Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
The so called Aussie Fair Play Coalition pretended to be the voice of Australian gambling. The ‘Coalition’ claimed that foreign owned bookies were shifting a fortune of their profits outside of Australia. “Where are these going? Isle of Man?” the paid actors in their anti-every other bookie ads asked. There were three things that the […]
We are a weird mob we punters are. Zjelko Ranogajec – the Joker – is widely regarded as the world’s biggest punter, but he’s not. It’s a dead heat between he and his business partner David Walsh, who has used some of his vast fortune to buy all the land up the road from the […]
Flash Aah has got 64kg in the 3rd race at Cairns tomorrow. That’s 10kg above almost every other horse in the race, and 9.5kg above the one that it isn’t. So what? Super heroes can carry a grandstand in one hand, and save a universe in the other. He’s the best of good things our […]
A former contractor who engaged in corrupt dealings with a Queensland council and the state’s racing body will be sentenced in a Brisbane court on Friday. Wayne Innes, 59, pleaded guilty to a slew of dishonesty offences in the Brisbane District Court on Monday. The court was told the former owner of Landfill Logistics had […]
What is it the Good Book says? I read it last night — it said: That he who sheddeth another man’s blood by man shall his blood be shed! That’s as fair as a man could ask it, who lives by the gun and knife — But the Law don’t give him an even break […]
We told you last week how good the 2yo pacer Smoken Ace was didn’t we, and said how much we really liked him. I hope you listened and took the tip, for if you did you will be rich and smiling this morning. Sm0ken Ace carved them up again last night at Melbourne at the […]
It is during the last race meeting at Saratoga, and one evening I am standing out under the elms in front of the Grand Union Hotel thinking what a beautiful world it is, to be sure, for what do I do in the afternoon at the track but grab myself a piece of a 10-to-l […]
The Eagle is one of our longest-term readers, mainly because he won a competition that we ran upon launching the site with a prize of a lifetime subscription, which means he doesn’t pay. What he does do is punt, predominantly on the AFL. Last night he stretched himself, sending an email in telling us that […]
Do you think it would be odd for a high-profile and very senior politician to be leaking private communications to a man who was once charged with an offence under anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing laws? Even if the guy did get off because of problems with the prosecution brief, it would be a bit […]
When a debutant 3YO pacer runs the best time of the night by a second and a half at a track it’s always good to sit up and take notice, and jot the name of the down in your little black book. I suggest you do with Scarlett May, a little filly by Sweet Lou […]
