Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
Many readers have been asking where former trot broadcaster Jason Bonnington has been since he lost his job with Harness Racing Victoria, and now we have the answer. He’s been away for a long while, but Bonno’s back! Direct to you from his lounge room doing a podcast called Tongue Tie Off with his fellow […]
You’d have to suspect that former greyhound trainer Laurie Rounds has more than a few problems dealing with authority. Last year Rounds went ballistic when a pre-entry inspection of one of his dogs he wanted to put into the Gap program was cancelled due to concerns abut the greyhound’s vaccination status, and threatened to shoot […]
Mr Garry Selkrig is a suspended GRV participant. Mr Selkrig has been a registered owner, breeder and public trainer of greyhounds since 1985. He was licensed by Greyhound Racing Victoria and bound by the Greyhounds Australasia Rules. At the time of the alleged offences the registered kennel address was 1 Worthy Road, Devon Meadows, where […]
We first met the corporate bookmaker Baggybet (real name Mailbag Wagering Pty Ltd) back in October last year when we wrote about how the company then owned by tips spruiker Jack Dickens and the Chairman of the Australian and Victorian Bookmakers Associations Chris Lester was fined $82 620 by the NT Gaming Commission for breaches […]
A number of readers have been asking us who exactly these co-Chairmen of the VBA are. As we don’t know them personally, we cannot tell you first hand, but what we can do for you is to use their professional Linkedin profiles to give you a picture. Chris Lester (pictured at top) started his business […]
I got so excited about the prospect of the gun young up and coming kid Tasymn Potter kicking home a winner for Andy Gath on Outlaw Man at her metropolitan driving debut at Melton tonight that I forget to tell you that she had a second steer too. That one was in race 4, when […]
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 […]
