The QLD Public Sector Code of Ethics – And How the QRIC’s Spin Doctor Has Smashed it Into a Thousand Little Pieces
Now I don’t know how you take this message that the QRIC’s spin doctor Chris Reid sent to me recently, but the way I read it is that “I don’t like the crap you write, and if you don’t change course right now you can get fucked, and you will get nothing from us”. Do […]
Get on Japan
The Blue Samurai are $3.80 to beat Croatia tonight. They are certainties. So are Brazil giving away a goal at $1.70. If you are not as sure as me play it safe and take Japan with draw no bet at $2.50 into the Downstairs Shavers -1 goal at $1.70. It’s money for jam .
A Dunn Deal
Doesn’t Dunnie look like a man you can trust? Guess who has been voted in as the Vice-President of the Auckland Trotting Club? Robert Dunn. The President Jamie MacKinnon’s personal trainer. Apparently not everyone on the board is happy about it. Most of the harness racing world isn’t either. Any questions about the integrity of […]
Stone Walls, Surf, Sand and Stents
The mail is that Hayden Cullen is joining the Steve and Amanda Telfer stables in a 3 training partnership, and will train out of a satellite stable out at Woodend Beach. Think I’m joking? Then think again. You always hear it here first. Let’s just hope that Stonewall Stud supremo Steve Stockman springs for a […]
The Jigger Man Wins a $200 000 Showcase Race – Part 1 – Yeah Good
Todd Austin trained Echo Point until Ric McMahon got with the jigger that they he wanted him to use in trackwork on ‘one of ‘ his Birdsville Cup runners. I use the inverted commas because not only one Cup runner was jiggered, both were. The photographer just didn’t catch the other one in her photos. […]
The Jigger Man Wins a $200 000 Showcase Race – Part 2 – Now the Sparks are Flying
Stewards have slapped the husband and wife duo of Todd and Toni Austin, along with jockey Ric McMahon with a string of charges relating to the alleged Birdsville Cup jigger scandal from August this year. Stewards allege the trio were involved in the scandal ahead of the famous bush meeting on August 30, when a […]
ID22 Pacing Championship Draw
The TAB Form Analyst Ain’t Worth 2 Cents – But it Could Be Value
Could be value this horse. It won by 8 lengths last start. It was $1.65 the win at the time the form guide was written. Value? Hey mate, I’ve got a bridge to sell you.
The Train Wreck That Rod, Gary and Jamie Built
Rod Croon is the CEO of the Auckland Trotting Club. The O stands for Orful, just like Dave Tua’s O on Wheel of Fortune stood for Orsome. Jamie McKinnon is the ATC President. Gary Woodham is the CEO of HRNZ. Together the trio are the three stooges, the clowns who have destroyed harness racing in […]