HONG KONG POLICE BUST UNDERGROUND MINI-CASINO & RACECOURSE BETTING SYNDICATE
AS part of a regional joint operation, Hong Kong police have dismantled a criminal syndicate which organised illegal bets on horse racing inside the Hong Kong Jockey Club’s Happy Valley Racecourse. IRENE CHAN reports for the HONG KONG FREE PRESS that police arrested 78 people during a Hong Kong Island anti-triad operation, targeting an underground “mini-casino” […]
RQ PLAN TO INCREASE FIELD SIZES NOTHING SHORT OF ABSURD
DESPERATE times call for desperate measures. Let’s call a spade a spade. Racing Queensland’s crazy plan to increase field sizes and turnover by drawing barriers prior to acceptances is nothing short of absurd. It’s easy to understand how long-suffering stakeholders in the bush once again feel overlooked with the focus strongly on those TAB clubs, […]
QUEENSLAND’S WORST KEPT SECRET – ‘LOOSE LIPS SINK SHIPS’
THERE’S an old saying in horse racing that ‘loose lips sink ships’. Perhaps that should apply to politics. The Australian digital news website The Nightly, operated and published by Seven West Media is a good read and unlike the Murdoch Media does not appear to have an agenda when writing and publishing stories. One of […]
DON’T YOU DARE SUGGEST LITTLE LIZZIE KNOWS NOTHING ABOUT SPORT EXCEPT RACING
AFTER watching the Network Seven coverage at the weekend one could be forgiven for thinking that horse racing has been introduced as a sport for the Commonwealth Games in Scotland. The Seven team of hosts and reporters includes the great Bruce McAvaney, Jason ‘Noddy’ Richardson, the marvellous Emma Freedman and ‘believe it or not’ Lizzy […]
HERE’S A TRANSCRIPT OF RACING DEBATE AT ESTIMATES HEARING
Mr MANDER: Thank you, Mr Speaker. I know that the racing portfolio is of significant interest to members and to the Queensland communities they represent. I welcome the opportunity to discuss the work being undertaken in racing and how the government is delivering outcomes for Queenslanders. The impact of racing on the state is now […]
EARLY CALLS FOR EXPLANATION OF $100mn ALLOCATION FOR GRANDSTAND
WHEN ‘they’ finally get around to posting a full transcript of what happened when racing was the topic of discussion at the Estimates Hearing on Thursday we will publish excerpts for you. In the meantime we will rely on what Archie Butterfly has reported on www.peterprofit.com rather than what Ben Dorries has selectively written for […]
SHOW ME THE MONEY MADE FROM NO-HOPERS THAT RACE AT WEEKEND
OUR SYDNEY contributor PETER MAIR makes an interesting observation ahead of the weekend racing: ‘THERE is apparently unlimited creative-writing talent among professionals paid to extol the cultural virtues and economic relevance of racing across the States. Now, reading the fairy-tales, commissioned and paid for by racing industry administrators, one wonders ‘what to do’. Looking to […]
THE GROUP ONE PERFORMANCE AT GRAFTON WAS THAT OF TERRY SPARGO
LGHR has been slack in not recognizing before now the outstanding success – once again – of the Grafton Carnival which ended last Sunday. As usual there was that on the track, specifically emerging stayer, King Pedro, a Spring Carnival prospect headed to The Metropolitan in October after his impressive win in the Cup. But, […]
SHOULD WIVES TIP IN RACES WHERE SPOUSES RIDE OR TRAIN HORSES?
WE had an interesting email from a prominent racing identity who asked not to be named questioning whether the spouses of high profile jockeys or trainers should be employed as hosts or tipsters by the major broadcasters. Those that come to mind are Katelyn McDonald, wife of champion jockey James; Grace Hayes, who is married […]
BARNABY’S MESSAGE: SHADDAP YOUR FACE: THE DOG OR PAULINE?
SOME of the big corporate bookies are already betting on the outcome of the next Federal Election – two years away – and who will emerge as Prime Minister. Labor is currently at $1.58 to win again with the Coaltion (Liberals-Nationals) $3.40 and Any Other (One Nation or a Coalition between the Liberals and One […]