Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
At the risk of being branded a PVL cheerleader, this sheer amount misinformation being circulated by racing industry participants such as form analyst John Walter can’t be allowed to pass without correction, for it poisons the proposed sale of Rosehill debate. Here is the truth about money owed to Racing NSW by the Australian Racing […]
Australian Turf Club Funds generated from a rezoned racecourse (sale of Rosehill) with a Metro Station would secure the financial future of the ATC into the next century Sale would allow creation of 25,000 much-needed new homes Proposed sale of Rosehill offers unprecedented benefits for the entire community, not just racing The proposed sale has […]
Is the rumor true that Todd Austin has had his sentence for the Birdsville jigger slashed in half? If so, why? Are the whispers right that the KO Thoroughbred Racing syndicates will soon be managed out of Barcaldine? What chance are Inglis of getting paid their outstanding accounts? Now that the prosecution has dropped the […]
Have you ever seen a stuff-up like the start of race 6 at Doomben yesterday in your life? The rider of Glorious Ruby gets hurled out the back of the stalls. There is shouting and commotion everywhere, and the official behind the gates raises their hand to alert the starter, but it doesn’t work. Somehow […]
John Hunt’s wife Carol, 61, and daughters Louise (top right) and Hannah were killed. Three women killed in a Hertfordshire home were the wife and two daughters of BBC racing commentator John Hunt, it has been confirmed. Carol Hunt, 61, Hannah Hunt, 28, and Louise Hunt, 25, were found seriously injured at a house in […]
The full decision of the Victorian Racing Tribunal in the Darren Weir case has now been published, and is available for reading at https://content.vic.gov.au/sites/default/files/2024-07/VRT-Decision-Darren-Weir-Jarrod-McLean-Tyson-Kermond-5-July-2024.docx What is striking about the decision at first glance is that it appears immediately clear that Weir has been sentenced on the wrong factual basis. The VRT has determined that the […]
A young apprentice jockey viewed as a rising star in the sport has been accused of stabbing her ex-roommate in the back during a row over alleged stolen kitchen items. Sariah Skye Champkin, 23, faced Toowoomba Magistrates Court last Friday on one charge of assault occasioning bodily harm whilst armed or in company, as well […]
The General Manager of which WA race club will appear in court on the 18th of this month to face fraud charges relating to alleged thefts from the club? Is it true that despite his undoubted talents, there are some prominent Sydney trainers who are rapidly tiring of Bailey Wheeler’s ill-discipline and making rumblings about […]
The Darren Weir case has taken a strange twist, with submissions from his barrister to be heard on when his seried of concurrent 2-year disqualification will actually start. Does it commence from the date Weir’s previous disqualification ended in February 2023, which would mean that it would expire in February next year and that the […]
Billionaire racehorse owner and inheritor of the family fortune Andrew Munz has never been appointed to a position on the board of Racing Victoria, and doesn’t enjoy enough support among the members to get a vote up, but still somehow the bloke thinks he runs the show. Munz’s most recent demand has been for RV […]
