Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
Sharp ‘N’ Smart is deep in the running for the title of New Zealand’s horse of the year and if his trainer Graeme Rogerson’s winter impressions of him are correct, more elite gongs could await the rising four-year-old in the spring in Melbourne. Rogerson said from New Zealand last week that there are any number […]
Munce leaves Sydney’s Silverwater jail in 2008 accompanied by Junior, a top bloke from Nudgee named Peter Van REDACTED, who played front row for Norths just 2 years after switching over from soccer at SP bookie Bobby Bax’s urgings. He was a great footy coach Bob, and a superb judge. My Uncle Bert used to […]
HONG KONG: An Indian-origin businessman has emerged at the centre of a betting scandal in Hong Kong following charges that a well-known Australian jockey gave him racing tips and used him as a conduit for placing bets in violation of the law. Testifying as a witness with immunity from prosecution, Dinesh Kumar Daswani, a Hong […]
We applaud Racing Queensland’s move to fall in line with the other States except NSW by introducing new concussion protocols that include mandatory race day stand downs and possible further 12 day stand downs for jockeys that are showing signs of concussion after race falls and other head knocks incurred at the track during races […]
As regular reader will be aware it was this website who stirred the possum over the Wiremu Pinn wrong claim issue, and it was our story a few weeks ago that explained exactly how and why connections of horses beaten by one of the Kiwi kid’s mounts when ridden at the incorrect weight could protest […]
Well a lot of people don’t know it, cos they are too dumb to see, but Alligator Al – Allan Endresz on his birth certificate – is the one of the smartest blokes in racing. I know one bloke who is smarter, and another one who might be, but outside of that they’re it. So […]
Meet Neale Parry, the man in charge of Regional Cast. Neale is QLD’s most capable and qualified broadcaster of races at non-TAB meetings. Just ask Racing Queensland. But whatever you do, don’t ask racing people out in the bush. Not unless you are wearing ear plugs. Experience Managing Director CQ Commercial Laundry Apr 2010 – […]
He’s a most exciting horse, Steparty. That was a dominant display. — Matt Welsh (@Matt__Welsh_) June 17, 2023 Is this proper? Matt Welsh is the General Manager of Racing at Racing Victoria. Steparty is a horse trained by a bloke who once served a 4 year disqualification for using a jigger on a horse, an […]
If you knew John Size and Zac Purton in the formative years of their racing careers it would have seemed highly unlikely that either would one day dominate in the cutthroat, competitive cauldron that is Hong Kong racing. And if you knew Size and Purton ten years ago – both the leaders in Hong Kong […]
GRV UPDATE: HORSHAM ABANDONMENT Greyhound Racing Victoria wishes to provide an update regarding the abandonment of today’s race meeting at Horsham and ongoing issues with the track surface. Following the abandonment of the race meeting after Race 5 at Horsham on Tuesday 6 June, the Horsham Greyhound Racing Club, in conjunction with the GRV track […]
