Don Murray Astrologer

10/09/2025

TOM PHILLIPS' RACEHORSE
September 11

This headline seemed to p**s a lot of people off:

" Reality TV legend Dame Julie Christie producing Tom Phillips documentary - crew receives exclusive access behind police cordons."

Christie says the documentary is “really important to me”, but its future is now being questioned by other media, with a call to kill it “immediately”. Maybe Christie wants to win a Cannes Film Festival award ?

Did Christie continue ? : " I was planning a documentary on a typically dysfunctional, Kiwi family. I've excelled in working with these kinds of people. My iconic show " Game of Two Halves " introduced Kiwis to people like Methyou Ridge, Marc Ellis, Brent Todd, Mike King, Tony Veitch and Martin Devlin. I also worked with Paul Holmes.

All are renowned for their horrific marriage break-ups and/or class A drug addictions, with a pair of su***de attempters as well.

My reality television is designed to have entire families drooling over the box, instead of talking to each other. My masters don't mind the family unit being wrecked, because it drastically reduces the possibility of the masses being united in any form of uprising. Having them angry and worshipping drug addicts and/or manic depressants is a bonus."

Then I noticed a very appropriately-named racehorse. One of the many fascinations of horse racing has been their namings.

As per cunning concoctions involving the sire and dam. Like the 1988-born daughter of Spectacular Love and Listen In. She was named " Steamy Windows." There was also " Braless " by Showoff from Snuggles, and " Mr Horn " was a son of Three Legs.

Until a few days ago the Marokopa madman, Tom Phillips, was hell bent on avoiding police capture with 3 children beside him.

Marokopa Falls the 3 year-old filly has a sire named Hellbent and her dam is Beside You.

09/09/2025

CHARITABLE CON ARTISTS
September 10

Every spring the dils with the street smarts of Daffy Duck join for their annual celebration.

There's " Daffodil Day, " when the many-headed monster of the pit donates blindly to cancer research. That's been going on for 100 years and there still isn't a solution.They've been trying to find the cure for HIV without success in the last 40 years. Same for the common cold.

But early in 2020 a mysterious virus arrived, with the ready-made name of Corona. Within a few months, some pharmaceutical companies had discovered the cure !

We must remember that all discoveries and inventions have to be approved by the Blackrock broes. Solutions to all kinds of problems, including cancer, have been found, but their finders usually disappear just as quickly. Great inventors like Honduras' Dr Sebi and Yorum Kaufman of Poland, along with Stanley Meyer, Nicola Tesla and Royal Rife were not popular with the controllers.

Down in New Zealand there was an Astrologer gaining a reputation for his long-range predictions of national disasters. Then he discovers that all health problems are governed by the 6th House in the Astrological chart ! Obviously I wasn't dangerous enough for a suicidal bullet in the back of the head, just a ban from all mainstream media.

And downunder it's springtime again, the season of squandering. As the great unwashed donate blindly. to whatever television recommends. Gumboot Friday, Daffodil Day, White Nose Day, Pink Ribbon Day, they're all the same and most of the charities are rip-offs.

An auditor client of mine regularly found that around 10 cents in every dollar actually got to the charity. And a while back it was revealed just how much was being wasted by the Gumboot goons. From the " charity " collections come wages for a CEO and other expenses.

I usually only donate to the Buddhist community, because I know where the money's going. Apparently there's a Temple in Laos with a brick that belongs to " Lung Don Otahuhu."

Lest we never forget the golden rule of pharmaceutical companies: A patient cured is a customer lost !

09/09/2025

TOM PHILLIPS AND VENUS

Nobody warned the recently-departed Tom Phillips about the dangers of " Venus in Aries."

Or his ex-wife. T Phillips' birthdate planets include Venus in the domain of new challenges and adventures that's always a major risk when holy matrimony is involved.

Phillips' and the wife split, and from December 2021 there were plenty of adventures. On the run with his 3 young children, discovering new hideaways and homes to burgle. Until he was shot by police yesterday.

Venus in Aries' penchant for fresh challenges has got a lot of possessors into trouble. Like foreign screen icons Rolf Harris, Phillip Schofield, Kamahl Santamaria and Huw Edwards. Also NZ's Lisa Lewis and Martin Devlin, and Australian rugby league's Jarryd Hayne and Andrew Johns.

Consider 4 Venus-in-Aries boys born in the same week in a small Northland town. 3 of them got married, while one took Astrological advice in London and didn't bother. The other 3 eventually returned to bachelorhood after horrific bust ups.

