Ben Yole Takes Positive Steps to Improve the Welfare of His Racing Animals
Has anyone got a a couple of poles? An umbrella? Some grass? Anything, anything? Anything at all? Sorry Chainsaw. Not quite.
The King Gets Jolly Rogered in the Cup
Did you watch the postponed Port Pirie Cup on Tuesday night? If not, you can watch it below. Greg Rogers, the driver of the leader Culture King, should have his head read. This race was run over a distance of 2530m, which is a long way at the trots. In this length of race the […]
The NSW Racing Act – Betting Laws
88 Laying totalizator odds or dealing in totalizator tickets an offence (1) A person— (a) who makes or enters into a bet, or who offers to make or to enter into a bet, on the result of an event or contingency, by which the person agrees to pay to the other party to the bet, if the […]
GWIC Registration of Bookies is a Pandora’s Box Just Waiting to be Opened Up
In NSW a bookie can’t offer or accept a bet that involves an interest in the result of the working of the totalizator on an event, unless they are both licensed, and present at a licensed racecourse. https://legislation.nsw.gov.au/view/html/inforce/current/act-1997-045#sec.88 A licensed racecourse is exactly as it reads. A licenses course where races are held. https://legislation.nsw.gov.au/view/html/inforce/current/act-1998-114#sec.7 A […]
Bill Collins Redux – The Rooster is on Fire
Rejoiced went for home, Moreton Bay can’t get it … David Fowler, race caller, Ipswich r10 Until it did. Kingston Town couldn’t win either Bill Collins said. Oops. The Rooster does it again. At least he runs true to form.
Vale Norm McVitty – A Trot Man Through and Through
It is with deep sadness and a broken heart that we advise the sudden passing of Norm McVitty. Normie was a talented and highly respected trainer, with the horses being a huge part of his life. It is with a smile that I look back on his career within the industry he so greatly loved. […]
Fortune Favors the Brave – Only Losers Make Excuses
A lack of the early fire predicted against favourite Copy That was the undoing of the All Stars challenge. “He’s a great horse but we were probably hoping from where we were that he would have had a tougher time early which would obviously have given us a better chance. Once he had that fairly […]
Now You See Him, Now You Don’t – The All Stars Stable Has Mislead the Punting Public About Akuta
Things didn’t work out for Akuta in the Race By Grins,Friday and now he is off to Matamata veterinary experts for a checkup before heading to the Messenger on April 29th leaving Self Assured to be the star for the stable in the Taylor Mile next week. “Nothing major at all just want to check […]
Tony, Tony, Tone
https://www.racenet.com.au/news/the-archer-2023-australian-bloodstock-owned-inver-park-likely-rockhampton-bound-20230418 I am a great fan of Tony McMahon, but I reckon he is getting carried away by his passion for all things Rocky when he describes the Archer slot runner Inver Park as an aristocrat of the English turf. Frankel is an aristocrat. So are Mill Reef, Brigadier General, Arkle, Eclipse, and Dancing Brave. Inver […]
Putting the NT Rehoming Program to the Test
At the invitation of Thoroughbred Racing Northern Territory (TRNT) Chief Steward David Hensler, I have perused the principal racing association’s Off The Track website pages thoroughly, and am most impressed. All retired racehorses in the Territory are rehomed according to the site. 56% are retired interstate, and attract a $250 transport subsidy to help move […]