Chief Stipe

These types of articles are generally utter crap. I stop reading past the first mention of "an anonymous source said....." Some of the comments I've seen posted are purely speculative and salacious by people with envy and rampant imaginations. A bunch of young people decided to have a bit of a party and chill out from their full on physically and mentally demanding careers. Let's face it if you are a half decent jockey you must have nerves of steel and consider yourself invincible. All 4ft 11inches and 50kgs.

He's been banned from both of them. LOL one site was created because of himself! He hasn't been banned from here.

Ask the question why the Government hasn't done any comprehensive seroprevalence testing?

Nup he is sulking and skulking because a few disagreed with some of his rants.

How many of the under 40 have comorbidities? 60%+ of the Pasifika population are obese. Another issue is the "abundance of caution" approach. They will be measuring oxygen levels and assessing alongside comorbidities.

Spare a "Be Kind" thought for our dear old @Thomass. Not only does he have to spend his days inflating and reinflating his worn out Princess but he doesn't have endless RIU reports to read through. Plus he has long since finished reviewing all the trials and race replays looking for 3yr olds that could wear blinkers after Christmas.

You're showing your age or lack thereof. But I don't think she has the same opinion of you as you do her!

We are being fed BS constantly. If you keep up with the research and filter out the good and bad well it is extremely frustrating listening to our dumbass media. Try correcting it and you get banned as a conspiracist.

Read her tweets below the one above.

No that wouldn't have sufficed as V'Landys and co have done backroom deals to keep racing going. That said 3 months is way over the top and as I posted above it defies logic when these Jockey's travel all round Melbourne further than 50km's regularly during the week. I guess the party wasn't sanctioned. But then rules are rules - I just have an issue with the 3 months.

Great stuff!

Sorry a "PR Decision" is presumably a marketing descison. A good marketing decision must met economic value criteria be it short or long in term. How is this decision going to add value? Particularly when it isn't the first time that the BGP and Luke Kerney have been favoured financially by a substantial amount. @the galah you seem to allow TAB NZ a free reign when managing what is effectively industry funding with the rationale "it is their business and they know what they are doing"! Their "long game" hasn't been all that successful to date and has been reliant on non-wagering revenue. As is the coming year. Wouldn't that indicate that they DON'T know how to play the "long game"?

A typo twice? But I guess the Top 3 explains both examples.

A couple of questions for the punting experts out there: Why would you take two bets at the same time for widely different amounts? How do you get widely different Fixed Odds Win prices when bets placed at the same time?

Lockdown delusion syndrome.

