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Victorian racing’s biggest challenges not with V’landys, but with itself
Another great story from the Asian Racing Report, who have no skin in the game The most damaging war Victorian racing has been fighting has not been with Peter V’landys, writes Bren O’Brien. Victorian racing is often in outright revolt. Such is the nature of an industry which has over 15 stakeholder groups with competing […]
Horse Racing is More Dangerous than Football for Concussions. Why US (and Australian) Tracks are so Far Behind on Safety
Jockey Rajiv Maragh seemed headed for certain victory as his 3-year-old colt Al Basha thundered down the stretch at Belmont Park on that May afternoon in 2007. But just before crossing the finish line, Al Basha suddenly spooked and turned sharply left. Maragh fell from the saddle, getting kicked in the head on his way […]
Dismissed globally, diminished domestically: The Melbourne Cup’s identity crisis
The Asian Racing Report is the best racing publication in the world. It has brilliant writers, and they produce brilliant stories. This from October last year is one of them. In these dark days of cuts to prizemoney in Victoria it tells a story that everyone needs to hear. A second-tier global event or a […]
A Question to Prove a Point
Who won the last 5 Cups? Who rode them? You have 60 seconds to answer. No Googling. Yeah. See what I mean?
Ben Currie Goes to Trial This Morning – Will it Be a March to the Gallows or to Freedom?
Ben Currie’s appeal against being the first strapper to ever get put out on a presentation charge for which a horse’s trainer has been found guilty will be heard in the Racing Appeals Panel courtroom today, and it is a seminal moment in the history of racing. As most know, the Stewards have disqualified Currie […]
Two Sides of the Chynna Marston Story – Only One Can Be Correct – Which One is It?
I know which version I prefer. It ain’t Chynna Marston’s. No-one means Chynna any harm. It’s about the horses. pic.twitter.com/DBmHJjTHOI — Chynna Marston (@chynna_marston) June 10, 2023 This Should clear a few things up.Claire Gee’s response… pic.twitter.com/CfVi51Twsy — John Scorse (@JohnScorse) June 10, 2023
Racing Victoria Proves Once More That It’s Clueless
Racing Victoria’s CEO Andrew ‘Bones’ Jones showed great promise during the month after his appointment, but it soon proved to be all puff and smoke and mirror and one two handed wankery. He is as useless as his predecessor the yuppie Giles Thompson, and as hard as it is to believe, probably worse. RV has […]
My Mate Matt, the Saint
Matt has been my mate since were teens at the racetrack, and I love him. You would too if you knew him. About a decade ago his Mum was diagnosed with severe onset dementia, and all but one of his siblings wanted to put her in a nursing home because they claimed that they didn’t […]
Little Byrnes
It was a wonderful Ipswich family tribute to a caring mum and proud sporting dynasty. Winning the latest Ipswich Auction Sprint Series final with the aptly-named Little Byrnes meant so much for greyhound owner Matthew Cranitch and his children. Little Byrnes was the nickname of Matthew’s mother Margaret, who passed away in September 2018. Incredible […]