Venus in Aries loves the excitement of horse racing. And the temptations, that have been causing massive changes in the lives of Sean Clotworthy, Cody Cole, Emily Murphy and Noel Callow recently. Other notable adventurers in the industry include Sir Mark Todd, Natalie Rasmussen, Katrina Purdon, Danielle Johnson, Michael Walker,Trudy Thornton, Kate Tiley and Leith Innes.

In fact staying too long in anything can be very dangerous. Look what 40+ years of parliamentary routine has done to Winston Peters.

07/09/2025

THE ORIGINAL " MATCH FIXING "

Allegations of " match fixing " have tainted the worlds of soccer, cricket, boxing and rugby league among others in recent years.

Match fixing began as far back as Sunday September 9, 1985. ' Twas the date of the inaugural Hotel Workers' Union soccer championship in Auckland, with a team inspired by Sydney rugby league's St George Dragons winning the Grand Final.

Fresh from Labour's 1984 general election triumph, the HWU was proud and brave. The solidarity was enhanced by teams from Auckland's main hotels playing friendly soccer matches on Sunday mornings. As a night porter in Victoria St's DB Royal International Hotel, I was also their soccer manager.

Smoking Murrayjuana with many members of the world champion 1985 Australian rugby league team who stayed there brought the inspiration.Double international Michael O'Connor insisted the team needed an animal name, like his St George Dragons, my favourite team then, so the Royal Dragons began.

The Royal International's manager liked the idea and provided money for the team T shirts. A meeting of HWU soccer managers in August decided upon a Grand Final day and I was given the task of finding a suitable Sunday morning date, field and referee. I selected Sunday September 9, with positive aspects in my personal Astrology, similar to the winning days for horse trainers used in the Racing System. To ensure that I'd be extremely happy with the day's events.

8 teams fronted on the day, at Avondale Racecourse, with Vacation Logan Park and the Royal Dragons progressing to the Grand Final. The Royal Dragons, like everyone else, had a few ring-ins and also a very rare 9-1-1 formation. The Dragons included a lot of Hollywoods who'd rather score goals than defend so all of the 9 forwards had to promise that they'd run back and help the defence if required.

10 minutes from time the Royal Dragons are leading 2-1. A tactical talk was needed so I dropped back to have a cigarette with the fullback, an English ring-in who played in a grade just below NZ's National League. Following the puff, the fullback jokingly suggested that I go back to the front line and " nail it. "

A real joke. I had no ball skills whatsoever and hadn't looked like scoring a goal all season. I was a manager, and a menace not a striker, but trotted back to the circle with the Dragons hot on attack. It was amazing fate that a stray ball came from nowhere and met the reflex reaction of my never-used left foot. A ricochet into the back of the net, 3-1 to the Royal Dragons and the final score.

Yet another great fluke supervised by Astrological awesomeness that has you in the right place at the right time.

Footnote: " Match Fixing " was fun, but the best dividends would come from " Race Fixing " with horses. The Champion Racing System, using birth charts of jockeys and horse trainers, went on the market in December 1985, and is still going with a 40th birthday not far away.

DON MURRAY Champion astrologer & tipster | Don Murray Astrologer | http://www.donmurrayastrologer.com/news.html | Astrology in Auckland, New Zealand | Best Astrologer in Auckland | Don Murray

05/09/2025

JAHROME HUGHES' " MAJOR SLOWDOWN "
sept 6
The snivelling, scowling sceptics scramble desperately to find mistakes.
While the amazing Astrological system keeps producing. Consider this:

" Melbourne Storm halfback Jahrome Hughes suffered a season-ending broken wrist during the Broncos’ 30-14 statement win over Melbourne at Suncorp Stadium.
Hughes suffered a dislocated shoulder back in round 21 and was making his return to the field in Thursday night’s huge showdown."

It was never gonna be his year, after the appearance in last November's Annual Prophecies:

" Hughes, Jahrome:
Major slowdown for NRL gun with Pluto attacking his Mars during Jan, Aug, Nov. "

The identical Pluto-Mars attack has also supervised major reversals in 2025 for Dame Lisa Carrington, footy coaches Warren Gatland, Kristian Woolf and Michael Cheika, and NZ media scabs Miriama Kamo and Michael Laws.

Everyone gets their turn with all of Pluto's punishments. Ideally everyone would be prepared and have " Gap Years " and not take life too seriously. On the other hand, it's become quite obvious from all the stunning prophecies that our lives are predetermined.

