Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
It seems we aren’t the only ones who hold the concerns we expressed in our story yesterday about the appointments to senior roles in the Melbourne Racing Club of people with close links to owner activist and Kanga supporter Jonathon Munz. MRC Director Barb Saunders didn’t mention either Munz or Kanga by name when she […]
Dylan Bartolo is an Investigative Steward employed by Greyhound Racing Victoria (GRV), or at least he certainly was as of a fortnight ago. He shouldn’t be. Bartolo is a predator who while a Victorian police officer misused his position in the Family Violence Unit to target vulnerable women with whom he would form sexual relationships. […]
Natalie Hinkley is the Victorian registered bookmaker and purported principal of Swiftbet who has in recent times stirred up all sorts of controversy among the ranks QLD satchel swingers due to her concerted campaign to abolish control of local betting rings by race clubs and open them up inside to all comers. Call it the […]
I don’t know what the hell is going on at the TAB, but the markets they put up for Bathurst tonight were ridiculous. Emma Stewart brought three fillies up from Victoria to contest the heats of the Gold Tiara. Being trained by the most successful 2YO stable in Australia, the trio were certain to start […]
Was David Moran actually trying on Tedesco in this race at Shepparton on Tuesday night? It didn’t look like it, that’s for sure. Tedesco is the horse with the gun run behind the leader. It has blown like a gale in the betting, out from $1.95 to $4.40. We soon see why. The sprint lane […]
This race at the Swan Hill harness meeting last night was redolent of the Tasmanian trots before the the equity in participation policy was introduced to stop Ben Yole from turning out every runner in all the lower class events on the cards. They say that imitation is the most sincere form of flattery, to […]
In what Chairperson of the Victorian Racing Tribunal Justice John Bowman said he hoped will be the final Ruling in relation to the matters of Jarrod McLean and Tyson Kermond, the pair of Darren Weir associates and co-offenders in the jigger case have learned of the start date for their disqualifications. The DQ’s – 9 […]
As strange as the news that HRV is looking to move the trots back to Moonee Valley sounds, I am assured by well-place insiders that its true. Call me a cynic if you will, but I still have extreme doubts that it will happen. For a start the Moonee Valley Racing Club have been planning […]
In June last year GRV Stewards conducted a without notice visit to the kennels of Victorian greyhound trainer Raymond ‘Pretty Boy’ Floyd. They wanted to talk to Pretty Boy about a positive swab that one of his dogs had thrown to Testosterone Propionate, a banned anabolic steroid. Pretty Boy feigned shock when told about the […]
Don’t you just love the way the Victorian stewards are hearing evidence in the Jamie Kah running and handling inquiry? They talk to Kah. The premiership winning 14 time Group 1 winner and one time no 1 female jockey in the world says variously that she’s had an off day, that the horse is difficult […]
