Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
Yesterday’s debacle in which two-thirds of the Hamilton trot card was bumped from its scheduled spot on Sky 1 to accommodate a gallops meeting at Gilgandra should be sounding alarm bells all across the harness racing world, and causing urgent meetings of the peak body HRA to be called so that State bodies and their […]
This feature story produced by Racing Queensland about International Women’s Day and republished by the Albion Park CEO Scott Steele on the club’s website appeared six months after he – Steele – had been arrested and bailed on charges of rape. The Chairman of the Clun knew, because it was his brother. Racing Queensland knew, […]
1. BACKGROUND This Policy is made under s.102(1)(b) of the Racing Act 2002 (Qld) (“the Act”), which authorises the Racing Queensland Board (“RQ”), as the control body for all codes of racing in Queensland, to make policies for good management. 2. POLICY NAME This policy is named the No Fault Stand Down Policy (“Policy”) and […]
Scott Steele is – or soon to be was – the CEO of Albion Park. SEN is a cracker of a radio station, and a great promoter of sport. I’m sure that Steele didn’t tell them that he was alleged rapist on bail. But still, you have to do your due diligence don’t you? They […]
Okay, you’ve heard what Jimmy Jacques had to say, and what he says the Chief Steward said. Everything is sweet. Bien Hoa jumped in fright at his own spit and knocked over one of the top 3 in the market. It was all sweet. Graham Loch said so. And they expect us to believe this […]
In 50 years of harness racing I have never seen a more blatant race fix that the one pulled in the first at Globe Derby. It was absolutely disgraceful, and you know what? Almost everyone was in on it. At the very minimum four drivers were – Michael A Smith, Dani Hill, Wayne Hill, and […]
Matthew Peden is employed by the New Zealand TAB as it’s Manager of Risk. In this capacity Peden is responsible for the setting and movement of NZ TAB betting markets, and holds ultimate responsibility for the acceptance or rejection of wagers that are placed to win more than the maximum prescribed betting limits. In effect, […]
There are some very strange, and somewhat disturbing rumours circulating about the blaze at Grand Lodge in Forbes, Victoria (near Kilmore) that immolated 12 horses. We do not and will not repeat these rumours for I do not believe them to be true, and cannot and will not countenance any suggestions of arson or insurance […]
The great question coming into Sunday’s season starting APG Brisbane standardbred yearling sale was how much all the wads of cash that company and it’s shareholders threw at the sale in an attempt to beat off the challenge from the newcomer to the trot auction scene Nutrien would stimulate the prices of the youngsters being […]
Kevin Seymour is a man that people in harness racing tend to have very polarised views about. They either like him or they don’t like him, and most hold a view. By and large in recent years they have been against. It’s not because Seymour is an unlikeable man – he is certainly not, in […]
