Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
So all these trainers, jockeys, punters and other clowns are blowing up big time about the track bias at the ‘Bool. Are they insane, incompetent, or just plain imbeciles? Isn’t it the job of the professionals to work out where the fast lanes are, not to whinge about other people finding them? I would have […]
This is the leaderboard after the first 2 days of the ‘Bool carnival. Ciaron Maher is, as expected, on top with 4 wins. Ooh ah has won 3 of the 6 jumps races and both features, the Brierley and the Galleywood, with the Grand Annual still to come. Team Hayes don’t do much in the […]
The chances of Stern Idol ever running in the Grand Annual Steeple at the ‘Bool today were always 100-1, for the reasons that we wrote about early in the week, namely that the champion middle-distance jumper couldn’t get the 5.5km over 33 jumps trip of the Annual running down a well on roller skates. Ciaron […]
Chelsea Prothero, the young former Victorian driver who moved to NSW to Prothero pleaded guilty to charges that: During an interview on 11 January 2024, as part of their application to upgrade her licence from a Stablehand to a Grade B Trainer, she knowingly or recklessly furnished false information to HRV Stewards by stating that […]
The imported steeplechaser Stern Idol is one of the biggest horses in training, standing at a massive more than 17 hands tall and weighing in at around 550 kilos. This French giant has been the dominant jumper in Australia since he arrived at Maher stable door around 2 years ago, and is the warm favorite […]
RV Statement – Chief Executive Officer Racing Victoria Staff@RacingVictoria 10:40am A new CEO will be appointed to lead the State’s peak racing regulator, Racing Victoria, following the resignation of CEO Andrew Jones. Mr Jones said the timing of his resignation aligned with the imminent appointment of a refreshed Board led by a new Chair. “Having […]
So just as it has always been under the doctrine of the Divine Right of Kings, Melbourne high society’s man Gillon McLachlan ascends to the throne, the upstart who wanted to throw away the old school tie Andrew Jones gets exiled, and King Gil gets to hand pick his replacement. Perfec this is. King Gil […]
Racing Victoria presented only one expert witness in the Darren Weir case, an Equitation Scientist (whatever that is) named Dr Andrew McLean. Dr McLean’s role in the case was to demonstrate that the use of a jigger on a horse in training had the potential to corrupt the outcome of a professional thoroughbred horse race. […]
We are not comfortably satisfied that the outcomes of the relevant races were in fact affected. Therefore, the cases of the Stewards succeed or fail on the “likely to affect” provision. It in turn succeeds or fails on the finding of the capacity of the jigger treatment given to the horses to affect the outcome […]
In a decision that has left many shaking their heads in disbelief, Darren Weir has escaped the serious charge of attempting to corrupt the outcome of the 2018 Melbourne Cup, with the judge in charge of the VRT – a former shareholder in horses trained by Weir – describing his use of a jigger on […]
