Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
Trainer Ben Yole and his driver brother Tim’s appeals against their 3-year-disqualifications have finally been determined. The result? Protest dismissed, Stewards placings confirmed. In other words the Yole’s lost. We don’t know why, because the decisions haven’t been published yet. Our guess is because they were as guilty as sin, and not even Damian “The […]
Leading Perth gallops trainer Grant and Alana Williams were charged with presenting the horse Starry Heights to race in the 2025 Kalgoorlie Cup with the prohibited substance Ritalinic acid in its system. Ritalinic acid is how Ritalin, the stimulant given to kids with ADHD, breaks down in the mammalian body. Horses like humans are mammals. […]
The message below went out to North QLD trainers a couple of weeks ago. Hey, Simon lambert here manager for Ben Kennedy who is moving up to Queensland this week to be base in Townsville with Tom button. Ben is a former champion apprentice in Perth with over 100 metro winners and has recently been […]
Jason Grimson is not renowned as a trainer of 2-year-olds, and in the past has never trained many before. That may be about to change though if the win of Hes A Dancer on debut yesterday is any indication. Hes A Dancer had trialled 4 times for its previous trainer Michael Hardy, three of them […]
Spirit of Anarchy has had 50 starts both in New Zealand and Australia, and won 10 of them. The horse was trained until a few weeks ago by Victoria’s 3rd leading trainer Brent Lilley, and before that across the ditch by Cran Dalgety, one of the Kiwi’s fined. The fastest winning time he could run […]
I don’t think Missy Lyn (pictured parading before the first race at Laura on the weekend) is ever going to be selected as the pick of the yard. No disrespect to the slow mare, but she ain’t no oil painting. Nellie she’s not. Missy Lyn is never going to be a beauty queen. But a […]
Bodine Bailey trained galloper Heez Da Man finished 3rd in a race in Cairns on the 4th of April. It has subsequently been disqualified from the race. There is no Stewards Report about the matter yet, but the word is that it that Bobo’s horse threw a positive swab. We don’t know to what. The […]
There was a protest 1st v 2nd in the last at Townsville yesterday. The side view is above. Head on below. The margin was SFA. I thought the interference was clear, and I would have upheld it. The Stewards disagreed. Protest dismissed. You be the judge.
Betting pre-post with the TAB is a very dangerous game. Unders are almost every bets middle name. Here below are the prices on the TAB that Racenet was spruiking in the lead up to the race. Value extraordinaire they were. Not. The TAB early prices are in bold. The SP is next to it. Yeah […]
When you think about it Baldy looks a bit like the horse is he is scoping out for Zjelko. They both have a similar sort of white nose. It’s probably the ice cream. Professional punter David ‘Baldy’ Frolley has become the most loved character ever written about on this website. Every where he goes to […]
