Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
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 […]
A picture tells a thousand words. Four words tells a story. Here is one.
You wouldn’t mind landing a job at Racing Queensland. It doesn’t appear to be real hard graft does it? And the benefits are terrible. EMPLOYEE BENEFITS RQ seeks to create a work environment and culture that supports employee health and wellbeing, promotes flexible work, and facilitates inclusion, diversity and mutual respect of others. RQ offers […]
Maggie picked up on this one. Fuller Cee Ess. What do you reckon the name means? Here are three clues.
On the 14th of July this year, and many times before and after, we published stories telling you how the current custodians of the Auckland and Franklin Trotting Club and all the assets that they (the clubs, not the board members: not a cent of it is theirs) owned have turned the two once great […]
