Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
Remember us writing this? Spot on we were. Billy Slater is a master coach, the next Jack Gibson or Bennett. Laurie Daley is an absolute bum. Great player, but couldn’t coach a pig to be dirty. None of the Blues want to play for him. Because tactically he doesn’t have a clue. And doesn’t understand […]
You’re about to see something special tonight. Reece Walsh is coming off the bench, but he’s coming, don’t you worry about that. And he is going to rip Origin 2 apart. Walsh did it in the Broncos run home and in the Grand Final. Tonight he is going to do it again. In a few […]
Relying on information from a usually 100 percent reliable source, we told you yesterday that the QRIC had challenged the QCAT by appealing the decision to allow Greg Bennett back into the trots. That was wrong. It was another matter entirely that the QRIC challenged. Their appeal against the Racing Appeal Panels decision in the […]
The NSW Stewards would have to be kidding wouldn’t they? Blaike McDougall sat up on the leader Demi God ib the last at Albury and almost cost it and the punters who backed it the race. In another stride it would have lost. The rules say that a jockey must ride their mount out to […]
What on earth type of drive was this by Grant Dixon on the favorite Aladdin Sane in the 2nd race at Albion Park on Tuesday afternoon? Dixon had the 1-1, a position from where Aladdin would have won the race. But instead of staying in the plum position he took the $3.20 favorite to four […]
I was researching a story this evening about why the newly appointed Alexandra Park CEO Brad Steele was at the Creek today instead of in Auckland, when by chance I decided to take a look at the current Albion Park Harness Racing Club Directors, and lo and behold I came across this. My old mate […]
Forty years does a lot of damage to a man. Especially one who has smoked 40 darbs and drunk a bottle of spirits every day for 40 years, not to mention the illicit drug use and the stress of the 7 day a week punt. It could be worse I guess. I might be married […]
Watch Blaike McDougall sit up well before the post on the leader in the last at Albury today. It was home to the world, until McDougall stopped riding. His mount still won, but by the skin of it’s teeth. His actions – or inactions, which is a better description – very nearly got the horse […]
Questions are being asked about a young QLD Steward’s interactions and friendships with a number of licensees, including some whose phones have been seized by the stipes colleagues in what appears to be an investigation into the activities of former trainer turned racing manager Ben Currie. We make no indictment of either Currie or the […]
Richmond is a rural town in north-west QLD, not that far from Mt Isa. The race club out there put on a five race meeting on the weekend. Jockeys who rode at it earned $1250 in fees, plus the chance of up to $1700 in commission on prizemoney won, which is not a bad earn […]
