Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
A recent disciplinary case heard by the NZ Racing Integrity Board has exposed the great hidden lie about the impending government shutdown of greyhound racing in New Zealand. During the hearing of the case involving trainer Bonnie Evans, which was about unrelated matters, it was revealed that whilst Evans had transferred a number of greyhounds […]
It was interesting to read that Darren Weir ditched his usual legal counsel Damien Sheales for his appeal against the two-year disqualification handed to him by the Victorian Racing Tribunal over the jiggers, and engaged Jim Murdoch QC instead. With no disrespect intended to D. Sheales we say that D. Weir decision was a very […]
Can anyone explain how the handicapper gave Transatlantic the wrong weight in a million dollar race? It’s not as if the horse had won recently and had to be re-handicapped. It hadn’t raced since December. Fortunately the handicapping error was picked up and corrected. It turned out that that due to an oversight by the […]
It was a funny sort of ride by Ash Butler on the favorite Fine Shot in the 4th at Rockhampton yesterday, rather funny indeed. Funny hoo hoo, not funny ha ha. Butler appeared desperate not to get his mount to the outside and into clear air. All down the straight he kept ducking in behind […]
Jockey Chris McIver was charged with failing to ride his mount Lustrous out to the finish of race 1 at Rockhampton yesterday. He pleaded guilty to the charge, although I’m not sure quite why. Lustrous is the horse on the outside in the black and white diamonds with black sleeves and cap. I can’t see […]
Seriously all fours drives were brilliant? You could have had concession drivers on all of them. CAW draws 1 on the fence and leads…… MS draws 10 follows the 1 out and sits leaders back Luke goes back initially then goes around to the breeze Deni follows Luke, continues to the breeze and gives him […]
We all accept that accidents happen in life, but in a multi-billion dollar industry like racing it is incumbent on those who hold race meetings to have in place contingency arrangements in case of things such as the failure of essential equipment required for race days. Equipment like operational and fully functioning barrier stalls. Somewhat […]
Some weird and wacky things happen in Queensland racing, and yesterday we saw another one. As the barrier stalls at the Sunshine Coast were being moved from the 1800m starting point of race 1 to the 1000m chute where race 2 would start from the steering mechanism on the tractor pulling them failed, and the […]
If I had a dollar for every punter I heard complain about being cut back on a bet by a corporate bookmaker or having their account closed down I’d be the richest man in Geebung, and twice as rich again. It’s the bane of every gambling fan’s existence, the weak gutted algorithm that won’t take […]
Anyone who ever doubted the truth of the theory of evolution need only have attended the Wagga Cup meeting on Friday to have been convinced. Danny Brereton was a Group 1 winning jockey before the terrible fall at Mooney Valley that ended his career, and was a damn good rider at that, but no-one ever […]