Such predetermination also has provision for the snivelling, scowling sceptics who scramble desperately to find mistakes. And will never accept this amazing science.

04/09/2025

THE JUMPING EMBARRASSMENT

Once upon a time jumps racing was very popular and exciting to New Zealanders. With some wonderful betting coups from the Astrological system, especially the Great Northern Steeplechase certainties.

Now it's a total embarrassment and deserves to disappear, courtesy of some horribly small fields and hopeless participants. Only 22 steeplechases have been run this year-- 8 of them for maidens, with a total of 70 starters. Of those 70 greenhorns, only 34 managed to complete the course. The other 36 fell over, dumped their riders or were retired from the race for performing so hopelessly. That's a 48% percent completion rate.

Very scary though is the lack of interest from young NZers. Around 80% of the main jumps trainers now are eligible for the old age pension, and around 80% of the jumps jockeys are aliens not good enough in their own countries.

So these aliens ain't gonna have a natural fan base of schoolmates and rellies and friends following their mounts. Overall the standard of humans involved in the industry has deteriorated dramatically since the golden era, when corporate trainers and syndicators didn't exist.

Consider the 1987 Great Northern over the Ellerslie hill----13 runners, 3 with trainers in their 20s, only one pensioner and no foreign jockeys.

Long gone are the daredevils of the industry that should have become media celebrities-- those fearless jumps jockeys.The most interesting of all with their crashing and burning and returning. They fixed races and produced some of history's greatest party animals. They live hard and travel and most finish life with nothing on the bucket list. Or in the bank. They could have been the NRL bad lads of today--- like Reece Walsh and Brandon Smith---and kept the youngsters in touch.

When you've got 41 Facebook friends who've been jumps jockeys, there are many fine memories and much mockery of today's mess. Entain hates jumps racing, because it doesn't attract betting. It should be all over when Entain starts cutting the cake in 3 years time.

02/09/2025

TOA SAMOA BEAT THE KIWIS
September 3

One of the highlights of Auckland's social calendar is the annual Otahuhu Food Festival.

On Saturday October 25, the main street will be closed for 150 food stalls and a few music stages. As hundreds waddle up and down that main street for 6 hours, filling their smiling faces. Last year the Auckland mayor Wayne Brown opened the proceedings, very casually dressed and afterwards I congratulated him on a fine speech. And for rubbing the idiotic leo molloy out of the mayoralty race. Then I asked Mr Brown if he knew the real reason for this festival ?

" No " and he seemed quite surprised: " It's a training exercise for the streets before the Tongan rugby league fans take over ! " He laughed.

When many of these people here today will be driving round in their crammed bongo vans, waving their flags and clogging the traffic. Remembering how Tongan fans became world famous for their antics in Otahuhu, after Tonga beat the Kiwi team for the first time in history, in Hamilton in November 2017.

That memorable evening, when Otahuhu police made 53 arrests for minor offences.5 minute journeys for takeaways would take 30 or 40. One of Tongan great Jason Taumalolo's many cousins scaled the Otahuhu town clock and replaced the NZ ensign on the flagpole with a Tongan one !

Although Mate Ma'a Tonga fans aren't always to blame.One Monday afternoon during the 2011 Rugby World Cup, Ikale Tahi fans kept the red and white spirit alive with an unauthorised street parade in Otahuhu.The main street was closed, which required 8 stationary police cars to seal off the feeder roads ! So I made a suggestion to a police constable: " With all those cop cars out of action, what a primo time for doing burgs and bank robberies ? " He did not comment.

Soon after, Tonga upset France dramatically on a dark Saturday evening in Wellington. My comical Tongan neighbour wondered if I was going down to Otahuhu to join in the celebrations ? Hahahahahaha. No way. Next day one of Israel Folau's many cousins was grizzling about the gridlock and having to park miles away. And the main street not only being closed, but also divided: South African-style apartheid in awesome Otahuhu ? Yep Tongans on one side of the road, rest of the world on the other, declared the cops.

October 2025 is going to be extremely busy for these people. Mate Ma'a Tonga and Toa Samoa are meeting the day after the food festival, In Brisbane. Not that it matters where, because Tongans all over the world will be zooming in. And the Samoans latched onto unauthorised street parades after the Tongan fans' epic performances in 2017. Toa Samoa are playing the Kiwis on Sunday, October 19 in Auckland, so there'll be plenty more gridlock, then the Tongans return to another Auckland thriller against the Kiwis on Sunday November 2, at 6 pm.