Final update The Punters Club pool finished up with $257,774, $28,641 down on the starting pool of $286,415. The TAB have topped the pool back up to the starting amount so everyone gets refunded in full. 7:48pm Total bets placed: $506,091 | Starting balance: $286,415 | Current balance: $257,774 7:50pm: Belmont Race 8: 2 Too Close the Sun and 4 Samizdat QUINELLA: $7,226 @ $3.70 to return $26,736 - MISSED 7:33pm Total bets placed: $498,865 | Starting balance: $286,415 | Current balance: $265,000 7:35pm: Morphettville Race 9: 14 Great Diviner WIN: $5,000 @ $5.50 to return $27,500 - MISSED 7:20pm Total bets placed: $493,865 | Starting balance: $286,415 | Current balance: $270,000 7:20pm: Caulfield Race 9: 11 Ayrton and 12 King Magnus QUINELLA: $50,000 @ $5.40 to return $270,000 - WINNER 7:09pm Total bets placed: $443,865 | Starting balance: $286,415 | Current balance: $50,000 7:10pm: Kembla Grange Race 10: 13 Yiyi WIN: $70,000 @ $3.30 to return $231,000 - MISSED 6:42pm Total bets placed: $373,865 | Starting balance: $286,415 | Current balance: $120,000 6:45pm: Caulfield Race 8: 10 Tofane WIN: $50,000 @ $3.00 to return $150,000 - MISSED 6:30pm Total bets placed: $323,865 | Starting balance: $286,415 | Current balance: $170,000 6:30pm: Kembla Grange Race 8: 11 Sixgun TOP3: $20,950 @ $2.30 to return $47,150 - MISSED 6:22pm Total bets placed: $302,915 | Starting balance: $286,415 | Current balance: $190,950 6:20pm: Morphettville Race 7: 6 Ritratto WIN: $10,000 @ $6.00 to return $60,000 - MISSED 6:09pm Total bets placed: $292,915 | Starting balance: $286,415 | Current balance: $200,950 6:10pm: Caulfield Race 8: 12 Bartholomeu Dias WIN: $11,000 @ $5.50 to return $60,500 - MISSED 6:10pm: Caulfield Race 8: 12 Bartholomeu Dias WIN: $11,000 @ $2.10 to return $23,100 - MISSED 5:57pm Total bets placed: $270,915 | Starting balance: $286,415 | Current balance: $222,950 6:02pm: Doomben Race 8: 6 At Witz End WIN: $10,000 @ $5.50 to return $55,000 - MISSED 6:02pm: Doomben Race 8: 6 At Witz End TOP3: $10,000 @ $2.10 to return $21,000 - WINNER 5:30pm Total bets placed: $250,915 | Starting balance: $286,415 | Current balance: $221,950 5:30pm: Caulfield Race 6: 1 Probabeel WIN: $20,500 @ $1.90 to return $38,950 - WINNER 4:49pm Total bets placed: $230,415 | Starting balance: $286,415 | Current balance: $158,500 4:50pm: Caulfield Race 5: 1 Masked Crusader WIN: $15,000 @ $1.90 to return $28,500 - WINNER 4:08pm Total bets placed: $215,415 | Starting balance: $286,415 | Current balance: $145,000 4:10pm: Caulfield Race 4: 2 General Beau WIN: $30,000 @ $3.60 to return $108,000 - MISSED 4:10pm: Caulfield Race 4: 1 Artorius, 2 General Beau QUINELLA: $10,000 @ $4.40 to return $44,000 - MISSED 3:58pm Total bets placed: $175,415 | Starting balance: $286,415 | Current balance: $185,000 4:10pm: Caulfield Race 4: 1st - 2 General Beau : 2nd 1 Artorius EXACTA: $5,000 @ $9.30 to return $46,500 - MISSED 3:40pm Total bets placed: $170,415 | Starting balance: $286,415 | Current balance: $190,000 3:46pm: Warracknabeal Race 3: 9 Fortunate Kiss (FFW) into Morphettville Race 4: 8 Kong (FFW) MULTI: $20,000 @ $8.40 to return $168,000 - MISSED 3:20pm Total bets placed: $150,415 | Starting balance: $286,415 | Current balance: $210,000 3:30pm: Caulfield Race 3: 2 Annavisto WINSURANCE (2nd): $40,000 @ $3.30 to return $132,000 - REFUND 2:44pm Total bets placed: $110,415 | Starting balance: $286,415 | Current balance: $210,000 2:55pm: Caulfield Race 2: 8 Deep Speed WIN: $10,000 @ $4.80 to return $48,000 - MISSED 2:23pm Total bets placed: $100,415 | Starting balance: $286,415 | Current balance: $186,000 2:48pm: Doomben Race 3: 13 Miami Fleiss WIN: $20,000 @ $1.70 to return $34,000 - WINNER 1:55pm Total bets placed: $80,415 | Starting balance: $286,415 | Current balance: $206,000 4:42pm: Doomben Race 6: 5 Weona Smartone (FFW) into Doomben Race 7: 1 Prince of Boom (FFW) MULTI: $30,415 @ $3.30 to return $100,370 - MISSED 1:00pm Total bets placed: $50,000 | Starting balance: $286,415 | Current balance: $236,415 5:10pm: Kembla Grange Race 7: 3 Quick Thinker WIN: $5,000 @ $15 to return $75,000 - MISSED *was $17, but deduction applied 5:10pm: Kembla Grange Race 7: 3 Quick Thinker TOP3: $5,000 @ $4.00 to return $20,000 - MISSED *was $4.50, but deduction applied 5:30pm: Caulfield Race 6: 1 Probabeel WIN: $20,000 @ $2.25* to return $45,000 - WINNER *was $2.50, but deduction applied with SCR of La Mexicana 5:41pm: Morphettville Race 6: 6 Lakes Folly WINSURANCE (2nd and 3rd): $20,000 @ $10 to return $200,000 - MISSED Note: Punters Club entries are now closed Want to be part of Saturday's Boys Get Paid Punters Club? It is super easy - simply place a bet on the below market to purchase a share before 1:00pm on Saturday, 28 August to get involved. Buy into the Boys Get Paid Punters Club here You need to know: Ignore the $1.001 odds when buying your Punters Club stake. Every $1 you bet on this option gives you $1 in the Punters Club. By way of example only, if you place a bet of $100 on the Punters Club betting option you will get a $100 share in the Boys Get Paid Punters Club syndicate. You can follow along by checking back here for details of each bet, as well as a running pool balance. Bets will be placed on races between 1:00pm and 8:00pm on Saturday, 28 August. Depending on the success of the bets placed as part of the Boys Get Paid Punters Club, a dividend will be declared at the completion of the day (around 8:00pm). By way of example only, if the initial syndicate pool is $50,000 and $100,000 is the balance at the end of the day, you will receive $2 for every $1 you've invested. On the flip side, if there is only $10,000 at the end of the day, you will receive $0.20 for every $1 you've invested. Please don't use Bonus Bets as these will not be eligible for a Punters Club payout. See below for full Terms and Conditions. Boys Get Paid Punters Club Terms and Conditions On Saturday 28 August 2021, the TAB will run a TAB National Syndicate titled the “Boys Get Paid Punters Club” (the “Syndicate”). The Syndicate will be operated in accordance with Rule 10.11 (TAB National Syndicate) of the TAB Betting Rules (the “Rules”) and these Terms and Conditions. Any expression not defined in these Terms and Conditions but defined in the Rules shall bear the same meaning in these Terms and Conditions as in the Rules. Syndicate Vouchers will only be available for purchase via the TAB app and website, available here: Purchasing of Syndicate Vouchers will commence no earlier than 2:00pm on Tuesday 24 August 2021 and will be available for purchase until 1:00pm on Saturday 28 August 2021. For the avoidance of doubt, the TAB may for any reason and at its sole discretion refuse the purchase of a Syndicate Voucher from any person without giving a reason. A Syndicate Voucher may be purchased containing Syndicate Shares in multiples of $0.01 units. The Syndicate Dividend will be declared by the TAB as a Syndicate Share in the amount of $1.00

