup catastrophe in his brilliant and utterly unappreciated seminal classic The […]
Revered priest and social justice campaigner Father Bob Maguire went off to join his maker on Wednesday morning. Just hours before Father Bob, a horse named after him raced in the last at Albion Park. It was in the race after the one Courageous Saint won, which should have been the tip. Father Bob won […]
