Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
Hi Archie, Regarding the closure of the Greyhound Industry in NZ. The biggest issue Mr Peters has not addressed yet will be the mental health of the greyhound participants and others affected by this closure. I know this personally because after the NSW ban on greyhound racing was announced I ended up in the Tweed […]
It’s not all that often that I disagree with Peter V’Landys, but when it comes to his views expressed to the Rosehill sale inquiry our opinions diverge completely. V’Landys told the inquiry that it is racehorse owners who fund the industry, not punters or the government. To that I say bullshit. People buy racehorses to […]
Two prominent NZ harness racing identities* were yesterday convicted of criminal offences. One of the men is a trainer who is currently unlicensed, despite completing his disqualification for race day doping . He has been found guilty on three counts stemming from a sexual assault of a woman. The other man is a driver who […]
Yesterday the New Zealand Government announced that it will phase out greyhound racing over a 20-month period, with racing to be banned by the end of July 2026. While this decision will obviously be bitterly disappointing and distressing for the participants and their families in the greyhound racing industry in New Zealand, the NZ government’s […]
Former dual code licensed trainer Glenn Powell is one man who certainly won’t be going to Menangle on Saturday night to watch the ID24 final. In a week when greyhound racing has been all over the news, it’s fitting that his unavailability is all about dog. The story goes like this. Powell was out in […]
Who is the 50 something former Brisbane jockey seen chasing a much younger woman around the Cairns RSL and Rattle and Hum one recent night? Was his eventual success in the saddle due to the yarn he spun about the romance with his also much younger girlfriend having cooled off, when in fact she was […]
You have to wonder whether the NZ Government has properly thought through the knock on effects of the shut down of greyhound racing on the gallops and trots? I doubt it. The Wanganui and Manukau dogs race on stand alone tracks, but the other four greyhound venues all race inside either trot tracks (Cambridge, Palmerston […]
Racing Queensland’s decision to recommence racing at Redcliffe before the new $6 million LED lights were connected to the power probably wasn’t the brightest idea in the world was it? The comeback meeting on the triangle had to be cancelled before a single race was run. The power on the old lights went out, and […]
Dettori attempted to maintain anonymity in dealing with His Majesty’s Revenue & Customs (HMRC), but the jockey was outed on Monday over a tax bill which he is reported to have paid in full. Jockey Frankie Dettori, now based in the United States, is currently working to “unravel the mess” caused by his previous tax […]
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