Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
This interview by Adam Pengilly with Racing Victoria CEO Aaron Morrison appears in the latest edition of the excellent racing publication Idol Horse. It is well worth a read, as is Idol Horse. From Mini Mutiny To Melbourne Cup: Morrison Lifts Lid On Racing’s Tipping Point Aaron Morrison walked into the hot seat as Racing […]
This is the start of race 3 at Ballarat yesterday. You’d want to hope that the horse in the infield wasn’t a hurdler wouldn’t you? Safety first? Not at Dowling Forest.
Jamie Melham is being bagged all over the place for her ride on Gilded Water in the Bart Cummings at Flemington yesterday, but I reckon you have to feel sorry for her really. Melham was riding to instructions by going to the front, but how could she have known that once she got there the […]
As a result of a dispute over whether or not there was a leader bias at Mooney Valley last Saturday – I said there wasn’t, the Doctor said there was – that escalated well beyond its importance, there are no Nude tips for Flemington this weekend. Hopefully that situation may rectify itself some time soon. […]
Cyclone Jeter was a very smart race mare who won 9 from 13 after coming over from New Zealand to the Anton Golino barn, including a victory over subsequent Group 1 winners Maori Time and Sundons Courage. She wasn’t so good at stud though, not for her first three seasons anyway when she missed every […]
We all know harness racing at Mildura has always been red hot – think Rod Weightman and the Cramps – and nothing’s changed. You only need to look at Jack Laugher’s drive on the odds-on favorite Wattaflynn in race 5 last night to realize that. Wattaflynn is a fast beginner, and from gate 2 with […]
We discussed the head to head betting rules of different bookmakers in an earlier article, but the real big question is this. Is head to head betting on Victorian races actually legal? The types of bets that can be placed on Victorian races are prescribed in the Club Bookmakers License Rules and in the Standard […]
One of the great problems with corporate bookmaker licensing around Australia is that the bookies are allowed by the regulators to apply their own unique scale of deductions in the cases of a late scratching/s. This is unnecessary and unfair to punters – there should be a single national scale of deductions that is mandatory […]
A little noticed rule change was introduced in Victoria in late June that alters the way certain alleged rule breach offences by participants are dealt with by the authorities. Prior to the change the following offences were deemed ‘serious offences’ and were heard and determined directly by the Victorian Racing Tribunal (VRT) as the decision […]
The Melbourne Racing Club (MRC), owner of the Caulfield, Sandown and Mornington race clubs, has reported an alarming annual loss of $17.3 million for the 2024/25 financial year. The loss comes despite the club having drawn down an additional $24.2 million from its $200 million line of credit with the bank, leaving the MRC owning […]
