Giving a New Meaning to Being on the Sauce
Gold Coast Greg says he hopes itS tomato. BBQ is for Kiwis and Blues. We don’t cop that type of squeeze north of the Tweed.
Haven’t We Fixed This Racing System Up Hey Hey Hey? – We’ve Selected Dazza Kays!
Take that Kev you wanker. Picture taken in the foyer of Parliament House the day after Jules knocked him off. With a little help from her friends. What the factions giveth Kevin 07, the factions taketh away. You ever met anyone who has hi-fived a Prime Minister sportsfans? Has anyone? Yeah. Me. The new QLD […]
If Only We All Were Lawyers – Or Recognised That We Weren’t
QRIC Stewards toady gave consideration to a request of review from trainer Phillip Sears in relation to the findings that when presented to race at the Rockhampton Greyhound Racing Club meeting held on 1st March 2023, that Crème De Monte, when examined by the attending veterinary officer prior to racing, was found to be in season […]
Moodie Blues – The Past Follows Half a Man – Or He Follows It (First Published 22 March 2022)
David Moodie was once the Chairman of Racing Victoria. He was also the paedophile trainer Gerald Ryan’s biggest owner, and his greatest supporter. When Dan Nikolic spoke out about Ryan’s attack on him as an apprentice, and other jockey’s who had been victims of the grub trainer’s abuse or attempted abuse joined in the chorus […]
Is the Magic Man About to Be Appointed Chairperson of the New QLD Racing Appeals Panel?
The hot word on the street is that Jim Murdoch QC is soon to be appointed as the inaugural Chairperson of the QLD Racing Appeals Tribunal, the body that is soon to assume responsibility for the majority of immediate objections to decisions made by Stewards in the State north of the Tweed. If this is […]
Racing Victoria are the Kid in Backyard Cricket Who Packed Up Their Bat and Ball, and Ran Home Lying and Crying to Mum
Racing Victoria remind me of the kid who packs his bat and ball up when you bowl him middle stump in a game of backyard cricket and runs home to mummy and says Mama those boys are mean. Or they would if it were not for one thing. We are not playing in the back […]
The Greatest Load of Horse Manure That You Have Ever Read in Your Life
Just when you thought racing politics couldn’t get any murkier. It was industry gossip late last year that Racing NSW wouldn’t pay rich strapper bonuses, paid to the handler of the winning horse, if the winning trainer was licenced outside of New South Wales. The common reaction was, to paraphrase, ‘surely not?’, considering that for […]
$18 Million Pissed Down a Well – The NZRIB Are Still Trying to Work Out the Technological Advances in How
Animal welfare investigations are growing in number and complexity are they? This is what the NZ RIB Commissioner Mike Clement – a man who had never even been to the races before he was appointed to the job – claims. Really? Where is the evidence of this so-called increase in animal welfare cases in New […]
The Racing Minister’s Uncle Gerry Bellino Goes to the Big Illegal Casino in the Sky
Many didn’t realise how deeply the Racing Minister was grieving today at Doomben where Grace Grace was keeping her long-standing commitment to the BRC to celebrate International Women’s day at the track. The reason for the Minister’s grief was the recent loss of her much-loved uncle, her mother’s older brother Gerardo Bellino, the Fitzgerald era […]
Big Deal Moves His Post Paid Back Supporting Shag Chair Down the Esplanade to Maccas
Winton ‘Big Deal’ Veall is one of Cairns most colorful racing characters. What color exactly is up for debate. Last time we heard about Big Deal – an avowed fan of Frank Sinatra, and wannabe impersonator – he was at the Cairns Cup meeting squiring around a young lady of the night who was up […]