Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
The season proper is started. Spring has sprung. It’s Underwood day this Saturday, for mine the real start of the second greatest racing carnival on earth, Royal Ascot being number one. Which makes you realise what a crowded market we have at the top end of the stayers training ranks in Australia, one absolutely dominated […]
Richard Callander in his Racenet column this week declares Sheza Alibi an absolute gimme to win the Golden Eagle at Rosehill in seven weeks time. As good as she is – and Sheza Alibi’s top class, there is no question about that – Richie has gone the crow too early and overlooked one rather important […]
Remember us telling you a month ago that a leading owner of racehorses trained by Kelly Schweida had been charged with serious financial crimes involving his business dealings in the pork industry? We told you that we knew the name of the person but were prevented by law from sharing it with you until he […]
Harness Racing NSW has just announced Chocolate Starfish as one of their headline musical acts at the feature Carnival of Cups meeting at Newcastle. For a sport that’s heyday is well in the past, it’s probably appropriate. Chocolate Starfish – which by the way is colloquial slang for asshole – have only ever has one […]
I got a tip earlier in the week that trainer Kristie Clark-Peoples, her husband and fellow licensee David Peoples, and a staff member who shall not be named, might be paying a visit to the QRIC Stewards office sometime soon. The matter, our mailman said, involved a reputed positive swab that one of the Peoples […]
Know how many races that you could bet on today with corporate bookmakers if you wanted do, or if you were a totally addicted gambler after a never ending fix and had the cash to get it? 955. Here is the breakdown of them. 62 domestic gallops 375 international gallops 116 domestic greyhounds 199 international […]
Archie Point taken with regards to COT (change of tactics) Batemans Bay in race 5 at Mackay on Saturday, but a five horse race around Ooralea of which comprised two legless goats in comparison to a fifteen horse race at Cluden Park on Townsville Cup day is apples and oranges all things considered. At Mackay […]
Apprentice Bella Youngberry has had one hell of a past three weeks. The kid has ridden dozen winners worth about $430 000 in prizemoney in that short time, at a strike rate of 24%, including a treble yesterday at Doomben. Every silver lining has a dark cloud though. Bella’s came on Friday night at the […]
The $3.80 favorite in the last race at Mackay yesterday Bateman’s Bay had, coming into the race, started on 21 occasions previously. Each and every time it had been ridden from behind, including at its win last time out at Townsville, when it swept home from near the rear of the field. Bateman’s Bay had […]
We keep asking questions about the competence of the current batch of QLD trot Stewards, and the answers we are getting aren’t good. What happened on Friday night is yet another illustration. It was standing start trot race, with eight horses drawn off 20m. That’s okay, because they start 8 across from the stand at […]
