Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
Fledgling wagering company Betr will pay a six-figure fine to the NSW gaming regulator despite arguing it did not breach advertising laws when it aired a controversial promotion last year. Liquor & Gaming NSW is expected to issue a record penalty of $210,000 to the outfit following a long-running investigation into advertisements that ran in […]
Harness Racing NSW have dismissed suggestions that a number of horses were ineligible to race at Riverina Paceway on Saturday night. While the Wagga Pacers Cup was part of the program, chief executive John Dumesny confirmed Carnival of Cups conditions, which would have ruled out a number of New Zealand bred pacers from competing, did […]
Prior to his tragic recent passing, well known grazier Alan John Acton was long a prominent member of the Central QLD community. Alan was also an active and popular member of the racing community, both in CQ and beyond. The Rockhampton Jockey Club it appears didn’t even know his name, or how to spell it. […]
A punter who consumed two “bags”of cocaine in a matter of hours at the races has sensationally claimed he is behind a failed drug test for a Mark Currie-trained sprinter, throwing the high-profile case wide open. In a stewards’ inquiry on Wednesday, Nigel Soden submitted a statutory declaration saying he petted the Currie-trained End Assembly […]
2. POLICY 2.1. Except as otherwise provided for by this Policy, horses which are trained by or under the effective control of a trainer will not be selected to comprise more than fifty percent (50%) of the starters in any race field. 2.1.1 Where the total available nominations, and therefore race field size, is an […]
A picture tells a thousand words. Here they are above.
Here is another picture telling a thousand words. Pointsbet and Betr are different entities. They have however historically been associated. What the hell is going on here? We will run you through you some possible scenarios in the morning.
Rumours are swirling around the racing industry that the much vaunted ‘new major player’ on the Australian bookmaking scene Betr is in more trouble than Flash Gordon. Betr was launched only 6 months ago to huge fanfare and publicity on the back of it’s ill-thought out improperly framed $101 odds betting offer to punters on […]
Sometimes I look around and shake my head and wonder if Richard Callander and I are living in the same world. Today is one of them. Richie wrote what you see above in his Racenet column this week. It is an absolute load of piffle, ridiculous nonsense, and tripe. His argument appears to be that […]
There were 10 races on the card at Menangle yesterday. One horse was pre-race swabbed in each. They used to swab two, but I guess someone has realised that the way HRNSW go about the swabbing business that was an absolute waste of time and money and have cut it in half. Given the events […]
