Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
It was Boort Cup day on Sunday, and a great day of harness racing it was in the main indeed. But there were two major blights on an otherwise fantastic card. Races 6 and 8. Each was run for prizemoney of a miserable $4000, with just $2000 to the winner. The worst races at Burnie […]
.. that the five trainers whose horses threw them, and who have been charged, were told on the sly by Racing Victoria Stewards that if they pleaded guilty all they would get is a $500 fine. In good faith, and based on the representations made to them, the trainers all pleaded guilty. Then at VRT […]
Coffey and his dad, popular Swan Hill thoroughbred trainer Austy, have taken the reins for one of the slots in the inaugural Running of the Bulls, in the Mallee town of Birchip – and organising a massive family reunion at the historic event on Sunday week, March 8. The Coffey family is among the 10 […]
Stavros Kipirtidis is an old Greek dog trainer from Melbourne. He is a bit of a rogue, but this is racing, aren’t we all? One of Stav’s dogs threw a positive swab to hydrocortisone, which is a steroid but nothing like stanozolol or big time performance enhancers like that. It’s the medicine my daughter takes […]
DECISION This is the hearing of an appeal by Mr Luke Nolen, a licensed rider, against the decision of the Racing Victoria (“RV”) Stewards at the Pakenham Race Meeting on 12 February 2026. At the conclusion of the hearing on 19 February 2026 by audio link, the Tribunal announced its decision and advised the […]
Racing Victoria CEO Aaron Morrison reckons that unlicensed foreign bookies pose a real clear and present danger and threat to Australian racing. https://www.racenet.com.au/news/it-is-a-genuine-threat-racing-victoria-ceos-warning-over-illegal-offshore-bookmakers-20260222 What planet is this bloke living in? Obviously not the same one as me. Once upon a time all the big Victorian punters and bookies bet or bet back with Citibet, the […]
So the Chief Steward in Victoria – Ron Montgomery is his name – goes to lunch last week and tells all the diners that Darren Weir is a million to one of getting his license back when he reapplies for it after his DQ expires, or words to that effect. https://www.racenet.com.au/news/racing-victoria-backs-chief-steward-rob-montgomery-over-comments-on-disgraced-trainer-darren-weir-20260223 Hello. We’re in Salem, […]
You can’t say Damien Lane didn’t deserve the 17 meeting suspension he copped for taking out Unit Five, Eurocanto and Alibaba in the Blue Diamond. What you do have to ask is that if Lane was prepared to risk a suspension to get out, then why the hell did he wait so long? By the […]
Zac Spain had a bit of luck this afternoon, and came out smelling like roses. It could have all ended up in the sewer. Spain rode the raging hot favorite Sheza Alibi. He didn’t look like he knew what to do coming around the turn when he stayed in and got cluttered up on the […]
Graham James is a Victorian greyhound, owner and breeder. He bred, owned and trained a slow dog named Baba Bear. It has one start, in a maiden at Ballarat, and finished a well beaten sixth. James claims he was contacted out of the blue by a bloke from South Australia named Shaun Ciavarella, an unlicensed […]
