Tabcorp has issued an advisory notice to thousands of staff at all TAB agencies around the nation containing a list of names and photographs of more than 100 punters that it has banned from betting in or entering any TAB in the country. No reason is offered as to why all of these people […]
What a Cracker of a Card – Big Ups to Racing QLD – Mangoes Aren’t the Only Fruits in Bowen
The people in charge of running the QLD racing industry must be either masochists who enjoy feeling pain, or sadists who enjoy inflicting it on others, for what other reason could there be for some of the gallops programming decisions over the weekend? Do these people even know the geography of QLD, or understand the […]
Winners Not Welcome at the TAB – You’ll Be Arrested if You Set Foot in the Joint
Take a look at the letter above that Tabcorp have sent a punter. They have banned him from punting at every TAB outlet in Australia. In pubs, clubs, agencies, shops, at racetracks of all codes, in stadiums including the MCG, online, on the phone – everywhere. He is not allowed to even enter a TAB […]
TAB Blunder Costs a Horse a Start in a $10 000 Final
The $10 000 Stawell Toyota Pleasant Creek Final was the feature race on the Stawell program last Friday. To qualify for the final horses had to run in one of the two heats run as the first two races on the card, but here is where is gets slightly odd. Instead of having ten or […]
Spot The Difference? – Puh-Lease Gil – Give it a Spell
How good are the TAB? Not. At 2.15 on Wednesday the screenshot you see on the left was their comment about Point Barrow ‘s chances in the Oakleigh Plate. The horse they have favorite at $3.10 to win the race. This looks too tough too they said. By 5.30pm their opinion had changed. Now all […]
The TAB Are Onto It – Not
The TAB are as usual ont0 it. Not. They have Robbie Dolan riding at Eagle Farm tomorrow. It would be a good trick. The poor kid is in hospital with his arm in traction after breaking his hand on Saturday afternoon in a fall at the Sunshine Coast. Yet three days later the TAB seem […]
Warwoven or Stitched Up?
Warwoven is currently $2.10 on the TAB, which is not the sort of price that anyone would want to be taking about a 2YO that has twice been tested as lame on the day before the race. It should be $10.00 and blowing, but no-one is game to make the call. Or maybe they just […]
How to You Get the First 4 in the Cup Following Archie’s Tips if You Bet in Cash and There is No On-Course TAB? – Ask the Rockhampton Jockey Club
There were a lot of very unhappy punters at Callaghan Park on Melbourne Cup day. The race club didn’t out on a tote or a TAB window, or even a machine. All there was were three bookies, none of them offering anything but win place betting, and with queues stretching some people say up to […]
All Hail King Gil – The King of Ka-Ching
Tabcorp shareholders are praising Gillon McLachlan and declaring him King after the release of its full financial year results sent the company’s share price rocketing to a 22 month high after closing the day at 88c, up from 37c a year ago. King Gil has seemingly miraculously turned a $1 360 million ($1.36 billion) loss […]
The Beauty of Remote Calling
Watch this replay of race 5 at the Maitland dogs last night. This is what happens when your caller is broadcasting the race from their lounge room or the studio. The beauty of remote calling. Ain’t Gillon McLachlan’s cost cuts grand?