Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
Story by The Digger The Northern Territory Racing and Wagering Commission has once again sided with a licensed bookmaker, ruling in favour of Amused Australia Pty Ltd (BetNation) over three disputed customer accounts. Complainants Ms E, Mrs Z, and Mr O accused BetNation of unfairly withholding combined winnings of more than $25,000, including an individual […]
Don’t you be a bad boy JohnnyDon’t you slip up, or play the fool – Men at Work He’s Chiming was the $1.95 favorite to win race 5 at Bathurst last night. Its driver John O’Shea obviously didn’t back it. He might have laid it though. O’Shea is sitting pretty third the fence as the […]
Well you could see that one coming a mile away. As predicted trainer Liandra Gray has been stood down following her criminal conviction for animal cruelty. It’s the right thing too. Shows we as an industry and a sport won’t put up with animals being mistreated. Or assaulted with a whip 40 times. Gray is […]
I take back the harsh things we said about WA trainer Giles Inwood yesterday. He made a mistake and he’s owned it. Inwood has acknowledged he did the wrong thing. Apologies have been issued to the reinswomen he offended. The Facebook post has been taken down. It takes guts to cop one on the chin. […]
King Callow was a bit ambitious taking Kyle Wilson-Taylor on in the jockeys room at Doomben yesterday. He was giving away 25 years, and plus KWT is a real tough rooster and he can fight. Hospital is the only place he was ever going to go in this bout, and that’s how it ended up […]
Here is a report in today’s Tasmanian newspaper regarding trainer Liandra Gray’s animal cruelty conviction. It’s not particularly pretty reading. An immediate suspension of her license surely awaits.
One thing that appears to have escaped notice is that the success of the NO campaigners in the Rosehill sale vote moves the once reviled Robbie Waterhouse and his wife step closer to the ultimate revenge on the racing establishment that decades ago exiled him from tracks around Australia – by their friends and supporters […]
Archie, Your mention of a blow up at Emerald may have something to do with one party allegedly tipping off that the other had hidden a bleeder. Tom Smith…1 positive? Maybe 3 is about right. And what happened to the adjourned inquiry for Aunty Glenda from 19 April? Attended at 5 other meetings since then […]
The mail out of the Devonport courts is that Tasmanian trainer Liandra Gray has been found guilty of the animal cruelty offence with which she was charged. Sentencing of Gray has been set down for July. According to our sources there were a number of Tasracing integrity officials present in court to hear the delivery […]
By our correspondent The Digger In a rare victory for common sense and racing tradition, the Australian Turf Club (ATC) members have slammed the gate shut on the $5 billion Rosehill Gardens land grab. With 56.1% of the 7864 voting members saying No, the attempt to flog off a historic racecourse for yet another soulless […]
