Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
So V’landys as usual leads the charge, and puts up $3 million to help NSW racing participants ride out the knock on effects of D. Trump’s war that isn’t. Racing Victoria do what is always does and falls in behind. Well sort of, but not really, because it’s been badly managed for years and doesn’t […]
I have known plenty of blokes in my time who have gone to a massage parlor after a win at the races. But I have never known one who went to the track to get a massage. Until now. The VRC seem to have extended the idea of a day at the races to include […]
One guess what the good Dr Whiting’s special this week is? If you said My Gladiola then a gold star to you. The Doc got 5 last week. This week she is aiming for 7. I’m backing her.
Lorenzo Carbone is a registered Victorian greyhound trainer and owner, who has most of the dogs he owns trained by others. He is also a man who is active on Betfair. During the year 2021 Carbone had seven of his dogs race for one or more of these other trainers. Most if not all of […]
The Naked Tipster has been hard at work all week on the form for Caulfield. With a bit of luck she’s found us a brace of winners. The message from the Doctor is here’s 3 cheers to backing winners, drinking beer and being buck naked! Go Buckaroo! Happy punting. Have a winning day.
It was Boort Cup day on Sunday, and a great day of harness racing it was in the main indeed. But there were two major blights on an otherwise fantastic card. Races 6 and 8. Each was run for prizemoney of a miserable $4000, with just $2000 to the winner. The worst races at Burnie […]
.. that the five trainers whose horses threw them, and who have been charged, were told on the sly by Racing Victoria Stewards that if they pleaded guilty all they would get is a $500 fine. In good faith, and based on the representations made to them, the trainers all pleaded guilty. Then at VRT […]
Coffey and his dad, popular Swan Hill thoroughbred trainer Austy, have taken the reins for one of the slots in the inaugural Running of the Bulls, in the Mallee town of Birchip – and organising a massive family reunion at the historic event on Sunday week, March 8. The Coffey family is among the 10 […]
Stavros Kipirtidis is an old Greek dog trainer from Melbourne. He is a bit of a rogue, but this is racing, aren’t we all? One of Stav’s dogs threw a positive swab to hydrocortisone, which is a steroid but nothing like stanozolol or big time performance enhancers like that. It’s the medicine my daughter takes […]
Racing Victoria CEO Aaron Morrison reckons that unlicensed foreign bookies pose a real clear and present danger and threat to Australian racing. https://www.racenet.com.au/news/it-is-a-genuine-threat-racing-victoria-ceos-warning-over-illegal-offshore-bookmakers-20260222 What planet is this bloke living in? Obviously not the same one as me. Once upon a time all the big Victorian punters and bookies bet or bet back with Citibet, the […]
