Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
The race for the WA State Trainers title looks like going right down to the wire, with Michael Young and Aiden De Campo – neither of whom has a won a premiership before – clearing right out from the rest of the field on 103 wins (Young) v 101 wins (De Campo), with last year’s […]
Trot trainer Anton Golino not that long ago relocated his training operation and his home from Victoria to NSW, presumably chasing the better prizemoney so he could attempt to make a decent living. Golino spent a lot of time, effort and money to do so. Unfortunately not that long after arriving in NSW one of […]
Young rider Tyler Leslight fell from his mount about 200 meters after the start of race 2 at Cooktown on Saturday afternoon. You can’t actually see the fall because it happens behind a big blue post that obscures vision from the single camera provided by Regional Cast, but it appeared that Leslight’s mount may have […]
Former South Australian trot man turned gallops trainer Waylon “The Highwayman” Hornhardt might be in a bit of trouble. Hornhardt’s two runners at the Mildura meeting on Melbourne Cup day Sassy Angel and Mr Trafficanti were scratched by order of the Stewards on reasonable suspicion that they may have been administered medication in breach of AR249(1). […]
It appears that we got the detail of jockey Corey Bayliss legal troubles slightly wrong in our earlier story. Bayliss has not been charged with breaching a Domestic Violence Order as we stated in the story. The latest information that has come to light is that he has been charged with an alleged domestic violence […]
Ben Melham got put upon in a most unlikely manner by Chad Schofield in the Champions Mile yesterday at Flemington. First time was at the 1400m when Schofield found himself stuck out 3-wide on Ceolwulf (in the green and gold striped cap) and decided that he wanted in. The only problem was that Melham on […]
Is trainer Lachie Manzelmann’s dominance of the numbers in bush racing a good thing or a bad? Manzelmann had 14 of the 27 runners on the five race card at Moranbah yesterday. He had 5 of the 6 in race one, 3 of 5 in race two, 2 of 4 in race three, 3 of […]
Saturday’s race meeting at Longreach was conducted under the QRIC caring for racing animals in extreme heat policy. Start time for the first race was brought forward to 11.00am. Races were run at 35 minute intervals. Pre-race parade times significantly reduced and there were on-course cooling stations in the race-day tie-ups, parade areas and a […]
I don’t know who Troy Sturt is. All I do know is that he is one lucky bastard. Super Smirk won too. For a $12.50 investment Troy Sturt has won $48 434.10. Dreams of made of this. Good on him.
Have the Brisbane Racing Club got their distance markers in the right place? I suspect not, but if they have then I suggest they check the calibration of the clock, because the incredibly fast times run all day at Eagle Farm just cannot be correct, Can they? According to the BRC website the 1200m track […]
