These days the AJC doesn't seem to even have legs...That's the damning verdict of veteran turf scribbler Max Presnell in the SMH. Feisty Max says: 'Last Thursday the once principal club announced a $3.96 million drop in feature prizemoney. The reason? Of course, the old corporate bookmaker-Betfair bogy came to the fore but wasn't the AJC, with most of the incumbent directors involved, criticised for exorbitant executive wages over the past 12 months? Hasn't AJC real estate been sold and what abo
These days the AJC doesn't seem to even have legs...That's the damning verdict of veteran turf scribbler Max Presnell in the SMH. Feisty Max says: 'Last Thursday the once principal club announced a $3.96 million drop in feature prizemoney. The reason? Of course, the old corporate bookmaker-Betfair bogy came to the fore but wasn't the AJC, with most of the incumbent directors involved, criticised for exorbitant executive wages over the past 12 months? Hasn't AJC real estate been sold and what about financial compensation for the Pope's Randwick visit? '
That's enough...Weekend Hussler's managing owner Jill Kewish has sold her 25 per cent holding in the horse. It's been absorbed, firstly by trainer Ross McDonald and his wife Margaret who have taken up a 5 per cent share, while the other owners have agreed to buy the remaining 20 per cent.
NZ Thoroughbred News reports that the battle between O'Reilly and Zabeel for the inaugural Centaine Award continues apace...Currently, O'Reilly leads with an international earnings tally of NZ$12,515,379. Although NZ$166,718 in arrears, Zabeel made an NZ$18,783 gain on his Waikato Stud opponent last week.