Remembering the Real Lester Piggott, Not the Now Deified Saint – Part 1, The Crimes
Click on the story to enlarge and read. The Independent, UK: 24 October 1987
Remembering the Real Lester Piggott, Not the Now Deified Saint – Part 2, The Ride Thief
Remembering the Real Lester Piggott, Not the Now Deified Saint – Part 3, Ripping Off Aussie Bill
Getting Away With Attempted Murder – God Bless the Misguided Judge
A rich woman who lives in a mansion by Sunny Coast sea’s marriage was breaking down. She wasn’t coping well with it. The woman hit the grog hard. When she was drunk – which was often – she became morose and depressed, and told family and friends that she was going to kill herself. One […]
The Guru Gifts Us Yet Another Sure Thing – Just Get On
Neville Playingfield is the most accurate trop tipster in New Zealand, a man so deadly that his best bets rarely ever lose, which is why we call him the Guru. I’d love to say he spent 80 hours a week poring over the form to find us one or two a week that will put […]
Brian Saves the Day
High drama in the Pryde's EasiFeed 3YO Pace as our brilliant Clerk of the Course Brian Lincoln chases down Relentless Me and Jack Laugher after a gear failure.Terrific explanation by https://t.co/p8SlwkvsDr co-host Steve Cleave, with the pace declared a 'no race' by stewards. pic.twitter.com/SwWs9R1z4F — The Trots (@TheTrotsComAu) May 28, 2022 Jack Laugher lost control […]
From the Penthouse to the Sh*thouse – A Picture Drawn in Crayons
Clayton ‘Crayons’ Warren is a Senior Stipendiary Steward with the QRIC, and the acting Chief Steward on the Darling Downs. Crayons chairs the panel at the Toowoomba race meetings, and is the man in charge. Or at least he was until yesterday. But now all of a sudden he’s the Stewards Secretary, the junior who […]
Why Did Steel Prince Die? – And Why Have Sam Freedman and the Mainstream Racing Media Called the Cause of Death Before the Body Has Even Gone Cold?
“He’s been an amazing horse for the whole stable and his owners and sadly, had a heart attack coming out of the gates” – Sam Freedman Steel Prince has long been an unsound galloper. The 8-year-old horse only raced 33 times in 5 years. Due to various injuries and problems he has spent 2 of […]
Runing For the Roses Past a Dead Horse’s Corpse – The Chief Steward Should Be Sacked
A horse named Steel Prince died on the track at Eagle Farm yesterday. His death happened 200m from the winning post, on the first lap of a 2 lap race. The horse suddenly faltered, then suddenly veered sharp left toward the outside fence. It’s jockey Nash Rawiller fell off. Steel Prince headed sideways toward the […]
Do You Believe in Miracles?
My friend and colleague Will Jones is one of the world’s pre-eminent writers about drugs in horse racing. A long-time journalist and an internationally published author, he has seen what goes on in the murky world from both the inside and the out, and tells it brilliantly. Will writes a quarterly publication called The Black […]