Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
There were 26 starters on the 5 race card at Richmond yesyterday. Tanya Parry trained half of them (13). Shryn Royes trained about another third (8). The only other runners on the program were trained by Ray Hermann (3) and Toni Schofield (2). Prizemoney for the meeting was $50 000 plus $7 500 in QTIS […]
Once upon a time when the world was wide and the Stewards were top-class Grant Dixon would have been sent to the sin bin with a long suspension for his drive on Blackjack Sam in the last race at Albion Park last night. But today in this dimly lit era all Dixon got from the […]
I don’t know what young trainer James Healy was thinking when he made the ill-fated decision to bring Tiffani Brooker down from the Sunshine Coast to ride Arabian Rose in the $2 million Group 2 The Invitation at Randwick yesterday, but I bet he regrets it. No disrespect to Brooker, who is a competent provincial […]
Jason Collett’s ride on the beaten $2.05 favorite Ciaron’s Star in the Brian Cowley at Randwick yesterday was the stuff of nightmares. A punter’s worst dream. Everything Collett did was wrong. First Ciaron’s Star missed the start by two lengths. His rider took him to the rail. Coming to the turn Collett had the choice […]
Jockey Reece Jones was thrown from his mount when returning to scale after race 2 at Scone on Friday, and hit the ground hard, banging his head. The on-course paramedics diagnosed the rider as displaying signs of concussion and stood him down from his remaining mounts for the day. If Jones rode in Victoria or […]
Fox Sports need to get their facts right. Andrea Leek wasn’t the 2nd female trainer to win a Cox Plate. She was the third. Deidre Stein from Bathurst was the first, in 1995 with Rising Prince. The second was Moira Murdoch from Auckland, who won it with Solvit in 1994. None of this takes away […]
The weights for the Melbourne Cup are insane. Birdman and Aeliana head the handicaps with 58kg apiece. Aeliana is a 5YO mare who has won a Derby, a Ranvet, and a Tancred, all of them at WFA. She has the same weight as Makybe Diva had in her third Cup win, after she had won […]
Menangle race 4 no 5 Jungle Dragon Drops back from elite class to racing cats. It’s not much of a price but it wins. Hoe in. Menangle race 6 no 4 Swayzee Champion. Certainty. Anchor it in every multi. Albion Park race 1 no 7 Greased Lightning See above. Just wins. All yours. Albion Park […]
Sydney race 9 no 1 Linebacker. He has beaten Broadsiding twice. No other horse in this field could do that. Yes he has to carry 59.5kg, but he deserves it. Zac Lloyd on board. Get on. Sydney race 7 no Global Goal. Steps up to 2000m and looks for the world as if she will […]
Mares were never as good before as they have been in the past 20 years. Sure you got the occasional freak like Wakeful, or Surround, or Flight, or Wenona Girl, or Emancipation, but these girls were the exception, not the rule. Prior to the year 2000 only 8 of the 33 Australian Horses of the […]
