Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
‘Cause people like to talk Lord, don’t they love to talk But when they turn out the lights ….. Charlie Rich, No-one knows what goes on behind closed doors Peter Gleeson – ‘Gleeso’ – is a well known greyhound racing identity, and a passionate supporter of the sport. His Mum is a dog trainer, his […]
This is race 4 at Townsville on Thursday. See the horse coming through the barrier early? It is hard to miss isn’t it? People saw it as clear as day. Not the Stewards. They missed it completely. Five of them, and a starter, and an assistant starter, and a vet, and three barrier attendants. Eleven […]
Matt Tripp is regarded by some ignorant folk as a genius in the world of gambling. Maybe he is, I don’t know. The thing I do know is that Tripp’s business practices resemble those of the drug pusher who waits outside the rehab clinic ready to grab people as they walk out and offer them […]
The National Redress Scheme (NRS) was created in the wake of the horror movie they called the Royal Commission Into Institutional Reponses to Child Sexual Abuse. I was a witness at it. It was both cathartic and at the same time really fucked. There would be justice for me, for my abuser killed himself the […]
Why is that odds-on favourites so often get beaten at Gloucester Park? It’s uncanny the frequency at which it happens. Since the first of March there have been 76 odd-on shots race at GP. 47 of them have won. 29 have lost. If you had laid every one of these tomato sauced priced horses on […]
Deadest drive you’ve ever driven? Bettorz Beach at Mildura last night. The long standing track record at Mildura over 1790m is held by the Joe Costa trained Beachstar, who ran it in a mile rate of 1.56.2 in a fast class race on Australia Day 2016. Beachstar’s early splits that night were 11.6 for the lead […]
A mate of mine owns the horse at the back in the famous Graeme Rogerson colours of blue and green with the red cap. He backed it at $26 to win a new house. I only backed it win a car. Is it any wonder that we both feel sick? Why is that $6.80 each […]
Halfway through last year Harness Racing New Zealand’s CEO Gary Woodham and his people had this great idea. They were going to address the declining pacer crisis in the North Island of the nation by introducing a new series that was hugely weighted to encourage and advantage South Island pacers. A race for intermediate grade […]
Would you vote for a man who can’t afford a razor and wears his strides three inches too short? Yeah? Then move to Mackay. Australian politics is a cracker. It’s a circus too. Pauline Hanson made her name and won her spot in the big house on the hill by bagging the crap out of […]
Nothing much other than the usual happened at the Mackay races yesterday. Chief Steward Cooke decided to sit on the interchange bench and let someone else chair the meet. The Chief Vet in the State Dr Martin Lenz decided to fly up to Mackay because he had nothing more important to do. Former QRIC Integrity […]
