Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
Pearls For Tash was what we used to call in less politically correct days a poofter. It was a terrible turn of phrase when you think about it, and totally incorrect, as Ian Roberts proved. Plus she’s a mare. So in the spirit of the day, and with all due respect, I will just say […]
EPO is Erythropoietin, a hormone produced by the kidney and liver that sparks the multiplication of the the number of red blood cells in the body, horse or human. If you have more red blood cells than the bloke next to you, then you can process more oxygen than he can. That means that you […]
The mail out of George Street is that Jackie Trad’s hubby Damien Van Brunschot was in Townsville yesterday inspecting a waterfront mansion that is being put up for auction in a few week’s time. “Townsville?” you ask, scratching your chin. “Why would Jackie Trad want to live in Townsville?” I will tell you in a […]
The battle weary 8YO pacer Readily isn’t quite what you would call a commercial proposition as a race horse. In fact he would probably be fairly described as an absolute cat. Prior to yesterday old Readily had raced 198 times around a paceway, and hadn’t won in his last 58 of them, which you would […]
Jockey Scott Sheargold sexually harassed a young stablehand when she 15 and 16 years of age. It wasn’t a one off, it was course of action over a protracted period of time. He told this young girl – a kid, just out of school – that he wanted to take her virginity, and described in […]
NORTH Queensland jockey Scott Sheargold has been fined by stewards after pleading guilty to sending an inappropriate text message to a fellow racing participant. Former jockey Danny Adam, the father of the racing participant, Charlotte Adam, who received the inappropriate text message, said he is appalled by Sheargold’s actions. Charlotte, who is a regular strapper […]
This is what should happen to grown men – if that is the word to describe them – who send sexually explicit text messages to teenage girls telling them that they want to fuck them, and saying they want to take their virginity, and boasting about what big guns they are in bed.] What a […]
Well it would be a damn good trick to run a night meeting or trials at Atherton, because the track doesn’t have any lights, and it’s pretty hard to see in the dark, even on a moonlit night. There weren’t any night time trials at Atherton on Saturday anyway. I was there, and the whole […]
What a shame it is that jockey Scott Sheargold did not make the trip to ride at the Atherton race meeting. I had travelled the hour there from my home at Frank Lodge specifically hoping to meet and interview him about a certain matter that is very topical in the tropical regions of racing right […]
Some people claim that jockeys are stupid, but I have never believed them. When you meet and get to know good people like Jimmy Orman, Laura Cheshire, Dale Missen, Ian Toward, Russell Maddocks, Whopper Stephens, Lyle Plumb Snr (my dead heat with Doc Chapman for favourite seniors gold card holder in racing, for very different […]
