Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
On the last Sunday in March jockeys Celine Gaudray and Ethan Brown, who are partners, spent the afternoon getting on the piss and punting on the trots and dogs at The Coopers Inn pub in town. They’re both pissed, and they are using Ethan Brown’s Sportsbet account to put their bets on through the app […]
Story by guest columnist The Digger The wheels are falling off Racing Victoria as it scrambles to plug gaping financial holes with mass job cuts, slashed prize money, and a desperate restructure of a sinking ship. In a brutal cull, as many as 30 staff — including on-air talent from Racing.com — have been axed […]
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 […]
