Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
That’s Fred Crews with Yannick Gringas, one of the greatest harness racing drivers that the world has ever seen. This Fred Crews resignation letter from the board of the VHRC. It succinctly sets out the issues, and Fred’s concerns about the financial management of the club. These concerns appear quite reasonable to me. But then […]
‘Positive’ Jason Bonnington turned up to the show looking as if he had slept the day on a bus stop. He was supposed to do an expert analysis of the Cup after the draw, but was waving and raving so much that Adam Hamilton sent him to the sheds for an early shower the second […]
The Victorian Harness Racing Club is a financial disaster. There is no other way to put it. This club’s financial management is atrocious, and it stinks. These are the VHRC’s bottom line results for the past 2 years: 2019 – LOSS – $101 845.93 2020 – LOSS – $275 821.89 That’s about $388 000. It’s […]
Rob Auber is as you know the General Manager of the Victorian Harness Racing Club. Auber is also the Junior President of the Melton Central Football and Netball Club. Clearly if these two roles were to cross in financial dealings it would create a conflict of interest for Mr Auber, and good governance principles would […]
Well known harness and greyhound race caller Rob Auber is the General Manager of the Victorian Harness Racing Club. Auber has his fingers in many pies, and has paid employment or contract work with Sky Channel, RSN, HRV and various race clubs at which he calls. He also works as an MC for various events, […]
The Victorian Harness Racing Club (VHRC) ‘The Heart of Harness Racing’ welcomes you to this new era for our prestigious club, first established in 1956. Our club belongs to the people of the Victorian Harness Racing industry and our culture is built on the love for our horses, our people and our industry. Harness Racing […]
As foreshadowed in a series of articles published on this website early last month, the popular and highly respected businessman, long-time harness racing owner and participant Fred Crews has been expelled from the Victorian Harness Racing Club and banned from the club for five years. The official reason given for Fred’s expulsion is that when […]
DECISION 1. Up until 8 September 2021, Mr Fred Crews was a Board Member of the VHRC and as such had access to confidential employment and financial information of the VHRC. 2. On 3 September 2021, the VHRC Board became aware that Mr Fred Crews had provided confidential employment agreements to a non-Board member, namely […]
It is not an easy task to be involved in harness racing for sixty years and have no enemies. Due to the degree of difficulty involved in performing the feat, very very few have achieved it, a tiny number indeed. The genial owner Fred Crews (pictured) is one of those rare people who have done […]
The Victorian Harness Racing Club Inc. is a most peculiar beast. There appear to be somewhere between 400 and 500 members of the club, and each pay their subscriptions annually. The main business of the club appears to be putting on a happy hour at the trots for its members once a month, hosting a […]
