Podcasts about fine cotton

The Fine Cotton Scandal of 1984 is a notorious event in Australian horse racing history, where a syndicate attempted to rig a race by substituting a slow horse with a faster one. The plan, led by John Patrick Gillespie, involved a series of desperate measures that ultimately failed, leading to a national scandal that exposed corruption in the racing industry. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Conversations is bringing you a summer treat — a collection of Richard's most memorable guests through out the years. This time it's Peter Hoysted.Peter Hoysted, known in print as 'Jack the Insider', tells the incredibly strange story of the Fine Cotton affair. The story includes a vicious gangster, a used-car salesman, a hapless horse trainer and a bucket of hair dye.'The Fine Cotton Fiasco Conversations Bonus' is available to listen to here.Richard's other Conversations with Peter Hoysted:The crime-soaked history of Melbourne's DockyardsRoger Rogerson: crimes and punishmentThe story of Stan 'The Man' SmithPeter Hoysted, known in print as 'Jack the Insider', tells the incredibly strange story of the Fine Cotton affair.In 1984 a group of conspirators hatched a plot to defraud racing bookmakers of millions of dollars.The story includes a vicious gangster, a used-car salesman, a hapless horse trainer and a bucket of hair dye.It started out as fraud, became a fiasco and ended up as farce.Ultimately it was a 'colourful Sydney businessman' who walked away with the cash.This episode of Conversations contains discussions about true crime, Australian history, gangsters, organised crime, horse racing, gambling, Jack the Insider, Fine Cotton, horse trainers, fiasco, horses.  

This week, Samantha stayed to do her thing, so you can mostly (when Ralphy sits on the mic) hear all of us! Which, is a wonderful thing as this week's guest brought his wonderful radio voice to our ears with stories & laughs about all sorts of things from which sinful categories some of the most famous sports stars of times gone by like George Best & Michael Jordan would fit into and more controversial topics like the "Fine Cotton" saga! As a Melbourne tragic, there is, of course, some footy chat & we find out that lucky for us, he is back on the airwaves in 2025 with the one and only Mick Malloy! Enjoy our candid hour of yarns with the one and only Titus O'Reily.In Dane's words, thanks for having us!Special Guest: Titus O'Reily Latest book: The Seven Deadly Sins of SportPodcast : @swannyandfriendsDane: @danes84Samantha @samantharichesRalphy: racetrackralphy.com.auSupport us in the Merch store: Shop here :)Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/hump-day-with-swanny-and-friends. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hi, Queerdos! How was your week? Anything weird happen? Us either. We're here to bring you stories, and by gum, we've done it!  . . First, in our True Crime Story, Edie tells us about an Australian horse race that went wrong and kept going wrong. Crikey!  . . Next, in our Spoopy Tale, Miss takes us back to the past for a set of archaeological finds that are Very Real and not a hoax meant to fool One Special Guy.  . . So bust out the spray paint,  be careful with those fossils,  and get ready for this week's show.  Let's dive in! . . . . True Crime starts @ 00:10:20 Spoop starts @ 00:42:39 . . Source notes: www.creepyinqueeriespod.com Follow on Instagram: @CreepyInQueeriesPod Send Us an Email: creepyinqueeriespod@gmail.com Listen on Youtube: Creepy InQueeries Pod Follow on Facebook: @CreepyInQueeriesPod

Quarter-Arsed History presents: the Fine Cotton Affair, when a horse racing syndicate made a farcical attempt at a "ring-in", involving hair dye, spray paint, and ultimately, multiple jail terms for those involved. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

