Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
You have to be above fifty to remember Vinnie Knight, and understand what a rock star he was in a sport that never really had them before, and hasn’t really since. Vinnie was a wrong gee, a doper, horse hooker and gambler, a bloke who was tied up with all the wrong people and trapped […]
We all get it wrong sometimes. Well some do anyway. Chris Barsby doesn’t often miss a photo. Then again, he’s not a Victorian is he? This one looked obvious to me. But I’m a Queenslander too. How many of use do you see moving to Melbourne? What about vice versa? Yeah. Says it all doesn’t […]
Malachi Rain Subecz was beaten, starved, thrown against walls and burnt with scorching hot water in the months before he was eventually killed — by the woman entrusted with his care. The malnourished five-year-old, who weighed just 16kg when he died, succumbed to the injuries sustained at the hands of caregiver Michaela Barriball 11 days […]
How good is the Million Dollar Chase? I’m not just talking the race, which is an absolute cracker. It’s the whole concept and the promotion that really pushes my buttons. Fox Footy are going to flick straight to Wenty after the main match on Saturday night to cover the race. When’s the last time you […]
Group 1 winner Jonker has been retired to stand at Queensland’s Aquis Farm this spring, it was announced on Monday. A Stakes-winning two-year-old who trained on to win the G1 Manikato Stakes (1200m) and $1 million Magic Millions Sprint (1200m) as an older horse for Tony Gollan, connections made the call to retire the six-year-old […]
What the hell was Sofia Arvidsson doing here? She is on the $1.33 fave Dance Secret in a very weak 7 horse race. It gallops out for no seeming reason at all. Arvidsson is out the back and there is nothing to her inside or outside, or anywhere around. Instead of just steadying it back […]
The last at Globe Derby last night was a weird one. It’s a three horse race. There were six, but Gaita Pullicino scratched one of hers, and Shane Loone pulled out two of his. That gave them both a run in a race that wouldn’t have been one of their scratched horses hadn’t accepted to […]
We could’ve had it all Rolling in the deep You had my heart inside of your hand But you played it with a beating Adele Kerry Packer once famously said in reference to reeling in a sucker that you only get one Alan Bond. Fortunately for the Aussie wagering industry company built on sand Betmakers […]
‘Slippery’ Sam Adams is a man that we have written extensively about in the past. For legal reasons that have nothing to do with him, we can’t repeat those stories for 4 and 1/2 years, which is a shame, because they are interesting. It’s suffice for now though merely to say that Elliot ‘ET’ Forbes’ […]
Group 1 winning trainer Rob Heathcote insists he made an honest mistake in treating his horses with a banned product, which led to his runners being sensationally scratched by order of stewards at Doomben on Saturday. Heathcote admitted using a product called Hemoplex on his horses. The multiple Group 1 winner said he had been using […]
