This week’s Winning Post column. Straddie memories; one winner’s never-ending saga, the forgotten superstar mare and the lifetime supply of beer that lasted three months.

To Matt’s point I think this horse deserves his chance at stud given his record, BUT it’s the low level 1 or 2 win in career stallion that I think needs to be gelded and not bred with, some of these colts are not strengthening the Aus thoroughbred they are just $$ for the studs

Hard not to have a chuckle at all this Wodeton propaganda now he’s at stud 😂 #racing

Hunter Biden is going to be a big, big problem for the GOP. Listen to what he’s saying here. He literally has receipts.

This week’s Winning Post column; Pumper pumped because the kids are starting to think for themselves

Who the heck is this host? Are you seriously admiring him here? Uggh! And now he is insulting the suppose to be performers. How embarrassing is it to save face. 🤷🏻‍♀️

Here we go. Less than three years

At Yea por Alexandra picnics / outside rail in the straight b/c sprinklers for golf course on infield also drenched the inside of the Horsham or was it Stawell A they used to come down the ambulance track

For a yarn - off the back of “Siena’s Strip” At Randwick last week and the bias defying win in the last at Caulfield - what are the greatest pattern defying/super imaginative winning rides of all time ? Nash in the QE obvious recent example.

As we see more industry money being wasted on unnecessary legal action today (how a racing minister lets this wastage continue astounds me) let’s remember that Vicky Leonard is still fighting for justice via further unnecessary legal action. gofundme.com/f/defence-again…

Brilliant piece Tempo

Rarely post stories other than blatant self promotion of my own (🤣) but had to share this beyond the pages of Winning Post. Lovely tribute by one of the all-time best racing writers.

This week’s Winning Post column; Siena’s Strip, a jockey and her legend mentor.

Statement from the RRG on Racing NSW's decision to grant Peter V'landys long service leave to run rugby league.

There’s a lot of Donald Trump about how he operates.

To the racing industry, The news now exploding out of the Head Offices of the NRL and RNSW on 25/5/2026 should be a wake-up call to every person involved in racing. Because it proves exactly what eventually happens when powerful people operate for too long without proper scrutiny, accountability or challenge. The cracks eventually surface. The truth eventually leaks. And the carefully controlled narratives eventually collapse. Which is exactly why Vicky Leonard and The Thoroughbred Report matter so much. Not because they are always right. Not because everybody agrees with every article. But because they have been willing to do what far too many inside racing are too gutless to do themselves: Challenge powerful people publicly. Ask questions others are scared to ask. And expose issues many administrators and insiders desperately want kept quiet. That is the real issue here. Not defamation. Not hurt feelings. Power. Control. And intimidation. Because this entire situation sends a very deliberate message to the rest of the industry: Stay quiet or pay the price. Do not challenge powerful administrators. Do not investigate uncomfortable issues. Do not expose internal problems. Do not question the people running the show. And if you do, prepare to be dragged through years of financial and legal warfare until you either shut up or break. That is the message. Everybody knows it. Most are simply too scared to say it publicly. Racing has developed a culture built on fear, political protection and self-preservation where too many people privately admit there are serious issues but publicly stay silent because they know exactly how vicious the system can become against anybody who steps out of line. That is not leadership. That is not governance. That is institutional intimidation. And after what is now unfolding publicly in the NRL and RNSW, anybody who still believes powerful sporting organisations should operate without aggressive scrutiny is completely delusional. Strong industries welcome scrutiny. Weak industries try to silence it. Strong leaders answer questions. Weak leaders attack the people asking them. The Thoroughbred Report became important because it was willing to publicly discuss issues the establishment would rather suppress. Whether people agree with every article is irrelevant. The point is they challenged a culture where silence is rewarded and honesty is punished. And that culture is poisoning racing from the inside out. Because once fear replaces transparency, industries rot very quickly. Trust disappears. Confidence collapses. Participants disengage. And the public eventually walks away altogether. Vicky Leonard deserves enormous credit for refusing to fold under pressure that would silence most people immediately. Fighting through the financial, emotional and political pressure attached to a legal battle of this scale takes serious courage. Many inside racing privately support what TTR represents. Now is the time for them to stop hiding behind closed doors and say it publicly. Because this fight is now far bigger than one publication or one courtroom. It is about whether racing still allows independent scrutiny at all. It is about whether powerful people can use money, influence and intimidation to crush criticism. And it is about whether this industry wants accountability or obedience. Because if independent voices are bullied into silence, racing will become nothing more than a controlled industry where powerful insiders protect each other while everybody else is expected to shut up, nod along and know their place. And that will destroy this industry far faster than any outside criticism ever could.

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