Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
This story is so bizarre that you could hardly believe that it was true if you hadn’t seen the proof with your own eyes, and had a colleague check to see that you hadn’t gone mad. I have, and it’s confirmed that it is not me or the life-long punter and racing fan Col Elliott […]
The upside down horseshoe says it all Queensland racing’s luck. It doesn’t bother Grace Grace though. She thinks it is a rocket ship. Oh well, at least this time she can say that she’s been to the races before. A couple of times at least, Bloody hell. Those bastard factions. Yesterday afternoon the mail straight […]
I was rather critical of the Queensland Racing Minister Stirling Hinchliffe for the first two-thirds of his term, but that is only because I know him, and because he deserved it. In the past year though Stirlo has turned it all around, and ended up being a rather good Minister for our industry, as I […]
“Our sympathies are extended to Coolmore and the Williams family, the owners of Cliffs of Moher, jockey Ryan Moore, trainer Aidan O’Brien and his staff who cared for the horse and are greatly saddened by their loss.” – Jamie Stier 2018 “Our sympathies are extended to the owners of Anthony Van Dyck, trainer Aidan O’Brien […]
Lloyd does it again. Incredible. Aiden O’Brien almost pulled the handicapping theft of the century, but his son Joe pulled his pants down. Great run Tiger Moth regardless. Brilliant ride the winner. This kid McNeil is a gun. What the hell was James McDonald thinking on Finche. He shouldn’t be riding anyway after the foul […]
I guess we have to. What other excuse can there be for these trainers like Renee Schluenz, Ronald Finch, Joao Campeao and Ricky Gudge to keep putting Sheargold on their horses? Would you put a 33-year-old married man with kids on yours if he had sent your just turned 16-year-old daughter explicit sexual texts putting […]
Have you ever seen a Melbourne Cup winner thrown by a pure sprinter? Yeah of course you have, Vow and Declare last year. So the fact that Anthony Van Dyke is out of the Australian sprinter Believe’n’Succeed, herself a daughter of the crack speedster Exceed and Excel, is not the reason that he can’t win […]
I am researching a story about a bum trainer from Gawler named Aaron Bain, who has come from nowhere to become one of the biggest players in four state Australian harness racing, and has a whole lot of links to horses that suddenly grow legs, and to trainers with massive question marks over them like […]
Here is my humble opinion on this debate. Natalie Rasmussen was taking care of business in coming out and forcing Copy That wider, and David Butcher made a huge error in going back to the rails to follow the leader. Even Natalie Rasmussen took three looks at him to say how wonderful that is! Maybe […]
Regular reader Nev Black sent the missive below in reply to a comment I made about Copy That being a tragedy beaten in the Great Northern Derbyt earlier in the year. I thank Nev greatly for taking the time to write in with his views – feel free to do so too at any time […]
