Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
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 […]
A week ago we told you that we didn’t quite believe the official reason for a trotter named Tedesco blowing from odds on out to $4.40 and getting beaten. Our view was that it got rolled because of the David Moran drive. I reckon we were right too. Last night Tedesco was backed from $2.50 […]
This is taken verbatim from the Stewards inquiry into Jason Maskiell’s hook job at Seymour. It was all his son’s broken collarbone’s fault. Jockey Maskiell’s mindset was all wrong. CHAIRMAN: Okay. Is there anything you want to put forward now to the Stewards? MASKIELL: Yeah. Yeah, just in hindsight, my mindset was probably a bit […]
Jason Maskiell in race 4 at Seymour on the 15th of November. He is in the green, yellow sleeves and red cap, riding the horse with the white blaze. Maskiell one race later, in the yellow with blue and red cap, near the fence. There is a bit of a difference in the rides isn’t […]
Danny Russell and Sarah Danckert The Age. February 7, 2025 Trainers John Symons and Sheila Laxon have denied owing more than half a million dollars to a collapsed company at the centre of their Melbourne Cup prizemoney dispute. The trainers say they are, in fact, owed $26,000 in outstanding fees by Esprit Racing, the company they worked […]
This is an article published on Practical Punting when Jason Maskiell was an apprentice. Some things never change hey? And we’re not talking about Robert Smerdon loading up owner Mike Symons horses. Racing Victoria stewards have accepted an explanation from leading apprentice Jason Maskiell over his ride on Zacroona after the Lee Freedman stable took […]
Why didn’t Sugars let Taylor Ford go and then retake the lead? They wouldn’t have run anywhere near as the fast first quarter, and he’d have been back in front by the half and still a chance. Did the stewards question Sugars drive? After all it takes two to tango at those sectionals. If Ford […]
In a previous life I was a union official successfully negotiating national collective agreements for TV and radio stations, major councils, sporting bodies and national government departments. The one common thread to all was unity: unity of people and unity of purpose. Unity of people as in all rowing the same boat in the same […]
