Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
Here is why Gold Trip is a certainty to win the Cox Plate if he is fit and sound. We all know that the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe is the greatest race on earth. Anyone who tells you otherwise is a mug. The only race that comes even close to it is the Cox […]
Last week there was an initial mention of the charges relating to the failures that led to little Lara Whittaker’s near death at the Redcliffe trots. The matter will be next heard for mention in the Brisbane Magistrates Court on the 19th of November. Those being prosecuted have decided to defend the health and safety […]
Arma Veyron is a very fast horse off the gate. In 11 starts in Queensland it has sped off the arm, led, and either held the front or handed up, with the exception of when it was drawn 5 and came across quick to the death, and when it drew one off the back line […]
Noddy wasn’t the only one who looked at his sister Narissa’s actions at the start. The Stewards did too. Narissa McMullen sat at the rear on Arma Veyron after jagging it back off the gate. She pulled it out on the turn, when it was far too late, and went a hundred wide. It got […]
Because I now live in an echo chamber I have stopped taking phone calls, because the neighbours complain. Them’s the downsides of resort living. If you want to get in touch please send me a text or email and I will walk over to the beach and give you a call back. Sorry for the […]
Rule 156(2)(a) A driver shall only apply the whip in a wrist only flicking motion whilst holding a rein in each hand with the tip of the whip pointed forward in an action which does not engage the shoulder. (b) For the purposes of sub-paragraph (a), “wrist only flicking motion” means:- […]
Dennis Pagan has decided to abandon Johnny Get Angry’s Melbourne Cup campaign. That is sort of wise you would think. After all, last Spring’s surprise Victoria Derby winner Johnny Get Angry has been beaten beaten by an average of 23 lengths at its past two starts. The only question that remains now is this. How […]
Take a look at Darren Billinger on the leader Futurist here in race 2 at Globe Derby Park on Saturday night. Darren certainly had a good look too. He was looking for Futurist’s stablemate Breach the Beach, which was behind him. When Billinger spotted him he started driving Futurist on one rein – the left […]
We have written at length about the absurdity of the weekly Group 3 race at Menangle, and the stupidity of the Harness Racing Australia (HRA) policy that makes it possible by mandating a minimum prizemoney level for Group races without any criteria for rating a race as one, other than if a club can stump […]
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