Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
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 […]
I am sure the connections of Sheza Chiquitita who competes at the Magic Millions meeting on Saturday would be shocked to learn that their filly is now trained by Les Ross. When they woke up this morning it was trained by Kevin Kemp. We’re told she still is. Oops.
The world is narrow and ways are short, and our lives are dull and slow, For little is new where the crowds resort, and less where the wanderers go; Greater, or smaller, the same old things we see by the dull road-side — And tired of all is the spirit that sings of the days […]
James Murdoch KC, aka the Magic Man The favourite game of jockey and trainer’s smart lawyers in Queensland used to be to get a stay of their suspension/disqualification/warnings off for rule breach offences by Stewards in the QLD Civil and Administration Tribunal (QCAT), and knowing the long delays in that multi-faceted minor court of dispute […]
What the hell is the point of this Steward’s footage from the Gold Coast on Saturday? We went to have a look for the head on of Tim Clark’s atrocious ride on the fave in The Wave, and this is all we got. It’s pretty much exactly the same as the standard Sky footage of […]
