A Four-Legged Lottery

The ATC in a Strong Cash Position? – My Arse

ATC chairman Tim Hale told the club’s 11,000 members in a note in October that it was “solvent, operating normally, with strong cash reserves and is asset-rich”, backed by property “potentially worth billions”. “The club’s financial stability and operational capability are not in question,” he said at the time. https://www.smh.com.au/sport/racing/racing-nsw-sacks-board-of-australian-turf-club-appoints-administrator-20251215-p5nnqn.html ATC Chairman Tim Hale says […]

Drivers queensland The Trots

Rules are Made to be Broken – Again

by : peterprofitracing5 months ago5 months ago

Watch the horse behind the leader go straight over a marker peg and flatten it as it goes to the inside early when the runners turn for home. That is an offence against the rules, and the horse got the run up (and over) the rail well before it should have as a result. The […]

Australia Racing The Gallops

Racing NSW Put Australian Turf Club Into Administration

by : peterprofitracing5 months ago

Appointment Of An Administrator To The Australian Turf Club Racing NSW today announced the appointment of an Administrator to conduct the affairs of the Australian Turf Club (ATC). This decision follows an extensive and exhaustive Show Cause process, together with multiple formal joint meetings between the Boards of Racing NSW and the ATC. These steps […]

Albion Park Licensees and Licensing safety The QRIC

Harness Racing Restricted Zones Off-Limits to Underage Person

by : peterprofitracing5 months ago

1 August 2025 Recent observations at harness racing meetings have raised serious concerns regarding underage and unlicensed persons being present in restricted areas such as tie-up stalls. Restricted areas are off-limits for valid reasons. In simple terms, it is unsafe for individuals without the proper experience and licensing to be in proximity to horses weighing […]

The Gallops

Rules Must Be Obeyed – So What Happens When They Are Not?

by : peterprofitracing5 months ago5 months ago

So much for the QRIC edict banning children from entering or remaining in the stabling area and tie-up stalls at the trots on safety grounds. If the Stewards responsible for the policy refuse to enforce it then the whole thing becomes a joke. Until of course a kid gets kicked or trampled on, and then […]

Apprentice Jockeys Jockeys Race Fixing

No Roses For This Ride

by : peterprofitracing5 months ago5 months ago

What the hell sort of ride was this by apprentice Olivia Kendall on the $7.50 shot Strike Me Pink in the last race at Toowoomba on Saturday night? Take a look at it. Strike Me Pink is in the pink and black colors, fifth on its own as the film starts. The horse that Kendall […]

Australia Crime Legends

From Amid the Terror Emerges a Hero

by : peterprofitracing5 months ago

The scenes from Bondi Beach are just awful. Bodies are lying everywhere, innocent people having a day out at the beach now dead. Australia’s heart is broken. How could this happen here? From amid the terror a hero emerges. A brave, great Australian charges the murderous coward shooting innocent strangers. He put his life at […]

Drugs in Racing

Red is the New Black – Blood Doping Basics

by : peterprofitracing5 months ago

Blood doping in horses is a performance-enhancing practice that boosts the blood’s oxygen-carrying capacity by artificially increasing red blood cell (RBC) counts. In equestrian sports, blood doping is used to improve stamina, endurance, and recovery, allowing horses to perform at high intensity for a prolonged period. Blood doping is an effective performance enhancement that poses […]

The Trots

A Look at Where the Trots Are At

by : peterprofitracing5 months ago

There are some remarkable things about harness racing’s premiership tables around the country this year. Despite training strictly out of Victoria and not having any satellite stables, Emma Stewart still manages to sit in the top ten in four different States – Victoria (1), NSW (4), Tasmania (9) and South Australia (9). Two licensees who […]

Jockeys

Daniel Moor is a Brilliant Rider

by : peterprofitracing5 months ago5 months ago

Gee D. Moor is a brilliant rider. Watch his steer on The Black Cloud here. It’s the horse in the green and black. A lesser jockey would have gone for the run in the middle and been squeezed and checked. Not Moor. He was going to take the middle run, but being possessed of that […]