Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
Hi NAME REDACTED, There have been further developments provided by Racing NSW today. Peter V’landys has neither refused or accepted my application but instead sought independent assessment of my metropolitan license upgrade application – what I can only imagine is a first. Given that Dad has withdrawn his appeal, there is no extension provided to […]
Jockey Justin Huxtable’s criminal charges continue to slowly wend their way through the courts, with the controversial rider (or his legal representatives) appearing again in the Cairns court yesterday for a mention of his matter. Let’s hope for all concerned – Huxtable, his alleged victim, and racing itself – that the law moves quicker to […]
With South-East Queensland being battered by Cyclone Alfred this morning, and the worst still to come, there are going to be thousands, maybe tens of thousands, of ordinary Australians who are be directly affected by damage and loss wrought by mother nature. At the same time tonight we have a Queensland superstar Leap To Fame, […]
New Zealand-born and Sydney-based trainer Bjorn Baker’s celebrations have gone viral but there is a method behind the madness, writes Adam Pengilly. IF YOU HAVEN’T already seen the videos, then you likely will soon. Bjorn Baker is in posh committee rooms, in public grandstands, in run-of-the-mill bars in pubs, even roaring loudly from the back […]
A former Group 1 winning trainer/driver of our acquaintance turned professional harness racing punter – who we shall refer to by the sobriquet Jumping Jack Flash, to protect their privacy – has kindly sent us their selections for the massive Miracle Mile night program at Menangle tomorrow night. Just to see how good they are […]
Leading racing lawyer Wayne Pasterfield has set tongues wagging with his post on Twitter (X) that you see above about being restricted by a corporate bookmaker to making deposits into his gambling account of no more than 4o% of his weekly income. We are usually harsh critics of corporate bookmakers imposing limitations on punters exercise […]
A team of Stewards and vets turned out in force at the Mildura trots last month to conduct a surprise race night swabbing blitz. Three Stewards accompanied by four vets rocked up to the track on a Wednesday night and pre-race swabbed 88 of the 89 runners on the program, with the only horse that […]
Jockey Jason Maskiell has been suspended for 3 months over his poor excuse for a ride on My Schieller Wood at Seymour in November. It seems that Maskiell took our unsolicited advice to change his plea from not guilty to guilty, and in return the Stewards dropped the charge of not allowing the horse to […]
The QRIC Stewards team performed much needed without notice drug and alcohol testing at the Mackay racetrack this morning. Or they tried to anyway. No-one was there. Mackay is usually a bustling training center in the early hours before dawn when the QRIC team arrived at 4.3oam, but it was like a ghost town as […]
Here are two different views from readers about the Boort Cup fiasco on Sunday. It seems that there is more to the whole thing than meets the eye. Hi Archie, Just reading your post on the Boort Cup, perhaps stewards have taken no action against Ewa Justice as they belatedly realised the sprint lane they […]