After a few legal checks, we can now bring you part two of Fine Cotton, and we didn't even have to change it! When we left you, the horse was bright red, the race was imminent and it all looked like this slow-moving disaster was going ahead.   Find out what happens next in this extraordinary tale. If you'd like more Sports Bizarre, become a member of Bizarre Plus. Click here to join today As a member, you'll get: A weekly bonus podcast Access to all past episodes Exclusive behind-the-scenes access A fortnightly newsletter Access to the members-only chatroom Ability to vote on future episodes Early access to any live show tickets Follow Sports Bizarre on: Instagram Facebook Twitter TikTok YouTube  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We are back, and with the most requested topic we've ever had. In Australia, the two most famous racehorses are Fine Cotton and Phar Lap but for opposite reasons.  When a handful of colourful racing types attempted to swap the poor horse Fine Cotton, for the much faster Dashing Solitaire, it all seemed so easy. What followed was an inept, sometimes tragic, sometimes hilarious slow-moving disaster, with a mystery still at the heart of it. We are doing two live Sports Bizarre shows on in Melbourne in February at the Corner Hotel. The first show is sold out and there's only a few left for the second night. You can buy tickets here: Tuesday 27th February We are kicking off at the Corner Hotel because it's a two minute walk from Mick's house, but don't worry if you're not in Victoria, we will be announcing more dates in the near future. If you'd like more Sports Bizarre, become a member of Bizarre Plus. Click here to join today As a member, you'll get: A weekly bonus podcast Access to all past episodes Exclusive behind-the-scenes access A fortnightly newsletter Access to the members-only chatroom Ability to vote on future episodes Early access to any live show tickets Follow Sports Bizarre on: Instagram Facebook Twitter TikTok YouTubeSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We discuss what we would do with the $200 million if we won the lotto, Which celebrities did you see at the pub & the parents of children at Newington College aren't happy about the school becoming co-ed. Plus Titus O'Reily un-packs the story behind Fine Cotton. Join Mick & MG weekday mornings from 6am or grab the podcast everyday on LiSTNR or where ever you get your podcasts. #MickAndMGInTheMorningSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

I've been going through some stuff lately, and as part of the healing process I thought I'd do an interstitial bonus show. This is going to be a little bit different, but it should be plenty fun. Here's the unbelievably true story of Fine Cotton.

Wednesday on the Run Home and the boys caught up with the SENZ team Kirsty and the Beaver about a particularly fun NZ 'nightclub'. Errol Parker, the editor at large from the Betoota Advocate catches up with the boys ahead of the Fine Cotton scandal episode of The Betoota Advocate Presents. Live from New York off the back of the Nathan's Hot Dog eating championship, Australia's own J Webby - James Webb - tells us how he went. We also had a spicy NRL New Update featuring Greg-o from Blacktown, got a Wimbledon update from Brett Phillips and it was all about cheating in Fletch's Wacky team Wednesday Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

When Harry Troy sang the praises of Dennis Firth in a podcast last year, I made it my business to track down the former 16 time western districts premiership winner. Dennis is now 72 years of age, and still residing in his much loved hometown of Coonamble. He's the kind of bloke who's not comfortable talking about his own achievements but after a little coaxing he hit top gear. Den humbly acknowledges the fact that he rode 1499 winners in an era when racing was held only once a week in the bush. He's adamant that a training career was never in the mix. Dennis says his retirement wasn't planned. It materialised following a race fall. The former outstanding jockey talks about a family history in Coonamble dating back to the late 19th century. He talks of his father George who was an in demand farrier in the district. Dennis looks back on the days when he would sneak onto the local racecourse early mornings with his trusty pony, and match strides with the thoroughbreds for a short distance. This was the catalyst for his later career. He says he stayed at school longer than most but showed no special aptitude in the classroom. Dennis looks back on his good fortune in gaining an apprenticeship with the extraordinary horseman John Lundholm. He pays tribute to John and wife Colleen. The former ace jockey has never forgotten his very first race ride at Gulargambone. He says it was a “slaughter”. His first win came later at Gilgandra. Dennis was a fairly frequent visitor to the city in his early years. He remembers his first metropolitan win on Bid Day at Randwick. He says other Sydney trainers occasionally sought the benefit of his claim. He tells the story of the Warwick Farm trainer who introduced him to fluid pills. The results were disastrous. Dennis talks of a Randwick win on Conra during the 1975 AJC Autumn Carnival. This was the day he met Conra's owner, the celebrated owner and breeder Stanley Wootton.  He remembers other winning days in town. He wore a famous set of colours when he won a race on Ballad, owned by AJC Chairman Sir Brian Crowley. Dennis recalls winning a race at Warwick Farm on Skipper King which earned him a special 2GB sponsor's award. He still has the trophy. Firth looks back on his one and only ride in a Gr 1 race. The conditions at Randwick were deplorable when he went around in the 1989 Sydney Cup. He talks of Marlotta, the mare he rode in that Sydney Cup. he says she was one of the best horses he rode in the western districts.  Like his good friend Harry Troy, Dennis had one race ride on the real Fine Cotton. He says the horse he rode couldn't possibly have won a race at Eagle Farm. Dennis nominates the horse he believes was potentially a top liner. He won some country races on the talented but unsound Gun Drift, a son of Gunsynd. He acknowledges Lord Dante, the tough old bush warrior he partnered in 25 wins. Dennis talks about some of the faraway meetings he patronised. He looks back on many multiple win days, and his enviable record in country Cup races. Dennis pays tribute to some of the wonderful bush jockeys who provided tough opposition on the western tracks. He remembers his loving mother Joan who died only last year at the remarkable age of 94.  Dennis talks of brother Rodney, and sisters Annette and Wendy. He pays tribute to Wendy's husband Brian Fletcher, long time CEO of the Hawkesbury Race Club and now occupying a similar role with the Panthers Group. He tells a funny little story about his brother-in-law at the Walgett races. Older racing people in the western region will have fond memories of the brilliant young jockey who wouldn't stop winning premierships. This is his story.

