Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
Last week we told you the story about how Cantfindabettorman was stripped of it’s ID24 Consolation win after returning a positive swab to Heptaminol, but the horse’s trainer Isabel Walsh escaped with just a fine after Stewards found that the drug had been prescribed by a vet and that Walsh had recorded administration of it […]
It was interesting to read that Darren Weir had engaged Jim Murdoch QC as his barrister in the jigger appeal. D. Weir is a very smart one. In our considered opinion based both on observation and first hand experience – Murdoch KC represented us in a case brought against us by APG, and he slayed […]
There is nothing that gets a punters blood boiling more than a major form reversal that results in a win. We saw one yesterday when the Team Hayes trained Angry Skies took out the Warracknabeal Cup. Angry Skies had gone like a busted arse at its previous two starts this prep. It has run last […]
The hearing of a raft of charges against Victorian greyhound trainer Ivan Chircop – most of them dismissed – lifted a veil on the capacity (or lack thereof) of Greyhound Racing Victoria to effectively employ an intelligence based approach to integrity management. It may also have shone a light on potential nepotism within the organisation. […]
Shoeless in race 6 at Werribee on Saturday was probably the biggest go of the day anywhere in the country. $14.00 into $3.50 it was backed. Someone forgot to tell its jockey Jackie Berriman however. Or maybe they did, I don’t know. There are only two things for sure. One is that J. Berriman didn’t […]
Emma Stewart had runners in each of the 7 heats of the Nutrien Sales Series run today at Melton. She won them all. Colts, fillies, tw0-year-old, three-year old. All Emma’s. In five of the seven races she trained the quinella. How can this happen? These are horses of different breeds purchased at a yearling sale. […]
Now that Michael Poy and his wicked co-conspirators time in the racing tribunals has ended with Poy’s 13-year disqualification from the game, it’s time for them to be criminally prosecuted. In Victoria, the Crimes Act 1958 (Vic) prohibits activity which may constitute match-fixing. These include: engaging in conduct that corrupts or would corrupt a betting outcome […]
The Mallee is alive with chatter about a certain trainer and their love of a drench. They say the trainer is from the south, and travels up for the Mildura meetings. parking their horses and themselves at the gallops track while they are in town. Word is that they did this when they came up […]
Well we weren’t wrong about Taylor Ford’s penalty for her drive in this race at Geelong (shown above) being strongly deserved. Judge Bowman had this to say in his decision to dismiss Ford’s appeal. To employ the meaning of the Rule, the manner in which you drove was unacceptable. You drove the horse almost relentlessly […]
Racing Victoria stewards wans the Victorian Racing Tribunal to disqualify the deeply corrupt jockey Michael Por for 20-years. As one who writes for the punter we say that it’s no-where near enough. Poy was the ringleader in the betting scandal involving himself, fellow rider Lewis German, and punter Noah Brasch. He was the one who […]
