Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
Times must be tough on the punt for the Butcher since Tommy Berry’s tips dried up. Or maybe some Porsche driving yuppie didn’t pay for his well aged whole side of Angus beef. Who knows? I’m sure the Butcher is innocent. He’s just a punter trying to collect what’s owed. If one of the Dib […]
Robert Famularo (right), accepting the trophy from New Zealand’s greatest ever Prime Minister John Key To All Clubs and Kindred Bodies In this open letter I wish to express my real concerns around the behaviour, transparency and competency of the current Board as a collective entity controlling our industry. As a majority, our Board and […]
In a surprise to most, Harness Racing NSW has -plumped for youth and appointed Glencore mining health and safety manager Peter Buckman as its new CEO to replace the retiring John Dumesny. Not a whole lot is known about Buckman, other than he keeps miners safe and that he was appointed out of the blue […]
There are some awful whispers coming out of the western districts about the predicament of the 6YO pacing mare Ellen Shannon. We are hearing that the mare went sore after her most recent 22m fourth at Bathurst six weeks ago, which followed on from her horrible 51.3 metre beating at the same track 16 days […]
Gai is correct that accidents do happen, but when footballers or racing car drivers suffer an injury in training they aren’t put down by injection with a lethal needle. And equine accidents seem to happen at a far greater rate to horses brought to Australia by Coolmore – which has been the subject of widespread […]
This is hard to believe, but rather than step back from the fire presently engulfing him, the accused race fixer and certain animal abuser Ben Yole has decided to stretch his wings further by expanding his operations into Adelaide. And the South Australian authorities have given him their blessing! Yole – who to the best […]
Devastating news.. unfortunately I'm Thunderstruck had to be euthanised this afternoon following arthroscopic fetlock surgery. He suffered a catastrophic knee injury whilst getting up after general anaesthetic. On behalf of all our owners and staff we are heartbroken. đ pic.twitter.com/jfH4pbIx7T — Price Kent Racing (@MickPriceRacing) March 30, 2023
Is the Tasracing CEO Justin Hemlich for real? In the face of the biggest firestorm ever in Tasmanian racing history, at a time when the non-harness racing public are horrified by what they have seen on the ABC, and will be even more horrified when they see the more that is to come, Hemlich is […]
An advisory from the Office of the Ombudsman of Tasmania A significant barrier to blowing the whistle (making a disclosure) is fear of reprisal. To address this, the Public Interest Disclosures Act 2002 provides protection against âdetrimental actionâ to people who have made, or intend to make, a protected disclosure. Detrimental action includes: action causing injury, loss […]
As country racing has kicked off in western Queensland in recent weeks, momentum is building for a âjockey schoolâ â or mentoring program â to recruit more jockeys and track staff to offset crippling shortages. Amid claims that the North-West had only five or six locally-based jockeys for the 2023 season, which prompted scratched horses […]
