Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
So how does this work? Paul Van Gestel – we will call him PVG – is the son of the gallops trainer Mike Van Gestel, and brother of the former Chief Steward Marc. In October 2020 PVG was a horse trainer himself, although not much of one. He had two runners that month at Hawkesbury, […]
The 12Y0 veteran galloper Hard Stride stepped out in the Country Stampede at Doomben today. I’m not sure if the horse has got a penchant for Diana Ross hit songs or whether his trainer was just confused, but the one thing I do know is that the QRIC Stewards aren’t doing their job very well. […]
Murdoch KC and the Sunshine Band – his client Todd Austin and patrons – have been going after Mt Isa bookie Graham Saunders at the jigger inquiry, accusing him of funding Ric McMahon’s legal defence, with the obvious objective being to shift blame for the jigger use away from Austin and solely onto McMahon and […]
IMPOSING BEAU – Due to a clerical error some gear publications displayed the gelding as wearing both winkers and blinkers. The correct gear changes- Winkers off, Blinkers on. Near the 1100m was checked to avoid the heels of MY ODDETTE which wasn’t completely clear. Jockey R Wiggins the rider of MY ODDETTE was reprimanded as […]
Look at the Stewards Report at the top from Mackay last week? See how there were no swabs in race 1? The reason is because the plane from Brisbane was late. WTF you ask? What’s that got to do with it? The answer should be nothing, but it seems that either the swabbie or the […]
We told you some months ago that TasRacing CEO Paul Erikkson had been sacked from his job. In a more recent article early last month we repeated our claims of his sacking, and questioned how the man could have been subsequently appointed as CEO or the trouble plagued peak body of the gallops sport Racing […]
I’m told that Paul Eriksson is one of those blokes who used to run Enron. The smartest man in the room. In fact we will nickname him Enron right here and now. Back in around June/July a serious complaint was lodged by the usually mild mannered Launceston Greyhound Club (LGC), who claimed that Enron behaved […]
It strikes me as a bit rum when one bloke niggles another bloke all night, for no real reason at all, then calls the other bloke outside, goes outside with the fella he has invited for the stated purpose, gets done like a dinner, and then runs off to the coppers and squeals about it. […]
We are hearing deeply disturbing rumours that a licensed person working in the stables of a well known South-East Queensland trainer is one of the men in the QPS media release below who was last week arrested on child sex charges. The man, who cannot be named for legal reasons, was granted bail after his […]
Five men have been charged with multiple child sex offences following a joint investigation by officers from Argos and the Gold Coast Child Protection and Investigation Unit. The investigation commenced on November 20 on the Gold Coast, identifying the men engaging with Argos Detectives online where they arranged to meet and access a child. It […]
