Saying of the Day
From the great Scottish comedy series Still Game. When life hand you melons. Make melonade. Salut!
A Tip or Three For the Nelson (Richmond) Trots Today
The overnight word out of Woodend Beach is to back horses trained by the little known small time mentor Kyle Austin at the Nelson trots today. Apparently Austin has been seen in Nelson recently in the somewhat close company of a Group 1 winning expat trainer who knows their way around plungers, nebulisers, drenches and […]
A Peptide a Day Keeps the Straight Trainers Away – Day 12 – Breathing and Blood Building Drugs For Horses Who Don’t Need Them
This is a drug for horses with breathing disorders, administered to cure their airway problems. But it opens the airways of healthy horses that don’t have breathing disorders too. Nudge nudge, wink wink, Know what I mean? ASTA XANTHIN – 100 ML Asta Xanthin is used for prevention and curative treatment of diseases. Myopathy dyspnea […]
The Victorian Racing Integrity Commissioner Has Been Utterly Remiss in His Duty to Protect the Integrity of the Trots
This is what the Victorian Racing Integrity Commissioner reported in relation to his investigation into the conduct of the HRV CEO in relation to allegations about certain matters. We accept the Commissioner’s findings into the CEO’ s conduct, and do not dispute them, But we very sternly question the Commissioner’s finings as to the broader […]
It’s Tough Up There on the Table Top
Is the love affair over or something more sinister taking place?? KO Racing has long been linked to the Corey Geran stable here on the Downs. But things appear to have changed with Kobe now spreading the love or something like that!!! Corey Geran has gone from the outhouse to the penthouse in a very […]
Happy Anniversary Baby – You’re a Stayer
No not you Cookie, you have another fortnight to wait Happy anniversary to my long suffering trouble and strife Maggie. It’s one of the few I have remembered, or her. Only because our daughter rang a day early to congratulate us. Who needs a new car when you’ve got an old 1970’s era cracker? Not […]
Stinger From Southport Send in His Thoughts
Fresh off the back of the Dale “Handbrake” Evans at Mackay and Jackson Murphy running and handling inquiries, we get two in one day at headquarters yesterday. First the chief Geoff ‘Gus’ Goold and his bad of merry stewarding men adjourned an inquiry into the $1.28 fav in a maiden plate over 2040m ridden by […]
Peter Profit Replies to Stinger
Stinger has made his point, although we are not quite sure what it is. Our view is that for far too long Stewards have seen themselves as part of the establishment, and haven’t acted in the role of sheriff as their illustrious forebears did, and as they are supposed to do. Whether he turns about […]
It’s Funny Who You See at Betfair VIP Parties
There is no rule or law against stood down trot club CEO’s punting up large on Betfair, or laying up large, whichever the case may be. But it does make you wonder about what they did when on duty, or might do if they return. The bloke at the bar in the black and white […]
Only in New Zealand
A Green MP in New Zealand has been forced to stand down from her positions after a boutique owner accused her of shoplifting from their high end store. That’s not the best part of though. This bit is that the alleged light fingered MP is of all things a lawyer. https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/301038288/mp-golriz-ghahramans-alleged-shoplifting-incident-happened-two-days-before-christmas Why would a lawyer […]