I'm very much a Mate Ma'a Tonga fan, but not very hopeful this year or next, with gun coach Kristian Woolf hampered by a Pluto-Mars attack until November 2026. Nothing like the 2017 prediction that Woolfie's Tongans would beat the Kiwis, or the Kangaroos 2 years later. I'd love to be wrong, but I've already got my B team Toa Samoa slotted in to have a first-ever win over the Kiwis on October 19.

It's not a productive evening for Kiwi coach Stacey Jones or forward leaders Joe Tapine and James Fisher-Harris. Toa Samoa is looking like the Pacific Cup winners.

F F F F F F F

Tongans like to claim that no-one does the 3 Fs like them-----Food, Family and Funerals. You could easily add " Footy Fans " and " Flag Flying, " with a classic case of " Family " last November. Mate Ma'a Tonga beat the Kiwis in Auckland on Saturday evening, November 2. 10 minutes after the final whistle a Tongan friend of mine received a call from her Brisbane-based son with the news.

She would be flying to Sydney next Sunday morning and returning 24 hours later. She was already booked into a hotel near the airport and would be one of 8 family members at the Tonga v Australia Pacific Championships Grand Final in Sydney on Sunday evening.

31/08/2025

NZ'S 16% SU***DE SPIKE

" Mike King is stepping down as executive director of the I Am Hope foundation to spend more time with his family.

King's job has him travelling around the country speaking to schools and raising funds for the charity he founded. He's on the road up to four times a week, but that would end when he steps down from the executive role and becomes ambassador for the charity. "

This frequent failure can f**k off without any fanfare. May 2025 revelations confirm that his gumboot goonery has made it worse !

" New Zealand has the highest su***de rate for children, a survey of wealthy countries shows.
The latest UNICEF Innocenti Report Card 19: Fragile Gains - Child Wellbeing at Risk in an Unpredictable World ranked New Zealand 32nd out of 36 countries for overall child wellbeing.
It ranked Aotearoa last place for child and youth mental health.
The report card showed New Zealand had the highest su***de rate for children out of the 36 OECD and EU countries, at a rate of almost three times higher than the average.
It also showed that New Zealand's children face a major problem when it comes to bullying, with the second highest rate of children experiencing bullying out of the countries included. "

So " travelling around the country speaking to schools " ain't working and it's no wonder the school truancy rate hovers around 50%. The kids prefer to become gangsters, and it's happening. The National Gang List of July 2025 had an estimated 10,009 patched members and prospects--a 7% increase from 2 years earlier !

After doing some research into the Astrological causes of depression, I thought that " mental health advocate Mike King " might be interested in the findings. Like the serious Venus v Saturn v Neptune happiness blocker in his natal chart. Such brings major problems in close relationships, and Mikey's got 6 kids to 5 different women to verify that.

Everyone with these Venus afflictions deserves to be warned. Marriage, it seems, can be a very expensive business. So back in December 2013, I tweeted him a suggestion. Firstly King wanted to know if Astrology had “ made you into a millionaire, bro ? ”

Strange question. When he realised it was a serious matter, and was offered assistance, King got extremely vicious:
" What a di****ad thing to say Don. You don't know me mate, what makes u think I'm depressed? "

Weirdo. Most clients are stunned after just 10 minutes of character and historic analysis. Proving that Medication Mikey isn't interested in discovering and solving problems, just there for his fragile ego.

But he was a superstar from the Annual Prophecies of November 2018 ! When his ' major off-year ' from ' Pluto-Sun catastrophes ' included a mental breakdown, a motorbike crash and 9 broken ribs.

He might be an idiot, but " medication Mikey " is a favourite of the Blackrock gang, with their master plan to divide and distract, and wreck families. Whence his regular mainstream media appearances, and his bosses are impressed:

" Great to see your little nation topping the world in teenagers topping themselves," beamed Mr Rothschild, " and well done. As long as your counsellors keep alienating the kids from their families ! "
NZ's total su***des in 024 totalled 617, representing a 16% increase in 10 years.

30/08/2025

RUGBY LEAGUE BEATS HORSE RACING

Just about everything’s going down in the troubled NZ racing industry. Except for the “ operating expenses.”

FY June 025 saw a 34% increase in the wage bill !

Figures extracted from the weekly dashboards produced by TAB NZ showed that betting on thoroughbred horses declined marginally (2%) in the first six months of 2025 compared to 2024, despite all the TAB advertising and ‘The Kiwi’ slot race, etc. Then the geo-blocking kicked in for July, and on the 21 comparable thoroughbred meetings held year-on-year for the month, betting on thoroughbred racing rose by only 10.9% !

