Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
A recent story of ours may have given rise to an impression that the Springston Hotel in the Selwyn District was trading outside of its licensed hours of 7.00am to 9.00pm on Saturday just gone. This was not intentional, and is untrue. The Hotel did not trade past 9.00pm on that night, and does not […]
Mitchell Reese is a bad egg. The NSW Racing Appeals Panel said it, not me. These are some of their words, contained in the written decision dismissing the appeal of Reece’s ex-partner Rebecca Brown against a 5-year-disqualification she incurred for drug cheating: … numerous 2016 SMS messages establish that Mitchell Reese and Nathan Carroll in […]
The decision in Aaron Goadsby’s case against Harness Racing NSW will be delivered today. Goadsby has challenged the decision of the NSW Harness Racing Appeals Board to increase his penalty for refusing to hand over his phones from 12 months to 5 years, without warning him that it intended to do so. The warning – […]
The appeal of harness trainer Aaron Goadsby against the decision of the NSW Harness Racing Appeals Panel to disqualify him for 5 years for failing to produce telephones registered in the names of his non-racing related businesses will be heard at 10.30am this morning in the NSW Supreme Court, and is sure to be of […]
Tabcorp shareholders are praising Gillon McLachlan and declaring him King after the release of its full financial year results sent the company’s share price rocketing to a 22 month high after closing the day at 88c, up from 37c a year ago. King Gil has seemingly miraculously turned a $1 360 million ($1.36 billion) loss […]
The battle for PointsBet has heated up over the past week, with offers and counter-offers flying left, right and centre. Japanese raider MIXI is offering $1.25 a share in PointsBet, paid in cash. Betr is offering the equivalent of somewhere between $1.30 and $1.40 (depending on the measure used), all of it paid in Betr […]
Story by The Guardian Australia A man who “binge gambled” $40,000 in an 11-hour session was awarded VIP status by the bookmaker BlueBet (now part of Betr) and assigned a dedicated personal manager who encouraged him to keep betting and took a cut of his losses. A regulator has found it wasn’t until the man […]
Here is a sample of Matt Nicholl’s race writing for the North West News. It’s great. Add them to your favorites. https://www.northwestweekly.com.au/form-goes-out-the-window-as-outsiders-dominate-program-2025-08-27 ————————————————– It was a tough day to be a punter at Mount Isa on Saturday as form guides were tossed to the ground following a string of unlikely results at Buchanan Park. Five […]
The North West Weekly has put racing back in the headlines with its outstanding coverage of our sport. We are saddened to hear of the demise of its print edition, but are overjoyed to learn that editor Matt Nicholls and his staff will continue to provide us with all the news, views and racing from […]
Dear Peter Profit As a witness with no affiliation to either party and despite being a peace loving man , I’d probably be tempted to smack a bloke in the face too if he approached me in the way the Chairman of the club Mr Gudge did Mr Crear. Mr Gudge, who appeared affected by […]
