Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
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. […]
Believe it or not, these are the official promotional logos for Racing and Wagering Western Australia’s brand new triple code slot races run on the same weekend brainstorm. This is what happens when you put a bunch of government bureaucrats in charge of a war chest and set them loose. WA racing is throwing over […]
Race 2: TAB BENCHMARK 60 Handicap 800 metres Mr Vista- Slipped at the 500m point then bumped SUNIKI who in turn bumped the hindquarters of BONGANI which became unbalanced. Trainer W Bannerot reported to stewards that the gelding had returned showing signs of lameness post-race. A post-Race veterinary examination was undertaken with signs of […]
Racing media identity Bruce Clark has in recent times turned to trying to be racing’s sage. Starting from a false premise that racing is half rooted, each week in his Racenet column Clark tells us how to fix all the problems that we don’t actually have. It’s fairy tale stuff that happens to some people […]
One freezing cold morning in July of the year 2021 the Sherlock Holmes department of the RIB decided to conduct a covert operation in Kumeu, as part of CEO Mike Clement’s strategy to make harness racing great again by waging a war on turmeric and pepper. Most idiotic adventures start fr0m what seems a good […]
It’s an extract from the QRIC Penalty Sentencing Guidelines for offences proven to have been committed by errant thoroughbred racing licensees. What it’s talking about is the compatibility of the guidelines with the legal rights that a person has under the QLD Human Rights Act. The bit we are interested in is this one: The […]
See this above? It’s an extract from the Racing Integrity Amendment Act 2002, and it refers to how the Racing Appeals Panel must conduct a review hearing. Now think about this for a second. If the Appeals Panel has to be impartial, and to observe the rules of natural justice, then the logical extension of […]