Final update The Punters Club pool finished up with $257,774, $28,641 down on the starting pool of $286,415. The TAB have topped the pool back up to the starting amount so everyone gets refunded in full. 7:48pm Total bets placed: $506,091 | Starting balance: $286,415 | Current balance: $257,774 7:50pm: Belmont Race 8: 2 Too Close the Sun and 4 Samizdat QUINELLA: $7,226 @ $3.70 to return $26,736 - MISSED 7:33pm Total bets placed: $498,865 | Starting balance: $286,415 | Current balance: $265,000 7:35pm: Morphettville Race 9: 14 Great Diviner WIN: $5,000 @ $5.50 to return $27,500 - MISSED 7:20pm Total bets placed: $493,865 | Starting balance: $286,415 | Current balance: $270,000 7:20pm: Caulfield Race 9: 11 Ayrton and 12 King Magnus QUINELLA: $50,000 @ $5.40 to return $270,000 - WINNER 7:09pm Total bets placed: $443,865 | Starting balance: $286,415 | Current balance: $50,000 7:10pm: Kembla Grange Race 10: 13 Yiyi WIN: $70,000 @ $3.30 to return $231,000 - MISSED 6:42pm Total bets placed: $373,865 | Starting balance: $286,415 | Current balance: $120,000 6:45pm: Caulfield Race 8: 10 Tofane WIN: $50,000 @ $3.00 to return $150,000 - MISSED 6:30pm Total bets placed: $323,865 | Starting balance: $286,415 | Current balance: $170,000 6:30pm: Kembla Grange Race 8: 11 Sixgun TOP3: $20,950 @ $2.30 to return $47,150 - MISSED 6:22pm Total bets placed: $302,915 | Starting balance: $286,415 | Current balance: $190,950 6:20pm: Morphettville Race 7: 6 Ritratto WIN: $10,000 @ $6.00 to return $60,000 - MISSED 6:09pm Total bets placed: $292,915 | Starting balance: $286,415 | Current balance: $200,950 6:10pm: Caulfield Race 8: 12 Bartholomeu Dias WIN: $11,000 @ $5.50 to return $60,500 - MISSED 6:10pm: Caulfield Race 8: 12 Bartholomeu Dias WIN: $11,000 @ $2.10 to return $23,100 - MISSED 5:57pm Total bets placed: $270,915 | Starting balance: $286,415 | Current balance: $222,950 6:02pm: Doomben Race 8: 6 At Witz End WIN: $10,000 @ $5.50 to return $55,000 - MISSED 6:02pm: Doomben Race 8: 6 At Witz End TOP3: $10,000 @ $2.10 to return $21,000 - WINNER 5:30pm Total bets placed: $250,915 | Starting balance: $286,415 | Current balance: $221,950 5:30pm: Caulfield Race 6: 1 Probabeel WIN: $20,500 @ $1.90 to return $38,950 - WINNER 4:49pm Total bets placed: $230,415 | Starting balance: $286,415 | Current balance: $158,500 4:50pm: Caulfield Race 5: 1 Masked Crusader WIN: $15,000 @ $1.90 to return $28,500 - WINNER 4:08pm Total bets placed: $215,415 | Starting balance: $286,415 | Current balance: $145,000 4:10pm: Caulfield Race 4: 2 General Beau WIN: $30,000 @ $3.60 to return $108,000 - MISSED 4:10pm: Caulfield Race 4: 1 Artorius, 2 General Beau QUINELLA: $10,000 @ $4.40 to return $44,000 - MISSED 3:58pm Total bets placed: $175,415 | Starting balance: $286,415 | Current balance: $185,000 4:10pm: Caulfield Race 4: 1st - 2 General Beau : 2nd 1 Artorius EXACTA: $5,000 @ $9.30 to return $46,500 - MISSED 3:40pm Total bets placed: $170,415 | Starting balance: $286,415 | Current balance: $190,000 3:46pm: Warracknabeal Race 3: 9 Fortunate Kiss (FFW) into Morphettville Race 4: 8 Kong (FFW) MULTI: $20,000 @ $8.40 to return $168,000 - MISSED 3:20pm Total bets placed: $150,415 | Starting balance: $286,415 | Current balance: $210,000 3:30pm: Caulfield Race 3: 2 Annavisto WINSURANCE (2nd): $40,000 @ $3.30 to return $132,000 - REFUND 2:44pm Total bets placed: $110,415 | Starting balance: $286,415 | Current balance: $210,000 2:55pm: Caulfield Race 2: 8 Deep Speed WIN: $10,000 @ $4.80 