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By Dr. Alis Headlam May 30, 2025

Another Country

I was 14 in 1961 when my family moved to Istanbul, Turkey, from the United States for a one-year Fulbright appointment that my dad received. He was offered a position to …

Issue # 209

Another Country

May 30, 2025

Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC) must be allowed to work

May 30, 2025

Snapshots of genocide through the eyes of the U.S. Administration

May 30, 2025

No respect for women

May 30, 2025

Doctor, I still have hopes for America – am I mad?

May 30, 2025
By The Terrible Tout January 3, 2025

Horses to follow 2025

Compared to pre-COVID performance and the pandemic years, horseracing has made positive strides in 2024.In particular, international attention was grabbed by the excellentMouttet Mile promotion. Jamaica was able to once again …

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By The Terrible Tout October 11, 2024

Claims Against The Claiming System

An advertorial in the Track and Pools and a report in the Jamaica Observer (September 28, 29 and October 1) confirms Howard Hamilton is at it again. He has been whining …

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By The Terrible Tout May 10, 2024

Indiscipline Will Never Cure Indiscipline

This past week or so, Caymanas Park has closely resembled the Upside Down in an episode of Stranger Things. For more than 30 years, horseracing promoters have been manipulating starting times …

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By The Terrible Tout March 1, 2024

Betting Is Not The Same As Gambling

As gambling options seem never-ending, maybe it’s time for a seminar on the differences between gambling and betting. There’s a reason that Government’s statutory body regulating these activities is named The …

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By The Terrible Tout January 5, 2024

Horses To Follow 2024

Unfortunately, serious horse racing fans were as frustrated at the close of 2023 as they were at its start. In Public Opinion’s first issue of 2023, I wrote: “…production of racing …

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By The Terrible Tout November 10, 2023

Opposition To Everything

So, finally, after decades of lobbying, a Government has recognized the counter-productive nature of GCT imposed on the importation of race horses. So, naturally, the Opposition began intense politicking because everyone …

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By The Terrible Tout April 14, 2023

Computers Are Taking Over

I remember when the word “computer” conjured up as many magical images as Narnia or Middle Earth subsequently. In the early days, my pardy and I saw an advertisement of a …

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By The Terrible Tout March 17, 2023

Positive Developments

Two recent developments in horseracing and betting have the potential to produce positive results. The first is the introduction, at the racetrack, of what’s being marketed as ‘fixed odds betting”. It’s …

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By The Terrible Tout March 3, 2023

He Don’t Like Favourites

So my alter ego found himself in the Bernard Lodge area recently visiting the location of a longstanding legal dispute. There I met a Stud Farm Manager named Clifton McLeish who …

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By The Terrible Tout February 3, 2023

Pay Attention To The Track

The racing surface at Caymanas Park is in urgent need of attention. I don’t have to be at exercise gallops or touring stables every day (as was my routine years ago) …

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