Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
We retold the infamous story of how Group 1 winning trainer Geoff Chapman was forced to change the name of his star filly Merkin to Giostra a few decades ago after the authorities discovered that a Merkin was a pubic wig worn by actresses and sex workers, a fact that caused some discomfort to the […]
Twenty-five years ago a well known Victorian agent the late Bryan Muschialli sold a number of Victorian pacers to breeders in the provincial town of Lipa in the Philippines. “Descendants of those horses race on dirt tricks and paddocks at festival times honouring the patron saint of the towns as well as the patron saint […]
Do you remember the story we wrote about the rumoured return of the fence jumpers last week, and how we put forward the proposition that to eradicate any doubt about whether horses well in the market who perform like mules were got at, any horse who is given a big chance in the betting then […]
To save the WA Stewards all the time, trouble and expense of holding inquiries into racing incidents on Friday night,, we thought that we would simply save the mysteries for them. Call it an early Xmas present, or just being plain bored. General – An inquiry was opened and adjourned to a time and to […]
Harness Racing South Australia has just $122 657 in the bank. That is less than the total of the organisation’s monthly prize money commitments, without adding on wages and bills due to be paid. The organisation is existing hand to mouth, and is totally reliant on the monthly checks that Tabcorp pays it as its […]
This is an extract from Acting Chief Steward Graham Loch’s address to the people of the trots as published in Harness Racing South Australia’s 2020/21 Annual Report. It is a bald faced lie. There was indeed a harness racing driver who tested positive to an illicit substance at an SA harness race meeting in the […]
Savaging? He was only trying to give her a little kiss.
8000 black slaves just like my wife and children’s ancestor Tokoma disappeared in Queensland in just 10 years. They simply vanished, according to the historical records written by the white men who stole them. The truth is that they died of disease, or dropped dead from over-work, or in many cases were simply slaughtered. Their […]
On Boxing Day I listened to the President of the Rocky Amateurs Bill Reid on radio talking about the new slot race The Archer. Mr Reid is obviously aware of the issues that I have raised about the racist origins of the name of the new race, for one of the first things he said […]
