Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
Just as we foreshadowed in our story yesterday, TasRacing has refused all nominations made by trainer Wayne Yole for this weekend’s race meetings. As a result Team Yole has no runners whatsoever on Saturday nights Launceston card. The new Racing Integrity Commissioner Sean Carroll is talking tough in the media about restoring public confidence in […]
In the wake of our story yesterday about the collapse of BudgetBet and the need for better protection of punters funds we were sent this. It’s a disclaimer that the online bookmaker BetM includes in its Terms and Conditions. They couldn’t be plainer about it if they tried. Should BetM be unable to meet its […]
Apprentice Cody Collis blamed the soft track for the second favorite Borisova getting beaten in the first at Ipswich yesterday. He might as well have blamed the aliens too. The track didn’t beat Borisova. Collis planting the filly four-wide from barrier 5 and then running her even wider around the home turn did. It may […]
My Victorian friends won’t swim at the beach in Port Douglas when they come up to visit. They claim that they’re afraid of the crocodiles. Wimps they are, all of them. Un-Australian I reckon. The lifeguards only put signs up and shut the beach like they did today so they can skive off and go […]
It seems that Hunter Cup winning driver Cam Hart has a secret he has been keeping from us all. Cam isn’t short for Cameron. It stands f0r Camilla. He is a she. Not that there is anything wrong with that. Just ask HRV Chairman of Stewards Peta Chadwick.
The nation’s premier Winter Carnival will take centre stage in 2025, with more than $28 million in prize money on offer. The most innovative and lucrative Queensland Racing Carnival in its history will take place from May 3 to July 5, headlined by nine million-dollar races and 55 black-type features – including eight Group 1 […]
The news that Captain Ravishing has been transferred to Jason Grimson’s barn must have sent a shiver down the connections of every Miracle Mile aspirants spine. Captain Ravishing has always been a hyper-talented horse, but he has been plagued throughout his career by unsoundness issues that have restricted him to racing just 25 times in […]
In a decision that has dumbfounded many, Queensland trainer Alanah Richardson (nee Pitt) has escaped from a cobalt presentation conviction with only a fine. Richardson, whose pacer Arendelle threw the positive to the notorious natural element cum banned substance after running third at Albion Park in December, was in fact suspended for12 months but the […]
Three months ago we raised concerns on this website about the solvency of online bookmaker BudgetBet, and asked questions about how the money in punters betting account would be protected and by whom. They were valid questions as we are all now finding out in the wake of BudgetBet’s collapse, leaving customers stranded with their […]
The website of small player in the corporate bookmaking market BudgetBet, owned by WA bookie Kevin Wear, has been down for days leaving account holders unable to place bets or to withdraw their funds. Budgetbet is claiming publicly that the site is down for maintenance, and is privately telling the few customers who have been […]