How many boxes of hair dye does it take to change the colour of an entire race horse? One night in 1984, some very drunk Aussie criminals found out. John Gillespie and Hayden Haitana thought they had a sure fire way to win a lot of cash in horse racing - take a slow horse that nobody expects to win, and secretly swap it with an identical, but faster horse. A genius horse racing ring-in! The only problem? The fast 'Bold Personality' looks nothing like the slow 'Fine Cotton'. So Gillespie and Haitana get desperate, and just hope nobody notices on race day... Australian horse racing's biggest ever scandal, the Fine Cotton Affair involves the 'racing royalty' Waterhouse family, a secret hideout at the Big Banana, and a whole lot of empty hair dye boxes. We give you just the gist, but if you want more, there's this: READ “The Fine Cotton Fiasco”, the book Jacob mentioned https://www.penguin.com.au/books/the-fine-cotton-fiasco-9780143793700  LISTEN to the first season of ABC's podcast “Dig”, called “The Ring In” (hosted by our pal Veronica Milsom) https://www.abc.net.au/radio/programs/conversations/presents-dig-the-ring-in/13780332  LISTEN to a chat with the author of “The Fine Cotton Fiasco”, Peter Hoysted, from 2015  https://www.abc.net.au/local/stories/2015/05/04/4228556.htm  PERUSE some articles with some references images https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-03-19/fine-cotton-racing-scandal-dig-podcast/100899712  https://www.punters.com.au/news/the-fine-cotton-affair-ringing-in-30-years-of-controversy-20140817/  https://www.alittlebithuman.com/fine-cotton-bold-personality-and-white-paint-the-infamous-australian-horse-racing-scandal/  https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/nsw/fine-cotton-mastermind-scandal/news-story/43e4e9657e7962fb21fa0b0c122dab65  WATCH a 2019 clip from A Current Affair featuring the guy whose lawn was destroyed https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VB1WNDyilNY  Follow us on Insta: @justthegistpodcast Send us your suGISTions for stories and guests: justthegistpodcast@gmail.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The boys cross the ditch to our team at SENZ Kirstie Stanway & Stephen Donald, Wacky Team Wednesday continues and Stu Laundy swings by for a chin-wag

From Midday Madness | One of the CRAZIEST racing scandals in history! Claydo calls in to tell the tale of Fine Cotton.

Simon White has been a successful journo in newspapers and online … for many years … all around Australia. He spent some of his journey in South Australia, working as the racing writer for the Adelaide Advertiser, and it was during his time there he got to meet … and become friends with, a particularly colourful horse racing identity. Following a suggestion from an editor at the paper and since it was the 25th anniversary of the “Fine Cotton” affair … the infamous horse substitution ring-in, at Eagle Farm Racecourse in Queensland, Simon started to look for one of the key characters in this ‘affair', Hayden Haitana. The trainer of Fine Cotton was now living in and around the fringes of Adelaide, and leading quite a mysterious life.

Season 3 - Episode 4 – I don't want fine cotton, I want great cotton ft.@ldoggystyles - Matt and Irv are MIA so John makes an emergency call to a guy who never goes out, I mean loves talking sneakers and Disney. That's right, Lawrence is back to save the day. We run through some news items and do some victim shaming of the woman who lost her Apple watch at Epcot and got hit with 40K in charges. Our fit of the week is @codefingerboards in Magic Kingdom with Supreme dunks. Don't forget to tag us an use #kicksatthecastle in your Disney fit picks for a feature. We catch up on trips on property, John covers for Irv with his corn fed option of the week. In World vs Land we talk about the Astro Orbiter. The squad also breaks down Rescue Rangers and Lawrence and John can't agree on Moon Knight.     Follow us on Instagram at: @Ldoggystyles   @KicksattheCastle @Roobss @Mainstreetdad @thedisneyhypebeast @Weekends_with_Walt @tdhbshop

In 2019 Peter "Jack the Insider" Hoysted told Richard Fidler about one of the biggest scandals in Australian horseracing history on Conversations. The Fine Cotton Ring In was a plan to swap a slow horse with a much faster look-alike, involving a motley crew of small-time crooks, a couple of horses and a hell of a lot of women's hair dye. Now that story comes to life in Dig: The Ring In. Dig is a history podcast with a fresh take on an iconic story from Australia's not-so-glorious past. The full series is ready to binge so listen to the first episode here then find Dig: The Ring In wherever you get your podcasts.