to return $48,000 - MISSED 2:23pm Total bets placed: $100,415 | Starting balance: $286,415 | Current balance: $186,000 2:48pm: Doomben Race 3: 13 Miami Fleiss WIN: $20,000 @ $1.70 to return $34,000 - WINNER 1:55pm Total bets placed: $80,415 | Starting balance: $286,415 | Current balance: $206,000 4:42pm: Doomben Race 6: 5 Weona Smartone (FFW) into Doomben Race 7: 1 Prince of Boom (FFW) MULTI: $30,415 @ $3.30 to return $100,370 - MISSED 1:00pm Total bets placed: $50,000 | Starting balance: $286,415 | Current balance: $236,415 5:10pm: Kembla Grange Race 7: 3 Quick Thinker WIN: $5,000 @ $15 to return $75,000 - MISSED *was $17, but deduction applied 5:10pm: Kembla Grange Race 7: 3 Quick Thinker TOP3: $5,000 @ $4.00 to return $20,000 - MISSED *was $4.50, but deduction applied 5:30pm: Caulfield Race 6: 1 Probabeel WIN: $20,000 @ $2.25* to return $45,000 - WINNER *was $2.50, but deduction applied with SCR of La Mexicana 5:41pm: Morphettville Race 6: 6 Lakes Folly WINSURANCE (2nd and 3rd): $20,000 @ $10 to return $200,000 - MISSED Note: Punters Club entries are now closed Want to be part of Saturday's Boys Get Paid Punters Club? It is super easy - simply place a bet on the below market to purchase a share before 1:00pm on Saturday, 28 August to get involved. Buy into the Boys Get Paid Punters Club here You need to know: Ignore the $1.001 odds when buying your Punters Club stake. Every $1 you bet on this option gives you $1 in the Punters Club. By way of example only, if you place a bet of $100 on the Punters Club betting option you will get a $100 share in the Boys Get Paid Punters Club syndicate. You can follow along by checking back here for details of each bet, as well as a running pool balance. Bets will be placed on races between 1:00pm and 8:00pm on Saturday, 28 August. Depending on the success of the bets placed as part of the Boys Get Paid Punters Club, a dividend will be declared at the completion of the day (around 8:00pm). By way of example only, if the initial syndicate pool is $50,000 and $100,000 is the balance at the end of the day, you will receive $2 for every $1 you've invested. On the flip side, if there is only $10,000 at the end of the day, you will receive $0.20 for every $1 you've invested. Please don't use Bonus Bets as these will not be eligible for a Punters Club payout. See below for full Terms and Conditions. Boys Get Paid Punters Club Terms and Conditions On Saturday 28 August 2021, the TAB will run a TAB National Syndicate titled the “Boys Get Paid Punters Club” (the “Syndicate”). The Syndicate will be operated in accordance with Rule 10.11 (TAB National Syndicate) of the TAB Betting Rules (the “Rules”) and these Terms and Conditions. Any expression not defined in these Terms and Conditions but defined in the Rules shall bear the same meaning in these Terms and Conditions as in the Rules. Syndicate Vouchers will only be available for purchase via the TAB app and website, available here: Purchasing of Syndicate Vouchers will commence no earlier than 2:00pm on Tuesday 24 August 2021 and will be available for purchase until 1:00pm on Saturday 28 August 2021. For the avoidance of doubt, the TAB may for any reason and at its sole discretion refuse the purchase of a Syndicate Voucher from any person without giving a reason. A Syndicate Voucher may be purchased containing Syndicate Shares in multiples of $0.01 units. The Syndicate Dividend will be declared by the TAB as a Syndicate Share in the amount of $1.00

