Category Archives: royal ascot
THE LESSONS NOT LEARNED ISSUE
THE AFL’S $2.5 BILLION AMBUSH The AFL’s gob-smacking six year $2.5 billion deal with the Seven Network, Foxtel and Telstra for media and broadcast rights is a sobering reminder to the Australian racing industry of just how much of a … Continue reading
THE TALE OF TWO CITIES ISSUE
A TALE OF TWO VERY DIFFERENT CITIES. The weekend’s racing in Sydney and Melbourne told a very telling tale of two very, very, different cities. The contrasts went a long way towards explaining why racing in bleak city is able … Continue reading
Posted in Australian horse racing industry, Horse Racing, HORSE RACING AND SOCIAL MEDIA, JOHN O'SHEA, Racing NSW, royal ascot, The horse racing industry
Tagged Earthquake, Godolphin, Guelph, JOHN O'SHEA, Ken Keys, Kerrin McEvoy, Lindsay Park, Melbourne horse racing, Michael Rodd, Mick Burles, Moonee Valley, NSW, PAN SUTONG, Peter Snowden, Rich Enuff, Sydney horse racing, Take Trust In A Gust, The Cleaner
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THE OLD BOYS CLUB ISSUE
JOCKEY SUSPENSIONS NEED MORE ZAP, BANG AND WALLOP! (Source: Blog CDN) It’s about time the Stewards got really serious about the escalating level of race interference by jockeys both in Sydney and in Melbourne. Apart from the very obvious and … Continue reading
Posted in Australian horse racing industry, Horse Racing, royal ascot
Tagged Australian Racing Board, LIVING LEGENDS, NSW, Ray Murrihy, Victorian
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THE TOPSY TURVY ISSUE
MORE QUESTIONS GOING UNANSWERED, UNCLE RAY. (Source: Herald Sun) Last Saturday’s Rosehill meeting again left many racegoers bewildered with the riding tactics and ultimate result of the fifth race, when a woeful sub-standard ride by erratic French jockey Thomas Huet … Continue reading
Posted in Australian horse racing industry, Gai Waterhouse, Hong Kong Racing, Horse Racing, Peter V'landys, royal ascot, The horse racing industry
Tagged Bold Glance, Darwin Cup, Kinnersley, Ladbrokes, Paddy Power, Racing NSW, Robbie Water House, Robbie Waterhouse, Rosehill, Tom Waterhouse, TVN, Under the Sun (horse), William Hill
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THE DEAD END ISSUE
(Source: Simon Free) Remember the front page headlines last year alleging race fixing was alive and well and thriving in Victorian horse racing? The soap opera that was race fixing and the “Smoking Aces” race fix saga left a trail … Continue reading
HORSE RACING: THE GAME CHANGERS (PART ONE)
(Source: Sports And Spirituality) RYAN MOORE (Source: Zimbio) Even his father has described as a “miserable bastard” but this monosyllabic and gifted jockey takes it all in stride. There’s a touch of a Dickensian personality to Moore- like an urchin … Continue reading
THE BEST AND WORST ISSUE
SHE’S SIMPLY THE BEST! They must have had that predictive sixth sense about Black Caviar when the lyrics to Tina Turner’s musical anthem were written decades before the wonder mare was even a twinkle in the eyes of anyone associated … Continue reading
Posted in Australian horse racing industry, BLACK CAVIAR, Horse Racing, Jockeys and Betting, JOHN SIZE, PERTH RACING, PETER MOODY, royal ascot, The horse racing industry, Victorian Racing Club
Tagged Anthony Darmanin, Black Caviar, Chief Steward Terry Bailey, Flemington, John Size, Lightning Stakes, LUKE NOLEN, Mark Hunter, Michael Walker, MICHELLE PAYNE, Peter Moody, Racing Victoria Stewards, ROBERT SMERDON, ROYAL ASCOT, ROYAL HAUNT, Victorian racing
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RESPECTING AND SUPPORTING HORSE RACING
(Source: Karen Keller) By Hans Ebert I have been one, you have been one, we have all been one from time to time: armchair critics. In the racing game, add the term conspiracy theorists. (Source: Workers Party NZ) How many … Continue reading
Posted in Australian horse racing industry, BLACK CAVIAR, Hong Kong Jockey Club, Hong Kong Racing, Horse Racing, royal ascot
Tagged Black Caviar, Flemington, It Has To Be, Jamie Kah, Jenny Duggan, Justin Churchman, Lance Armstrong Cheating, LUKE NOLEN, NSW, Tegan Harrison, The Hong Kong Classic Cup 2013
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THE INTEGRITY ISSUE
From where we were sitting, Saturday was a Day Of Shame for Australian racing. Short-priced favourites biting the dust happen everywhere. That’s racing. But, apart from in Brisbane- and how good is Jeff Lloyd going over there along with two … Continue reading
THE “RECORD BREAKING” ISSUE
And so the curtain’s come down again On another racing season And what a year it really was With twelve outta twelve for the Durban Demon Johnny Size Well, he won it all Though “Jungle Jim” gave it his very … Continue reading
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