Campbo Swallows a Fly – What a Cracker of a Way to Kick off Chariots Day
I Swallowed a FLY !!! pic.twitter.com/q6DogQ66uY — Paul Campbellscomments.com (@vege07) March 1, 2024
Todd Balfour’s 5-Year DQ a Lesson to All Licensees – Keep Your Hands Off the Officials, Or You’re Out of the Game
Former Adelaide gallops trainer turned stable hand and trackwork rider Todd Balfour’s 5-year disqualification for pulling down the pants of a Racing SA Compliance Officer who was conducting breath testing after the Kangaroo Island races and fully exposing the official from the waist down is utterly justified, and he was lucky not to get life. […]
Victorian Prohibition on Betting on Minors in Sport Sinks the Bookies at the Stawell Gift – But What Does it Mean For Racing?
The Victorian government’s recently introduced laws prohibiting betting on outcomes that relate to the outcome of the performance of an individual minor (age 19 or below) in a sports betting event has sunk the century old tradition of punting on the foot races at the Stawell Gift, with the organisers of the event deciding that […]
Nobody Loves Poly
Poor Poly, nobody loves her. Especially not Queensland racehorse trainers. All they do is abandon her. Poly is the Sunshine coast cushion track. This Sunday’s race meeting was transferred from the turf track to Poly due to the grass surface being unsuitable to race on. Now due to Poly’s unpopularity there will be no racing […]
Wanna Be a Steward? – Have Bag, Will Travel
Once upon a time racing people of a certain bent used to live in hope of one day becoming a racing steward. Back then it was near impossible to get in if you weren’t from a racing family. Nowadays though it seems that they can’t give stewarding jobs away. Is it any surprise given what […]
Ready. Aim. Fire. Miss. – Jonathon Munz Goes Down in a Screaming Heap
Victorian racing identity Jonathon Munz got a bit of his own this morning when the coup he led against the Racing Victoria board fell flat on its face, with the man who sacked Craig Williams from Giga Kick’s team winning only 3 votes out of 35, leaving them well short of the 24 votes required […]
Are the TAB Really About Racing, or Just Self-Interest?
For almost two decades, former National Rugby League player Mitch Creary (pictured above) has owned and operated a pub for racing enthusiasts in south-east NSW. Punters used to flock to The Commercial in Bega to watch thoroughbred and greyhound racing and place bets through an agreement with Tabcorp and its flagship racing channel, Sky. But […]
Setting it Straight About the Straight – Sort of Anyway, Not Really
Hi Archie, Thanks for your inquiry about The Straight. It appears from your article that you have already done significant research on the business background of The Straight. I refer you to our editorial charter for any questions you may have about our independence. It reads ‘any advertisers, commercial partners or investors in The Straight […]
Notorious Punter Eddie Hayson Arrested for Alleged Drug Importation
Sydney punter and former brothel owner Eddie Hayson has been arrested by NSW police over the alleged importation of 16kg of methamphetamine and 5 kilograms of MDMA. Police picked up the 55-year-old year-old on the Gold Coast on Tuesday morning where he is expected to appear in Southport magistrates court. Officers will allege the interstate […]
Who is Really Funding the Hard Hitting New Racing Website thestraight.com.au?
Many in the racing industry are wondering how the Tasmanian based former Asian Racing Journal columnist Bren O’Brien has managed to fund his immediately prodigious start-up racing website the straight.com.au, and how he has obtained the funds to employ and pay a suite of staff that includes racing journalists, website designers, accountants, and admin workers. […]