Don't get excited though, about the 10.9% increase. You see in 3 years time, Entain stops its breastfeeding programme and splits the profits 50-50 with TAB NZ. So betting has to increase by 100% just to maintain current stake levels.
It won't happen, and the $17k maiden races of today will drop to around $10k and the d***y horse tragics will only have themselves to blame.

Because they think they are special and the horse is " the brand." It's not working. Sports betting didn't exist 30 years ago, now it's got 34% of the domestic market, and counting !

Horses are so boring, they don't nutt off at press conferences, abuse refs or get marched for crusher tackles. They don't get busted for snorting co***ne, they do urinate in public, but don't get prosecuted. Unlike the NRL's Willie Mason, Cooper Cronk, Brett Finch, Todd Carney, Russell Packer, Nate Myles and Sam Tomkins etc.

Much has been written about the group one-winning trainer from Cambridge who got barred from his local boozer after his public display of urination. Publishing his name would change the perception of the struggling industry.

Gamblers love bad boys and feel a connection. Rugby league's appeal definitely hasn't been diminished either by the co***ne scandals involving Josh Addo-Carr, Brent Naden, Reece Walsh, Ben Barba, Latrell Mitchell, Ezra Mam, Kevin Proctor or Jesse Bromwich.
They'd also marvel at a very under-utilised pl***oy cult figure like Opie Bosson the great shuttle stallion and champion jockey.

Meanwhile Bosson's long-suffering, latest ex-wife and mother of 2, Trackside Channel babbler Emily Murphy, will be babbling about 4-legged stallions and their pedigrees, then congratulating the Cambridge couple who bred the winner of a race in Brisbane.

That's when we switch over to rugby league, male or female. They'll be going long after Murph and her fellow babblers have been booted to trim the wage bills, and stake money's dropped by nearly 50%.

28/08/2025

CONCUSSION ASTROLOGY

“ The father of a rugby player who died with a condition linked to concussion says former Māori All Black Shane Christie‘s death is “another kick in the guts” for head injury advocates.
Friends of Christie told the Herald it was believed his death was self-inflicted and came after a period during which concern over his wellbeing had increased. “

Those “ head injury advocates “ need their arses kicked as well. Obviously their systems ain’t working.

Shane Christie, 23 July, 1985, was born with the Sun and Mars locked together in the late degrees of Cancer. Both in a difficult aspect to revolutionary Pluto in early Scorpio !

Mars v Pluto at birth is dangerous enough. A classic for anger management and substance abuse issues. In the charts of Hollywood's legendary sexual predators Harvey Weinstein, Patrick Swayze, Woody Allen and Roman Polanski. Also renowned angries like John McEnroe, Adam Johnson, Mike Tyson, Matthew Newton, NZ murderer Greg Meads and the departeds Muhammed Ali and Chopper Read.

Also NZ footy’s 2 most infamous eye gougers, Gary Freeman ( league ) and Richard Loe ( union ), were born with the aspect. Plenty of psychological problems, and Sun v Mars is very common in the charts of angry, hard-drinking women and also victims of domestic violence.

Mirth and NZ’s failing mental health system are made for each other. Zillions of $$$ are squandered on cowards and counsellors and the gumboot goons but their systems have failed. The 9% spike in humans topping themselves last year was confirmation.

Ideally there would be a flag system, after every single birth time has entered the system. With warnings about potential paedophiles, bullies, gamblers, drunks and the recommended unmarryables with Venus in Aries or a Scorpio Moon.

No chance. It’s become obvious that our destinies are predetermined. I’ve discovered phenomenal formulae for long-range horse racing certainties, national disasters, recessions, Rugby World Cup reversals, awesome holidays and a time for the perfect crime.

But I still can’t crack the formula for forecasting death ! Several Buddhist Monks have assured me I will be going to heaven, where my first duty will be to find the great Roman soothsayer. He who correctly predicted Julius Caesar’s assassination 44 years before Jesus Christ’s arrival. Which was also predicted by the 3 Wise Men.

Ideally the soothsayer will share his secret formula.

DON MURRAY Champion astrologer & tipster | Don Murray Astrologer | http://www.donmurrayastrologer.com/news.html

26/08/2025

THE LYDIA KO GO SLOW

Recent news:
" Dame Lydia Ko is in the hunt for her first top-10 finish on the LPGA Tour since March ahead of the final round of the Canadian Women’s Open.
So far in 2025, Ko has three top-10 finishes – including a win – and another two top-15 results. Her most recent top-10 came at the Ford Championship in late March."

