Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
They should have saved him the petrol and let him stay at home so we could pick the finishing order out of a hat. I am sure the backers of the top four in the market would agree completely. Look who owns the winner though. Our old mate Aaron Bain. Funny that. Or not. As […]
SUPPLEMENTARY REPORT Rosehill Gardens 28 November 2020 Race 8 – Schweppes Starlight Stakes (Listed) 1100m Passage Of Time Stewards today concluded an inquiry into B. Avdulla’s riding of the gelding in the straight, and in particular his vigour inside the final 200m. Today Stewards heard evidence from Racing NSW Chief Betting Analyst Mr L. Dalton […]
Well just as we predicted earlier in the week, acting NSW Chief Steward and former Steve Fletcher employee Wade Birch’s attempt at slotting Brenton Avdulla for a perfectly acceptable ride on an unwanted 40-1 shot has collapsed into the nothing that it always was. Birch went out talking tough. Had those surrounding circumstances not have […]
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Birch: “What if I said your vigour inside the final 200 metres was just not at an acceptable level, to racing fans or stewards?” Avdulla: “That’s your opinion and I don’t agree with it.” Birch: “It’s a very important opinion because we sit this side of the table.” Avdulla: “I understand that, but that’s your […]
PASSAGE OF TIME Began awkwardly and made contact with Spaceboy, and then was shifted behind runners in the early stages. Stewards opened an inquiry into B. Avdulla’s riding of the gelding in the early part of the straight and in respect to his vigour inside the final 200m. After taking evidence from B. Avdulla and […]
There’s this little thing called Karma, known in Australia as the doctrine of What Comes Around, Goes Around. Jockey Scott Sheargold is finding out all about it right now. Before he started sending texts to little teenage girls trying to get a start in racing asking them to show him their tits, and telling them […]
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 […]
