Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
The Racing Post reported Thursday that Phoenix Thoroughbreds has been suspended from racing in Britain. The British Horseracing Authority told the Post the group’s racing accounts were frozen and the decision was made on the basis of finances rather than suitability. Despite a declaration last month that it would no longer race in Great Britain, Phoenix […]
I didn’t know that the NSW Chief Steward was a District Court judge, and I wasn’t aware that he was an expert on defamation law either. Which is no surprise, because he is not. Defamation is one of the most discrete areas of specialisation in the law, and no more than 2-3 percent of solicitors […]
Thoughts on the protest in R2 at Morphettville? @CarboneLawyers #CarboneLawyersProtest pic.twitter.com/NgknHm5yjl — Racing.com (@Racing) August 15, 2020 No-one says it openly, so I will. There is a fundamental problem with the whip rule. It is not the rule. It is the people running the industry and the Stewards that they employ. It is the secret […]
Haven’t these horses improved since they have come here? This has gone to another level altogether. It’s spread eagling them! That’s what the Clifford Park caller said about Point the Wagon, the winner of race 5 at Toowoomba on Saturday night, and wasn’t he right too. Point the Wagon was a 14 start maiden coming […]
According to the indictment, around June 5, 2019, New Jersey regulators tested Maximum Security ahead of the TVG.com Pegasus Stakes at Monmouth Park, a short time after the horse had been given a shot of SGF-1000. During an intercepted call between Servis and Rhein, the veterinarian is heard saying, “They don’t even have a test for it […]
I’m not silly enough to bet at Toowoomba, so what follows are not the questions of a punter talking through his kick, but rather the serious misgivings of a race watcher and writer who can smell something off when they can see it. There are my questions. Are they all just taking the piss out […]
Ever wondered how to make a Denis style special drench? It’s as easy as a quick trip to Woolies, thirty seconds on the scales, a minute stirring the bucket, and a minute and a half pouring down your horse’s nose. Here is the magic recipe. 160 grams Brown Sugar 160 grams Bicarbonate of Soda* […]
No sugar plum choc coated fairies, Sherlock. You’re a genius. They are genius’s these people who run racing in Victoria. Once upon a time not very long ago they laughed at Peter V’Landys, and called him silly little boys and girls stupid names. That silly posh-arse tart from Flemington Amanda Elliott, who was born in […]
And so it begins. Does anyone remember the series of stories I published last year on the subscription site archiebutterfly.com about the Sally Snow affair? For those who don’t, or who didn’t read it, I wrote that the reasons for the sacking of Sally Snow from her role as the senior odds-setter for the TAB […]
What’s going on out there at Toowoomba since Ben Currie went on holiday? Every meeting held there we seem to witness these ill-explained major form turnarounds that by and large defy logic and reasonable belief. Just take a look at the three at Clifford Park on Friday. Form Reversal 1 – Race One 870 metres Won […]