Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
Penrith v Manly The Panthers have the home ground advantage, but that is about all they have got. They have lost both of their Grand Final winning centres, the hugely under-rated pair of Matt Burton and Paul Momirovski – who btw is going to be a superstar at the Roosters – to transfers, and super […]
This is a story about the art of the spruik, and it’s master. I would have called Gai Waterhouse it’s mistress, only I am a modern new age feminist turned gender equality junkie, and Gai lays down for no-one except through marriage, love and duty, or because she wants to, and then only with Robbie. […]
The first casualty of war is the races. Then they cut off the internet, and you can’t punt. All of the rest of the real bad stuff happens after that, but by then I would have given up. Make peace and love, not war. Everyone needs to punt. And to stay alive to do it […]
Will He Rock (Willy) is a 4-year-old New Zealand pacer. Willy’s also a walker. Prior to today he Willy had raced 14 times. He had run duck egg – tenth or worse – including at of his ten past starts. Eighth were the other two. Willy’s average beaten margin over those ten starts was more […]
It appears that my eldest daughter got the Edgar Britt’s when I mentioned her younger sister in a story about International Women’s Day published on the site yesterday. Not because her sister was in it – they are closer than 2 vegemite cruskets stacked – but ‘cos she wasn’t. The phone rings. “Hello” I say. […]
Two days ago Racing Queensland, in all of their great wisdom, made the decision to reschedule the Townsville race meeting set down for tomorrow and move it to Friday. As a result of the unplanned change of race date, broadcast coverage of the meeting was moved from Sky 1 to Sky 2. Meetings on Sky […]
Who ever thought Warnie would be done in by a diet?
They pay down to tenth place in NSW thoroughbred racing. You get $500. Calmer Karma finished eighth. The five hundred was in the bag. Or would have been if the lead had stayed there. Look where it fell out. It’s hard to earn half a ton in this tough guys town isn’t it?
