Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
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 […]
There are whispers out of Tasmania that a number of horses from different stables have become the latest in a conga line of gallopers that have thrown positive swabs to the banned breast cancer drug Formestane. Formestane is an estrogen inhibitor which when taken or administered has a consequent effect of increasing a horse’s testosterone […]
ECHUCA Liam Riordan (Brutal World) Pleaded guilty to a charge under the provisions of AR132(7)(a)(ii) for using his whip two times more than permitted prior to the 100m. Liam Riordan had his licence to ride in races suspended for a total of 7 race meetings, with the period to commence on 12 March 2025 and expire on […]
Bloody Victorians. They should just stay and race at home. Former country bookie and owner of Asian sex workers favorite mining town motel Gary Gorrie recently wrote a passionate defense of country racing published on our friend John Lingard’s excellent website letsgohorseracing.com.au. As regional Queenslanders ourselves – we live in Port Douglas, a town of […]
Jockey Jason Maskiell has been suspended for 3 months over his poor excuse for a ride on My Schieller Wood at Seymour in November. It seems that Maskiell took our unsolicited advice to change his plea from not guilty to guilty, and in return the Stewards dropped the charge of not allowing the horse to […]
Yesterday’s Boort Pacing Cup was a very weird race, both during and after. Collective Works, who was first past the post, lost the race on protest to second placed Lincoln River, who became the official winner. Then, after the protest was decided, Collective Works was disqualified from the race completely, and all placegetters were promoted […]
