Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
By Barry Lichter Auckland Trotting Club president Jamie MacKinnon misled members this week with his announcement that work had begun to house Hall Of Fame memorabilia in the Alexandra Park club rooms. In his newsletter MacKinnon says “spaces within the club rooms have been identified and measurements taken for the building of secure showcases to […]
You’ve probably seen all over the news about how the Peter V’Landys led Racing NSW is taking the other racing states bar Tasmania to the Supreme Court seeking orders that they hand over all documents relating to the Racing Victoria led cartel’s secret plans to isolate PVL with the aim of ousting him. Good luck […]
It’s little known to most racing folk, but the CEO of Racing Victoria Andrew Jones is somewhat of a jack of all trades, but seemingly a master of none. One of Jones trades – a failed one – is that he is also a screenwriter. He wrote the script for the movie The Honourable Wally […]
After years of exposés on the cruelty of horse racing, the growing power and influence of the gambling industry, and an overwhelming majority of people actively concerned about animal welfare, the Greens say it is beyond time to shut down racing. To shut down commercial horse racing in Australia, the Greens have a clear Horse […]
Well isn’t that nice of John Dumesny to take time out of his all expenses paid trip to the Blayney Trots on Sunday to invite me to the Carnival of Miracles at Menangle. It would have been even nicer if he’d offered me some tickets to the Directors Lounge like PVL has to the Championships […]
So this is how Ben Dorries, the golden boy of QRIC and supposedly Queensand’s premier racing writer – neophyte is a better word – sees racing. A jockey stops riding and sits up without any cause whatsoever at the 50m mark on a horse and costs his horse – and the punters who backed it […]
I keep telling everyone that Catch a Wave is the best 3YO in Victoria, but blinded by the idiotic Jason Bonnington and Co pro Captain Ravishing lights very few believe me. It’s at their peril. Catch a Wave is a superstar, and one that given his huge stature and size at such a still young […]
HARNESS racing has reached the stage in Queensland where some honest, hard-working stakeholders are convinced ‘the rats are running the ship’ and the stewards are doing nothing about it. A long-serving, highly respected gentleman has written to us in desperation because he claims complaints to the QRIC Commissioner fall on deaf ears and that apart […]
All in all, Turbo’s just another prick in the wall Have you ever seen a more blatant dead drive in your life than Jack ‘Turbo’ Trainor’s disgraceful display on It’s All About Faith in second race at Menangle on Saturday night? It was disgusting. This was a one goer this race, and the one goer […]
Major Duties Exercise autonomy in leading the Stewards’ branch of the Office of Racing Integrity including mentoring, staff development, education and rostering of full-time and casual stewards. Develop and maintain policies and guidelines for integrity, probity and welfare issues to ensure consistency. Lead Steward teams as Chairman/Chief at race meetings that are high profile and/or […]