Bizarre. It just shows how out of touch they are with the market.

Thanks Karrots - I've always known this but it is great to hear it from my fans. Cheers. Damn you were writing about the commentator NOT Doug.

Maybe but why didn't they keep it local? Why travel to Mornington? That aside - aren't they all in the same bubble so why can't they "stay at home" together? Is a Jockey in Victoria confined to a particular track? For example Craig Williams and Brett Prebble rode at Pakenham on Friday and then rode at Caulfield on Saturday. Same distance from Caulfield to Mornington or Pakenham!! 55km!!! NSW is in a worse state than Victoria yet the Jockey's can travel 100km from Rosehill to Kembla Grange.

Well they are all probably going to get hammered again and have kissed any chance of an appeal away now that it is come out that they all forgot to mention the other two that were there. One unknown the other being Mark Zahra. One would have thought the older jocks would have known better.

I don't know about how history will look on them but as I've posted many many times I just don't like the way we put sports people on pedestals and double jeopardise them. That is they get punished by the Courts then the sports and racing administrations hammer them ten times more. In Kah's case she was fined $5,500 by the Police but essentially fined $40k in one day missing her rides yesterday. She earn't $16.7m in stakes last year so cleared $835k. Getting a 3 month holiday means a loss in income of a minimum of $200k. Doesn't seem like justice to me. Yes by all means stand them down but would 1 month have been enough instead of 3 months?

Apparently fairly early in the day they got behind the eight ball and started chasing things and in the end spraying it all round all the OZ meetings. Now I don't have all the information about how that Fixed Odds Quinella book was priced but was it conceivable that not only did the TAB top up the day's loss but that they also took a yield hit on that Fixed Odds Quinella? @Mardy?

What would be the Delegated Financial Authority of those on duty yesterday? As in WHO authorised the use of industry funds to top up the BGP? At $30,000 surely it would be a Senior Manager?