Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
When Tosel Basil died in December 2018 racing.com – presumably relying on advice from either Ozzie Kheir or Darren Weir – reported that the horse had been spelled after a disappointing rub in the Mooney Valley Cup. That race was run on the 26th of October 2018. Yet on 30 October – four days later […]
Five minutes after we published the previous story about Ryan Wiggins ride on Silver Galaxy in the 2nd race at Doomben today, the Stewards Report went up. Wiggins got away with knocking the horse in the green over completely. WTF? The Stipes say that the horse raced greenly and ducked in of it’s own accord. […]
The news that Darren Weir has today pleaded guilty to criminal charges of animal cruelty in relation to the use of a jigger on three horses spells the end of his career in racing forever, and co-offenders Jarrod McLean and Tyson Kermond’s too. Although Weir’s four-year disqualification from training relating to the same offence expires […]
Racing Victoria has floated wholesale changes to next year’s Spring Carnival, including moving established Group 1 races. RV has privately met with all three Melbourne clubs and consulted Country Racing Victoria, with an appetite to capture the later part of the year when there is little competition from other sports and the weather is typically […]
In the story below Ray Thomas describes the messages between jockey Tom Berry and punter Zaid (Michael) Miller – aka the Butcher – that we have been publishing on this website (yes we are the racing website referred to) as texts. They are not – they are Whats App messages. Whats App is an encrypted […]
Text messages allegedly between champion Sydney jockey Tommy Berry and a prominent punter have been leaked on the internet. Racing NSW stewards are aware of the text exchanges and have widened their investigations to determine the veracity of the messages. The texts, which appeared on a racing website, are allegedly between Berry and owner-punter Zaid […]
This message exchange is from jockey Tom Berry in white, to his punter the Butcher in green. It’s a long way to go from Randwick to Robina just to get a phone isn’t it? Wonder what was in the deleted message? I know! I know! Abba.
This Butcher’s probably the worst punter I have ever seen. Who the hell would back the Raiders to win $23 000 when they are playing away against a Panthers side that has Martin, May, Yeo. Kikau, Fisher-Harris, Leota, Cleary, Luai, Burton, To’o, Charlie Staines and Crichton in it? You’re basically playing the NSW Origin team. […]