No great surprise after the appearance in the November 2024 Annual Prophecies:
" Ko, Lydia:
Major and difficult personal reconstruction from Pluto-Sun attack between March 025 and Nov 026. Saturn restrictions in May, Sept, and Jan 026 but positive Uranus-Node advancement around June, Dec and March 026."

The major " personal reconstruction " continues, with Pluto attacking Mercury and Venus from 027 to late 029. Pluto v Venus will be extremely challenging for the marriage, about which there were warnings as soon as Ms Ko became a young superstar.
Being born with a Scorpio Moon alone, Ms Ko will always be difficult to live with/manage. As well as the Mercury/Venus mix, in difficult aspect to Uranus when she was born, demanding maximum freedom and excitement.

Scorpio Moon possessors are renowned for their plummeting into dark places. Here's another one, also experiencing some obvious " personal reconstruction: "

" Kiwis and South Sydney Rabbitohs ho**er Brandon Smith has been charged by Queensland Police with allegedly supplying drugs and a betting offence.
It comes two weeks after he was questioned by police at Gold Coast Airport. The 29-year-old was pulled aside and interviewed by waiting police when he arrived at Coolangatta Airport on August 9 ahead of his side’s round 23 clash with the Gold Coast Titans."

24/08/2025

ANDREW CASTLES' MAJOR PROBLEMS

Among the many mysteries in the crumbling racing industry was Race 8's name at Te Rapa on August 23:

CHITTICK FAMILY WISHING BUTCHA ALL THE BEST 1500

Non-members of racing's incestuous, closed society could easily wonder Who T F is " Butcha " and why does he need wishes ?

Very strange that there have been no press releases or anything to indicate that 54 year-old Andrew " Butcha " Castles is leaving his C E O position at Te Rapa to deal with liver cancer ?

Some 20 years ago I re-christened Castles " The septic tank with arms and legs." He was renowned for his unbelievable alcohol appetite. Even some 30 years back, the shapeless hulk's prowess as a gifted shifter of pints was earning accolades. Friends invited him to share in the ownership of a mare named The Gifted Shifta, who managed 5 wins and 3rd in a Wellington Cup.

Castles was basically an accident waiting to happen and few are surprised. Humans and their health are way down the pecking order in horse racing. Plenty of serious alcohol and drug addictions therein, especially for the common wage earners in the media and administration.

I learned early that the horse has to be admired. So fast, intelligent and attractive, like how many males could command $385K for a " Donald Duck " ?

As per: " Coolmore has set a new benchmark in the Australian stallion market with Tom Magnier confirming that Wootton Bassett will stand for a record $385,000 (inc GST) in 2025. " Grossly unhealthy humans pay these zillions, then ensure the expensive beast has a strictly-monitored diet and regular exercise, as per a minimum of 30 minutes trotting, galloping and cantering 6 days a week.

So I decided to be like the horse in the hope of increasing my stud value. Fortunately you get addicted to exercise and the " DOMS " = Delayed Onset Muscle Soreness. Running, swimming, cardio, boxing, weights, pilates, no matter what you try, the addiction remains. Maturity means 30-40 minutes walking a day can be enough, but not everybody can see the benefits of being addicted to exercise instead of alcohol.

Especially those with serious psychological issues involving Pluto and Mars. One of the classic aspects for depression is the union of revolutionary Pluto and energetic Mars in the natal chart. Castles' chart has that one, along with local mental illness icons Sir John Kirwan and Cameron Slater. Also complex horse racing identities Stephen McKee, Paul Milich and the late Ray Cleaver. Plenty of entertainers have this aspect that guarantees a major mid-life crisis or several, serious addictions and problems maintaining positive energy.

The racing industry has always been a heavy promoter of alcohol and it's a tough place for problem drinkers. With plenty of other stupidities, like this one from the racing media's chief arse-licker, Michael Guerin: " Andrew Castles, known in the racing industry as Butch, is one of the thoroughbred code’s most respected names after a life spent working at all levels of administration, his current role being chief executive of the Waikato Racing Club. "

With the rapidly declining industry heading for the doldrums, being " one of the thoroughbred code’s most respected names " is hardly anything to be proud of !

COMING SOON:
Geo-blocking has made very little difference to the betting turnovers. Latest stats are endorsing my forecast of stakes being nearly halved in 3 years time. Watch this space.