Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
Forbury Park is a famous trot track in Dunedin in New Zealand’s south, which from 1890 until the decision of the new NZ Racing Board to close it down last year was the spiritual home of harness racing in Otago. For over 12 months now the track has been sitting idle and unused. Not any […]
In highly unusual circumstances, it has been revealed that the author of The Teachers Pet podcast, award winning journalist Hedley Thomas, this week gave evidence at the murder trial of the accused Chris Dawson under what is known as section 128 certificate, which is legal protection against self-incrimination. Under the terms of the section 128 […]
Earlier this week we published a story based on information gleaned from a story written by journalist Cameron Barclay and published in the Otago Daily Times. In our story we repeated the assertion made by Mr Barclay – who was present at the Stewards inquiry into the relevant rule breach hearing – that Jones had […]
Isn’t it strange that David Murray, the journalist reporting on the Teacher’s Pet author Hedley Thomas’s evidence at the trial of Chris Dawson for the alleged murder of his wife Lyn, does not disclose that he is the brother in law of the witness. It is rather dishonest isn’t it? Murray has a clear conflict […]
To the wider racing industry, the vast majority won’t know who Vivienne Leggett is and what she has done for racing, spanning three decades. She was a very successful sponsorship manager of the Hawkesbury Race Club (HRC). She joined in 1991 and worked there for 26 years, with her hard work pumping significant money into […]
We told you to watch the two new horses from the Woodend Beach trainer Matt Purvis’s stable in their races at Addington yesterday. Silly us. They were a false blind. It was his two other runners we should have been watching. They both won. The Hornet was the one they backed. It sat 3-wide into […]
These are the Racenet tips that bright eyed hopefuls pay to receive. From 9 bets they got 2 winners. The return for an investment of 9 units was 7.6 units. There is nothing like paying good money to lose it. My tip is that you would be better off following mine. They make the price […]
Ben Yole had 60 of the 99 runners in Hobart last night in the three races he contested. That’s just ridiculous. What is going on when he brings horses over to race in Victoria is even worse. Chainsaw had two runners last night. The first one Miss Tyler was driven as dead as a doornail. […]
The turning points in Origin 2 were Val Holmes totally unnecessary illegal block on Daniel Tupou, and Felise Kaufusi’s equally idiotic hold down play just seconds later. Kaufusi went to the bin, and NSW scored off the 2nd tackle in the penalty set. We will hear a lot today about how bad the refereeing was, […]
This is the try that Matt Burton threw to Brian To’o in the dying minutes of the first half, the one that put NSW in front 14-12. First watch the ball coming out of Burton’s hands. Was that backwards? It didn’t look it. Next watch the players feet, and look at the arc as your […]
