Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
No-one really gives a f**k about Sandpapergate anymore. Or they didn’t until now anyway. Our blokes cheated. We got caught. Such is life. They all told us that only three people were involved, Cameron Bancroft the sandpaper man, Steve Smith his captain, and David Warner who was Smith’s deputy. The funny thing always about that […]
It’s on. Friday afternoon. Addington race 12. The NZ Free For All. Leap To Fame v Captain’s Mistress III. The pair have raced twice before. Larry beat Captain’s Mistress in the Miracle Mile when he did a power of work and she was a tragedy beaten. Then she beat him in the Inter Dominion after […]
Archie Following up on your story regarding GAITAGATE. Sorry if it’s a bit long winded. Key players in the story are the Gaita and Tony Pullicino and their horses Perfect Playgirl and A Major Star – the story starts back in September – bear with me. 1/9/26 – A MAJOR STAR – Won at GDP […]
Former top QLD apprentice Cody Collis took up a riding contract in Mauritius in the middle of the year. Collis only had 21 rides on the tight track at the tiny little island. He won 2 of them. But hasn’t been seen there for months. Or anywhere else. Where has Cody Collis disappeared to? You […]
Harness Racing New Zealand published a notice advising that in a late change to the line-up for the Australasian Young Drivers Championship Jason Kittel had replaced Corey Johnson as SA’s representative. Harness Racing South Australia didn’t say a word about Kittel having replaced Johnson. They just said that Kittel was their rep, with no explanation […]
I’ve tried to write a hundred stories about the passing of Izzy Neale, but I keep choking up in tears, and none of them work. Things aren’t supposed to be like this. That poor kid, and her family. The dignity that they shown in face of most terrible tragedy imaginable is a reflection of the […]
Bevan ‘Billy’ Johnson took just five horses up the The Isa yesterday. He was up against it because local trainer Tanya Parry had 25 of the 36 runners on the program. Shryn Royes saddled up the other six. There wasn’t another trainer to be seen for miles. Billy won three races, and ran seconds in […]
The Stewards report into the Gaitagate scandal is in. Or not, as the case may be. Tony Pullicino has been suspended for 21 days for cutting off another runner entering the turn into the back straight. He deserved it too. His mother looks on face value to deserve a whole lot more. Stewards have convened […]
I have been a huge Peter V’Landys fan for many years now. Not because I’ve been kissing PVL’s arse, but because I truly believe that he is the best sporting administrator in the world, and a thoroughly decent human being. Plenty have knocked me over the years for my strident support of the bloke, but […]
When I was a kid almost half a century ago my grandfather used to take me to the Albion Park races. Gallops not trots. The Creek was a sand track back then, and was where they raced when the gallops tracks were too wet. Barely a meeting was ever cancelled due to the weather, not […]
