Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
POSTSCRIPT ● Pedisnap didn’t win another race for O’Brien after the cobalt violation. Hillyer’s investigation of the trainer was not intended to catch a cheat, but to cover-up for a cheat. ● In addition to the intelligence the Black Horse Newsletter received about the case in Australia, we have found out the name of the […]
Keep looking Joe. We are too. One thing that seems to have flown under the radar on Saturday is the appalling performances of the trio of Joseph O’Brien runners. His three runners weren’t bad, they were awful. Baron Samedi had great staying form in Europe and in the USA. He had won the Vintage Crop […]
Archie Do you now racing is barking up the wrong tree with thinking “animal welfare” is the key issue to sustainability? Well it isn’t, though not saying it’s not important, just not how you think. Something that markedly increases the cost to “bread and butter” breeders and owners – ie requirements to maintain all stock […]
Cato and Clive Partners are a Tory PR firm run by a pair of former Liberal Party staffers. The firm caters to top end of town clients, but we don’t know what they do because Cato and Clive won’t tell us. It is to maintain the confidentiality of the firm’s clients they say. Yeah right. […]
Cast of Characters Honkers – Chairman of Stewards Dingbat – Deputy Chief Steward Planes – Respectable legitimate businessmen, being grilled by the stipes because …..? He can’t remember. Matt – Smallish Asian or Part Asian who pops up out of nowhere from time to time with a bag full of platinum bute. The Poor Bugger […]
You’d love to view the high priced contract between Racing QLD and Regional Cast wouldn’t you? Does it say that the company can broadcast whatever country non-TAB meetings they like, and ignore all the rest? Or that it can only show the punters a few of the ones left over live, and whack the replays […]
All the familiar figures – dressed as always in black – were at St Therese’s Church in middle class Essendon when they buried crime boss, Lewis Moran, the 23rd victim of Melbourne’s latest gangland war. I live nearby and regularly share a beer at the Cornish Arms Hotel, 100 metres down Sydney Road from where […]
Imbibition causes swelling of seeds and results in the breaking of testa. Imbibition is the initial step in seed germination. The water moves into ovules which are ripening into seeds by imbibition. Imbibition is dominant in the initial stage of water absorption by roots. It clearly was a very Good Friday for David Fowler today. […]