In 2019 Peter "Jack the Insider" Hoysted told Richard Fidler about one of the biggest scandals in Australian horseracing history on Conversations. The Fine Cotton Ring In was a plan to swap a slow horse with a much faster look-alike, involving a motley crew of small-time crooks, a couple of horses and a hell of a lot of women's hair dye. Now that story comes to life in Dig: The Ring In. Dig is a history podcast with a fresh take on an iconic story from Australia's not-so-glorious past. The full series is ready to binge so listen to the first episode here then find Dig: The Ring In wherever you get your podcasts.

Meet Hayden Haitana, the lovable, ever-so-slightly dodgy horse trainer who lands himself in Australia's biggest racing scandal. He's going straight, no more shortcuts to win. Until his brother introduces him to conman John Gillespie, and a horse called Fine Cotton.

By some sort of miracle, the horse (that vaguely looks like Fine Cotton) makes it to the barrier. At 33-1 odds, the gang looks set to make a motza, but suddenly everyone's in on the scam. The odds tumble as bets are placed on Fine Cotton to win from as far away as Sydney, Tasmania and even Papua New Guinea.

When the disqualification is announced, all hell breaks loose and the Gillespie crew scatter to the winds. Soon the failed ring-in is making headlines around the country. Hayden and Gillespie hatch a deal to spill the beans on Australia's biggest current affairs show: 60 Minutes.

In the wake of Haitana's television expose, new players enter the story — in particular, one dogged racing official determined to get beyond the denials and cover-ups.

Hayden Haitana has become the most well-known — and loved — fugitive in Australia. But the law finally catches up with him and the other culprits. But who's taking care of Fine Cotton? And who will be thrown under the bus?

When a Sydney gangster is gunned down, speculation is rife that he may have been the mastermind behind the Fine Cotton ring-in. But then, a surprise confession from a notorious bank robber and career criminal changes everything.

What happened to our hapless hero Hayden Haitana and his merry band of race fixers? Before we put our story to bed, there's one more mind-bending twist to consider: the Double Sting.

A week out from race day disaster strikes. The fast horse meant to replace Fine Cotton is injured and his sub-in is the wrong colour. The creative solution? Multiple trips to the chemist and a long boozy night of applying women's hair dye to a horse.

When a Sydney gangster is gunned down, speculation is rife that he may have been the mastermind behind the Fine Cotton ring-in. But then, a surprise confession from a notorious bank robber and career criminal changes everything.

Hayden Haitana has become the most well-known — and loved — fugitive in Australia. But the law finally catches up with him and the other culprits. But who's taking care of Fine Cotton? And who will be thrown under the bus?

What happened to our hapless hero Hayden Haitana and his merry band of race fixers? Before we put our story to bed, there's one more mind-bending twist to consider: the Double Sting.

Meet Hayden Haitana, the lovable, ever-so-slightly dodgy horse trainer who lands himself in Australia's biggest racing scandal. He's going straight, no more shortcuts to win. Until his brother introduces him to conman John Gillespie, and a horse called Fine Cotton.

A week out from race day disaster strikes. The fast horse meant to replace Fine Cotton is injured and his sub-in is the wrong colour. The creative solution? Multiple trips to the chemist and a long boozy night of applying women's hair dye to a horse.

By some sort of miracle, the horse (that vaguely looks like Fine Cotton) makes it to the barrier. At 33-1 odds, the gang looks set to make a motza, but suddenly everyone's in on the scam. The odds tumble as bets are placed on Fine Cotton to win from as far away as Sydney, Tasmania and even Papua New Guinea.

When the disqualification is announced, all hell breaks loose and the Gillespie crew scatter to the winds. Soon the failed ring-in is making headlines around the country. Hayden and Gillespie hatch a deal to spill the beans on Australia's biggest current affairs show: 60 Minutes.

