Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
America is like Australia, the States regulate gambling, not the Federal Government, however it is different in one hugely important respect. Put in simple terms, that difference is that certain Native American tribes have their own land (reservations, not the type we think of in indigenous terms, but massive tracts of land) and recognition as […]
Many wags around Brisbane are wondering how a well known racing identity and even better known police informant happened to know about the arrest last week of a bloke in Operation Tango Citron, a major drug trafficking investigation by police, well before the busts were publicly announced, and before even the accused man’s bail guarantor […]
You and your silent partner in the nightclub trade have $200 000 cash that you found in dirty pool of water and you want to clean. Silent Sam runs a chain of car washes that take notes and coins, so he has a legit source of high volume, hard to trace cash. You have 20k […]
I missed out on my turn to pay for dinner last time Sheila Laxon and Johnny Symons were up in the Douglas, and no it wasn’t deliberate, I got sick. I doubt it will matter too much after the plunge the perfect pair landed at Doomben yesterday. Symons doesn’t bet a lot, but when he […]
First there were satchel swingers. Then there was the TAB. The corporates came with their algorithms. Marky Mark became Mike Iceberg, and we got Shaq attacked. We all thought we’d seen at all. But then Donald Duck! Whoever thought that Mickey Mouse and his mates would get hooked on the punt? Yes kiddies, that’s right. […]
What you see in the picture is race 8 at Te Aroho (which by the way means Love) in New Zealand. There are eight starters in the race, and Atomic is one of them. Atomic runs third. Neds and Ladbrokes pay a place dividend for him, so do the TAB. So does everyone actually, except […]
Race 5 no 3 – Shan Noble (Each Way) On paper this looks to be Krug’s race for the taking, and it probably is too, but I just haven’t felt the vibe from his two runs since coming back from Brisbane. As such I am prepared to bet against him, but only on an each way […]
We went crap at the gallops on the weekend. Four tips for only one third place, but because we bet strictly win only that is a straight loss of 4 units. Running Total Invest – 31 Return – 43 Profit/Loss – Profit 12 ROI – 38.7% Now to the trots. We had 12 bets (3 […]
Look at the price of Station One in the next in Melbourne. Look at the fluctuations. At its first start they backed this horse from $26 into $5. It got the biscuits. They’ve thrown it up. I’d like to wish them good luck, but it will knock me out of the Quaddie. So the best […]
Melbourne Cup horses, field, form guide: SIMON O’DONNELL is a racing commentator, the founder of Wingara Thoroughbreds and a former Australian international cricketer. I hope Channel 9 pay Simon O’Donnell cash for his tips. Judging by the website for his racing operation Wingara Thoroughbreds at the top of the screen, I suspect that a dark Derby Day […]
