More on the Tim Williams Inside Run ….
Archie On careless driving with which Tim Williams was charged. How could he escape a suspension when under the RIB Penalty Guidelines the starting point for a breach of the rule is a 3 meeting suspension, and Williams is a multiple offender? There is a $300 fine for hits the wheel, but that wasn’t the […]
Wagering Turnover is Plummeting in the US Too
Hot on the heels of a major downturn in Australian wagering turnover on the gallops comes a double digit plunge in the amount bet on the racing code in the US. It looks like its a global post-pandemic trend. This report by Ray Paulick. Wagering on U.S. Thoroughbred horse racing dropped sharply in September, declining […]
The Jones Boy Must Be Working His Horses at Woodend Beach – Wonder if They Have Stonefish in the Water There?
The 6-year-old trotting mare Rush had won only 4 races from 49 starts when it was transferred to the stable of everyone’s favorite NZ trainer and fighter Mark Jones about 6 weeks ago, and its career prizemoney was just a tick over $40 000. Since coming to the Jones boy as lowly rating 40 something […]
Ho, Ho, Ho Chi Fred
Well respected former bookies clerk Fred Crews has had some major successes as an owner in both codes of racing, not the least of which was winning the Sydney 2YO Triple Crown with Dance Hero and the Inter Dominion with Maori Law. One thing he’d never done before yesterday though was land a Trotters FFA […]
Sign of the Times
There is something wrong when 9 of the 17 entrants for the Victoria Cup come from just 2 stables. That’s the situation, with Jason Grimson holding 5 of the noms and Emma Stewart another four. It’s starting to sound like Waller and Maher in Sydney staying races, and sicker again at that. Add in the […]
Life’s Good When Your Dad Signs the Cheques
Tim Williams is 3 back the fence as the film rolls, in the black and white Stonewall Stud colors We’ve written before about how New Zealand driver Tim Williams seems to have an inside run with the RIB Stewards and Adjudicators, both of whom are employed or contracted by a 5 person board, one of […]
And They Say That Humanely Killing Racehorses is Cruel – Methinks the Pot Calls the Kettle Black
The carcasses of hundreds of wild horses have been left to rot in parts of a world heritage-listed national park after aerial shooters were called in to cull the animals during a series of operations the state government says were needed to protect “globally significant ecosystems”. The culling, the first of its type in Barrington […]
Barossa Bill Disagrees With Us About Merlin
Archie You’re living in dream land thinking that Merlin can beat Leap to Fame in the NZ Trotting Cup. Larry the legend will do to the great fake Merlin what the Kiwis have done to their own industry in NZ. The great Merlin got carted into Friday night’s race at Alexandra Park by team driving […]
So Much For That One Ben Sarina
GAMING AND RACING—GREEN LIGHT SCANDAL PENALTIES— The Hon. Mark Latham to ask the Minister for Racing— (1) Why has Ben Sarina served a permanent warning off penalty since 2012 for alleged offences in the New South Wales harness racing ‘green light’ scandal when Mr Sarina only ever faced harness racing charges, yet other participants criminally […]