Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
Racing Victoria changed the Bookmakers Telephone Betting Rules on the 14th of September 2023, and from that date on the new rules apply. The changes made by Racing Victoria removed the requirement for a bookmaker to get a signed Client Authorisation Form from every punter that they took bets from over the phone. “Phew” you […]
Layoff McLauchlan gets the cash ready to give back to the punters The mail out of Melbourne is that a great many Victorian bookmakers are deeply concerned about the implications of the Supreme Court of Appeal’s judgement in the matter of McLauchlan v Ng, and what it might mean for them. As we wrote earlier […]
Victorian bookmaker David McLauchlan’s failed Supreme Court action against punter Allan Ng has far-reaching consequences for his colleagues across the State. McLaughlan had sued Ng for $150 000 that the punter had lost to him placing bets over the phone on the Murray Cod, and then refused to pay. Ng said the bets were unlawful […]
Telephone betting with licensed on-course bookmakers in Victorian is permitted in accordance with the conditions set by the Racing Minister contained in a Ministerial Approval that has been issued under Section 4 of the Racing Act, and only under those terms. The Ministerial Approval permitting telephone betting, and detailing the requirements that must be met […]
Kenneth Buxton and Bianca Reed The disgraceful duo pictured above, former greyhound trainer Kenneth Buxton and his girlfriend Bianca Reed, are among the worst animal abusers that the Victorian Racing Tribunal in Victoria has ever seen. These are not my words. They’re those that the eminent Chairman of the Tribunal Justice John Bowman wrote in […]
The bloke in the video is Robert Walters, the bloke who is Ben Yole’s henchman. Isn’t he a nice sort of chap? Just the type you’d love to see holding a license. Or not, as the case may be.
The full decision of the Victorian Racing Tribunal in the Darren Weir case has now been published, and is available for reading at https://content.vic.gov.au/sites/default/files/2024-07/VRT-Decision-Darren-Weir-Jarrod-McLean-Tyson-Kermond-5-July-2024.docx What is striking about the decision at first glance is that it appears immediately clear that Weir has been sentenced on the wrong factual basis. The VRT has determined that the […]
Racing Victoria (RV) Chair, Tim Eddy, has issued the following statement after the Victorian Racing Tribunal (VRT) today disqualified Darren Weir, Jarrod McLean and Tyson Kermond for serious breaches of the Rules of Racing in relation to acts of cruelty on three horses through the use of a prohibited electrical device known as a ‘jigger’. […]
If you backed the short-priced favorite Fleetwood in race 8 at Caulfield this afternoon you have a right to be very, very upset, particularly after watching this and seeing why you missed the kick. Was this an accident on the part of the barrier attendant? Or was it something a whole lot worse? I don’t […]
Take a look at this will you? It’s a 2 horse workout at Murray Bridge. They’re not racing for sheep stations, or racing it all. But watch what Sam Payne (pictured at top) does. The maniac steers his horse across into Maggie Collett’s mount, and then he reaches over and forcibly grabs her whip and […]
