Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
Dear Archie, Was that the modern day Oedipus Bobo Bailey we observed copping a richly deserved and animated spray from fellow trainer Shryn Royes in the tie ups at Cluden Park on Sunday afternoon? Noted he didn’t have any runners on the day, but surely no one else would be seen dead sporting a BB […]
Gus is the greatest certainty to win the Dominion Trot in a fortnight’s time that I have ever seen, and if he doesn’t win it I will give up punting. What this horse did on a rain soaked Saturday night at Albion Park in the pouring rain was extraordinary. First up for more than three […]
The entries for race 1 at Townsville on the 18th of September were in my humble opinion a rort, or at least they looked like it anyway. Prizemoney for the race was $21 000, but it carried QTIS bonuses of an extra $12 000, which made it a pretty rich race by North Queensland standards. […]
Immediately prior to the running of Race 7, an elderly overseas visitor attending the race meeting gained unauthorised access to the racecourse from the outside of the track in the vicinity of the 800 metres, walking across the track, taking up a position inside the running rail. The individual was observed on the track shortly […]
I am no trot driver so I can’t tell. I am however a punter, and gee from that perspective it looked for all the world like Wayne Hill dropped his hands on the leader here in race 1 at Globe Derby yesterday, and that is not at all a good look. Whether what Hill did […]
I have been telling you since he was a 2-year-old that Kiwi pacer Marketplace was a superstar. A month ago I declared that he might beat Leap To Fame in the NZ Cup. Marketplace is Back Then I watched him get beaten by Bettors Anvil last start at Addington, and talking through my kick I […]
Last week we told you all about the mysteriously sudden magical powers of the Peter and Mitchell Ferguson team in New Zealand, tipped you a winner, and told you to back every horse the pair trained. I hope you took the tip, because Ward Lamon won again in a $25 000 final at Ashburton yesterday […]
Correspondent Jay Jay from Perth Turf Talk writes: One month late, the Annual RWWA Report 2025/2026 has finally dropped. It contains the usually syrupy flannel from the Chairman and the CEO but I suspect Ian Edwards’ attempt to make a silk purse from a sow’s ear is best encapsulated by this marvelous example of smoke […]
Punters have been assured they won’t be impacted as Amused Group enters voluntary administration amid claims that millions of dollars could be owed to racing bodies. Story by Paul Tatnell, Betsy “Matchday purchased the assets of Amused Group and have already made significant changes, appointing a head of finance, a new head of commercial and […]
OTI paid $800 000 in 2024 to purchase the French Derby Du Langue winner Zweig, and bring it out to Australia, no doubt with Cup dreams in their mind. It turned out to be one of the worst buys in history. Zweig started out its Australian racing career in the barn of Annabel and Rob […]
