Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
Jack Sauer is a weak-jawed South Australian ‘businessman’ who used to be a car salesman, before moving into wine distribution running a company named Palate Wines that didn’t appear to distribute much of the stuff, and then becoming a supposed property developer who didn’t develop much. These days Sauer is a defendant on criminal charges […]
Tanya Parry trainer 18 of the 31 runners yesterday on the 5 race McKinlay card. Shryn Royes trained another 5. The remaining 8 starters were prepared by Ray Hermann (3), Mark Oates (3) and Kerry Krogh (2). Five trainers. $50 000 prizemoney plus $7500 in QTIC bonuses. More thousands in subsidies. And absolutely zero by […]
Arrowfield principal John Messara was once famously an unabashed friend and supporter of Alan Jones. That was back in the days when the confirmed bachelor Jones was considered respectable, which now seems so long ago. I wonder how Messara feels about his old mate Alan now? We shudder to think. Although to be fair, Messara […]
Tomorrow (Monday 31 August) Harness Racing New Zealand is asking its members – the trotting clubs across the country plus a couple of industry associations – to vote on a proposal to acquire all of the assets of Waikato Bay of Plenty Ltd, Cambridge Raceway Ltd, and Taylor Steet Ltd (collectively the Cambridge club) for […]
LIVALITTLE (NZ) – Jockey D. Moor pleaded guilty to a charge pursuant to AR132(7)(a)(ii) for using his whip on 9 occasions prior to the 100m, 14 in totality. Jockey Moor’s license to ride in races was suspended for a period of 7 days, to commence at midnight 5th September 2026 and to conclude at midnight […]
Take a look at what went on here in the last race at Albion Park on Saturday night. If you didn’t know better, or at least believe that you do, you’d almost swear that Jack Chapple, the driver of the leader and long odds on favorite Fire And Passion, and Angus Garrard on the 2nd […]
Yu Long paid the Alpha Racing syndicate $10.4 million for the mare Barnavara. It was the greatest overs in the history of horse trading, in my opinion at least. Barnavara was one of the better fillies of her generation, but you would never say she was a champion, because you’d be lying if you did. […]
Excited about the brilliance, strength and courage of Zac Lloyd’s winning ride, I messaged the following about him to my mate, whose opinion I respect. I reckon he is very, very close to McDonald In ability and everything else Total professionals My mate replied in a totally respectful tone that only amplified the fact that […]
Seaton Grima is a genius. A fortnight ago he gets this aged 8-year-old gelding named Springield Affair that has had 207 starts for its previous trainers Kevin Von Duve and Peter Rixon. Von Duve has been training for a long time and goes alright. Rixon has trained 666 winners, has NSW premiership trophies on the […]
August 28, 2026 The Northern Queensland Winter Racing Carnival will go to another level in 2027, with a boost in prizemoney to see almost $3.5 million go up for grabs over two thrilling months of racing. All four major Cups races held across Rockhampton, Mackay, Townsville and Cairns will now be run for $200,000 each, an […]
