Why characters are the real kings of the Cup
The race that stops the nation is also the race that has broken many a champion’s heart. But who needs champions when you have great characters?
Andrew Rule
What put champion jockey Brent Thomson back in the saddle
He was a Cox Plate king who rode the doomed Dulcify to a historic win. Now, 45 years later, he’s taking to the turf again.
Kah back on track to face the music at The Everest
Jamie Kah’s career has not been without controversy but the talented jockey is back on track and racing in The Everest today. Andrew Rule looks at what makes her a force to be reckoned with.
Wild ride but Kah still has eyes on the prize
Jockey Jamie Kah emerged from South Australia in 2019 to take Victorian racing by storm, but along with the sublime rides and big-race success came all the usual temptations, distractions and challenges of life in the sporting limelight.
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Victoria’s history of using killers as political footballs
Will a triple murderer go free some day because the Andrews government “did a Bolte” and used a killer as a political pawn?
Twenty years on from a Melbourne crime nightmare
Twenty years ago, homicide detective Rowland Legg arrived at a blood-spattered van in an Essendon park and one of the most horrific murder scenes in his 30 years on the job.
Health inspector blows whistle on slug gate scandal
A City of Dandenong health inspector has accused council staff of being manipulative and corrupt, alleging they cooked up a scheme to shut down a family business by planting a slug.
The day bank robbery’s golden era ended
It’s July 22, 1991 and a crook pinned to the roof of a bank by bulletproof shutters is slowly dying — it’s the day that symbolises the end of bank robbery’s golden era.
Millions of dollars on four legs vanishing from our paddocks
Soaring meat prices have made livestock theft one of the most profitable crimes, but little is being done to stop it in Victoria — a far cry from when it was a hanging offence.
Grieving wife’s fury over failed police search for husband
Exactly one year ago, Christos Pittas put down his sudoku puzzle, kissed his wife and set off for a walk in rough country near the Dinner Plain village. He was never seen again.
Innocent bystanders murdered by mistake in underworld wars
Despite tough gun laws, criminals seem to be more armed and more dangerous than ever. And too often it’s blameless civilians who pay the ultimate price.
How ‘The Skull’ lived up to his tough cop legend
Only a few former cops are old enough to have known Brian “The Skull” Murphy in his prime, but right up until his death — on Anzac Day — he divided opinion.
Tainted justice serves a cautionary tale
History is littered with outrageous miscarriages of justice — but whether it’s stuff-up or conspiracy, for those convicted on dodgy evidence, the results are harrowing.
The bumbling bogan buffoon who sold out the mafia
A career crook caught up in a massive drug bust implicating the Calabrian mafia ’Ndrangheta has walked free after a suspiciously short stint in jail.
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