In the wake of Haitana's television expose, new players enter the story — in particular, one dogged racing official determined to get beyond the denials and cover-ups.

Hayden Haitana has become the most well-known — and loved — fugitive in Australia. But the law finally catches up with him and the other culprits. But who's taking care of Fine Cotton? And who will be thrown under the bus?

When a Sydney gangster is gunned down, speculation is rife that he may have been the mastermind behind the Fine Cotton ring-in. But then, a surprise confession from a notorious bank robber and career criminal changes everything.

What happened to our hapless hero Hayden Haitana and his merry band of race fixers? Before we put our story to bed, there's one more mind-bending twist to consider: the Double Sting.

Meet Hayden Haitana, the lovable, ever-so-slightly dodgy horse trainer who lands himself in Australia's biggest racing scandal. He's going straight, no more shortcuts to win. Until his brother introduces him to conman John Gillespie, and a horse called Fine Cotton.

A week out from race day disaster strikes. The fast horse meant to replace Fine Cotton is injured and his sub-in is the wrong colour. The creative solution? Multiple trips to the chemist and a long boozy night of applying women's hair dye to a horse.

By some sort of miracle, the horse (that vaguely looks like Fine Cotton) makes it to the barrier. At 33-1 odds, the gang looks set to make a motza, but suddenly everyone's in on the scam. The odds tumble as bets are placed on Fine Cotton to win from as far away as Sydney, Tasmania and even Papua New Guinea.

When the disqualification is announced, all hell breaks loose and the Gillespie crew scatter to the winds. Soon the failed ring-in is making headlines around the country. Hayden and Gillespie hatch a deal to spill the beans on Australia's biggest current affairs show: 60 Minutes.

In the wake of Haitana's television expose, new players enter the story — in particular, one dogged racing official determined to get beyond the denials and cover-ups.

In this episode, the THRE3 of us are talking about one of the biggest horse racing scandals in Australia. Tune in to hear Taylor tell you about a maniacal plan thought up by three bumbling idiots that had a notorious underdog claiming first place, beating 33-1 odds, and pissing a lot of people off.

Welcome to this episode of #JustHavinaCrack Today we speak with retired policeman Brad Eaton.Brad growing up in PNG and moving to Brisbane for schooling. Brad wanted to be a cop.Arriving at the police academy at Oxley, #FineCotton was standing in the stables.From there we talk to Brad about covert drug operations, Brendan Abbott, Christmas Island and illegal boats and Brads recent battle when he made the ultimate decision to amputate one of his legs above the knee.We hope you enjoy this episode of Just Havin a Crack

In light of the Houston Astros' sign-stealing scandal, the Professor and Barney's podcast team look into some of the craziest cheating attempts we've seen in sport.If you've come here to hear purely about drug cheats, we apologise. This is more looking into the obscure... from Fine Cotton, to Rosie Ruiz, to the Spanish Paralympic basketball team.Cast: 'The Professor' James Rochford, Andrew 'Barney' Barnett, Kiwi comedian Nick Rado, producer/researcher Tom Erskine and producer Phil PriorPlease leave a 5-star rating and review on iTunes and it *may* be the one that gets read out at the top of the show.And for more content, don't forget to follow @ProfessorOnFox on all the socials! Here's an in-depth rundown of this episode:-The cheating scandal, topic explanation (3:00)-The psychology of cheating (6:00)-The cheaters' high (7:00)AUSSIE CHEATERS-Tennis sledging, with Nick Kyrgios? (to be clear, it was accepted this was by no means actually cheating!) (9:00)-The Fine Cotton affair (and Hindy drops in?!) (13:00)FAVOURITE CHEATING STORY-Rosie Ruiz in the Boston marathon (16:00)-2001 Little League World Series pitching phenom (24:00)-Pay-for-pain - the New Orleans Saints defensive bounties in 2011 (29:00)CHEATERS THAT NEVER PROSPERED AND WERE RUN OUT OF THE GAME-Boris Onishchenko in the Modern Pentathlon (31:00)-Tiger Woods in the game of marriage (34:00)-Luis Resto ends undefeated Middleweight boxer Billy Collins' career at the MSG in 1983 (37:00)-Donald Crowhurst's voyage of lies (39:00)DUMBEST CHEATING OF ALL TIME-Spanish basketball Paralympic team (43:00)-J R Smith (45:00)-Tunisian Pentathlon team (48:00)-Atlanta Falcons' fake crowd noise (50:00)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.