Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
What you see above is an excerpt from a recent Victorian Racing Tribunal decision in the cases of trainer/drivers Zac Phillips, Tayla Nicholson and Rob O’Connell. The guts of it is that Phillips had possession of a blood spinning machine which he used to extract 4 vials of blood from horses trained by he, Nicholson, […]
Peter Chadwick was appointed as Chief Steward of Harness Racing Victoria toward the end of last year. He has been to less than a handful of race meetings since commencing in the role, and hasn’t chaired a single one. For reasons unknown, Chadwick went missing in action for most of February, and wasn’t seen at […]
This interview by Jason ‘Richo’ Richardson with the old time singer Lucky Starr – the bloke most famous for the song I’ve Been Everywhere Man – appeared yesterday on the Racing Victoria owned racing.com website. Is it any wonder that PVL is running rings around them and has them tied in knots? Peter is good […]
A parcel of big ugly fat-necked wombat headed big bellied magpie legged narrow hipped splaw-footed sons of Irish Baliffs or english landlords Ned Kelly in the Jerilderie Letter, describing Victorian Police. He was a good judge our Ned. Sal Perna was a bull-necked, wombat headed, heavy set, mean eyed former copper who in 2010 became […]
It’s been a long time since we met Nessie, aka the Loch Ness Monster. And an even longer time since she was spotted in the Loch. Peter ‘Pete the Plodder’ Chadwick is the Loch Ness Monster of Victorian Harness Racing. Plod’s the new Chief Steward, but just like when he was the Chief in QLD, […]
Winfried Engelbrecht-Bresges, the CEO of the Hong Kong Jockey Club and man that we call Winnie the Pooh, claims to be an animal welfare expert. Retirement farms for horses are not enough, and the industry needs to find other pathways following retirement, he beats his chest and proclaims. Just like the Pooh declares to anyone […]
The ‘adopted son’ of Hong Kong, Winfried Engelbrecht-Bresges, dressed in a traditional Chinese costume, practised Tai-chi at a function with the elderly. His mate Johnny must have been out the back reading Mao’s little red book on the throne. John Messara AM wouldn’t be out the back in the shadows trying to sabotage his one […]
Well it was nice of the new HRV Chief Steward to turn up to a couple of meetings and get his picture taken, but where has he gone? It looks like Pete the Plodder (Chadwick) is up to his old tricks and spending race days in the office opening and closing doors and shuffling papers. […]
It’s little known to most racing folk, but the CEO of Racing Victoria Andrew Jones is somewhat of a jack of all trades, but seemingly a master of none. One of Jones trades – a failed one – is that he is also a screenwriter. He wrote the script for the movie The Honourable Wally […]
"Given the margin of a short-head and given the amount of interference it's the stewards view that had the interference not occurred that Jacquinot would've finished ahead of Gentleman Roy therefore the objection is upheld." pic.twitter.com/aeMyysTt0v — 7HorseRacing 🐎 (@7horseracing) February 11, 2023 I can’t see the logic of the Stewards upholding the protest in […]
