Category Archives: Racing NSW
JAMES MATHERS AND HIS THANK YOU NOTE TO PETER V’LANDYS
Sunday morning at Kincumber: I was strolling through the hardware store and bumped into an old colleague Dave Hodgson. He was looking for something to do with irrigation and we quickly started to chat about bores, flow rates, water quality … Continue reading
PETER V’LANDYS AND HORSE RACING’S OWN GAME OF THRONES
By Hans Ebert @hanseberthk It’s taken a long and winding whirlybird route to get to where it is now. From being a copy of America’s Pegasus race, and through numerous changes that continue today, Peter V’landys, the Racing NSW supremo, … Continue reading
James Mathers on the leadership issues affecting racing in Australia
Dear Hans Thank you for your very good article on leadership in the racing industry published last Friday. An outstanding article. In recent days, I have been pilloried on Twitter because of my criticism of the lack of leadership in … Continue reading
Posted in Australian horse racing industry, Horse Racing, HORSE RACING AND SOCIAL MEDIA, Racing NSW, The horse racing industry
Tagged ABC, Bindi Cheers, James Mathers, New South Wales racing, Queensland racing, Racing boards, RACING VICTORIA, RNSW, State Government Racing Ministers, Twitter, Victoria racing
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THE LACK OF LEADERSHIP ISSUE
By Keyser Soze JUST GET AN ALL WEATHER TRACK IN ALREADY! For how much longer can NSW racing tolerate the stubborn refusal of Racing NSW and its despotic hierarchy to enter the modern age and install two or three all … Continue reading
THE BACK WITH A VENGEANCE ISSUE
By Hans Ebert BACK WITH EXTRA BITE (AND MORE RELISH) CAN RACING SURVIVE THE CHALLENGE OF THE NEW WORLD ORDER? It’s just little over a month since we farewelled 2016, and yet it seems so long ago. Perhaps when historians … Continue reading
Posted in Australian horse racing industry, Hong Kong Racing, Horse Racing, HORSE RACING AND SOCIAL MEDIA, Peter V'landys, Racing NSW, The horse racing industry, WINFRIED ENGELBRECHT-BRESGES
Tagged ATC, Caulfield Guineas day, Chris Munce, David Hayes, Hong Kong International Sprint, Matthew Poon, Melbourne Spring Racing Carnival, Racing NSW, Regan Bayliss, Winfried Engelbrecht-Bresges
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14 THINGS TO FEAR IN HORSE RACING (PART ONE)
*A fifteen minute standup comedy routine by Ryan Moore at the annual gala dinner during Longines Hong Kong International Races. *Danny Nikolic popping up as The Bachelor. *RNSW booking a Milli Vanilli tribute band to attract millennials to the races. … Continue reading
Posted in Australian horse racing industry, DOUGLAS WHYTE, Gai Waterhouse, Hong Kong Jockey Club, Hong Kong Racing, Horse Racing, HORSE RACING AND SOCIAL MEDIA, JOHN MESSARA, Racing NSW, The horse racing industry, zac purton
Tagged Canterbury, Danny Nikolic, Gai Waterhouse, Gary Moore, Gosford, Hawksbury, John Messara, Kembla, Longines Hong Kong International Races, Melbourne Cup, Nash Rawiller, Neil Callan, Newcastle, Nick Columb, Peter Moody, Randwick, RNSW, Rosehill, Ryan Moore, Sammy Hyland, Zac Purton
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THE NO LAUGHING MATTER ISSUE
By Keyser Soze CLEAR UP THE DAVID MOODIE ALLEGATIONS. PLEASE. Can the albatross hanging around the neck of Australian racing from the spate of cobalt positives get any murkier? If the scandals in NSW, which claimed the training careers of … Continue reading
Posted in Australian horse racing industry, Horse Racing, HORSE RACING AND SOCIAL MEDIA, Racing NSW, The horse racing industry, Victorian Racing Club
Tagged CHRIS WALLER, Danny O'Brien, Darren Smith, Daryl Timms, David Moodie, Kris Lees, MARK KAVANAGH, Racing NSW, SAM KAVANAGH, the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal, VCAT
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THE LOSING BIG AND THE CORPORATES AFFAIR ISSUE
By Keyser Soze TELEVISION NETWORKS SET TO LOSE BIG ON WAGERING REGULATION… To apply a racing analogy, the contraction of the corporate wagering operators market is a “Certainty”, as we have predicted in recent editions. The shrinking of the market … Continue reading
Posted in Australian horse racing industry, Horse Racing, HORSE RACING AND SOCIAL MEDIA, Peter V'landys, Racing NSW
Tagged Hamish McLachlan, NSW racing, PETER MCGAURAN, RACING VICTORIA, Racing.com, Seven Network, The Victorian Thoroughbred Racing Awards, Tom Waterhouse, William Hill, Winx
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THE LET’S GET SERIOUS AND LET’S GET REAL ISSUE
By Keyser Soze BEING OPEN MAKES A DIFFERENCE What a refreshing change listening to two down to earth trainers – David Vandyke, below, and Michael Costa, interviewed this week by Michael Felgate on RSN. David Vandyke’s long and troubled journey, … Continue reading
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