Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
If QLD harness’s half baked idea for a replacement premier venue is an 800m track inside the Toowoomba gallops track then I’m staying where I am or moving to Auckland……. I favour the later…….especially if Alabar’s farm is the new training centre as rumored, right by the Ocean. Belle from Burnie
Don’t you hate it when a short-priced favorite gets caught in a pocket that costs it all chance of winning, while the plunge horse in the race sails on by to victory? There was nothing James McDonald could do to get Cross Tasman out. He was stuck in a zip fastener with no gaps in […]
If you are going to get one wrong in a call it’s best that it isn’t about a horse that bears your name. “Barsby is all out” caller Chris Barsby shouted into the mic at Albion Park yesterday as the runner on its outside loomed up to hit the lead. The problem was that Barsby […]
The Brisbane Racing Club must know something that most of us don’t about the funding for its new members stand, for the club last month lodged a development application replete with detailed designs and assessments for the project with the Brisbane City Council. It would be highly unlikely that the BRC would have done such […]
Have you ever before in your life seen a race like this one at Alexandra Park on Friday night? It’s a rating 55 -70 BUT a horse rated up to 115 can run in it IF its driven by a concession junior driver. That means that a junior driver concession is worth up to 45 […]
The nominations for the Australian Horse of the Year awards are in, and there are some very even contests across the card. We’ve had an early crack at picking the winners. I’d be interested to hear your thoughts. Champion 2YO Cool Archie Marhoona Vinrock Nepotism Tempted An extremely tough race to start the day with […]
Mitch Beer certainly is one different sort of cat. I’m just not sure what kind. You’d never see J.B. Cummings looking like this. T.J. or C.S. Hayes either. Nor Waller, Gollan or Maher. Like I said, Mitch Beer is one of a kind.
Notwithstanding the concerns expressed in our previous story about inequities in the application by Stewards of the rules, the decision to stand Noel Callow down is in our view the correct one. There is just no excuse for Callow’s racist conduct shown in the video below, and while it happened outside of racing what the […]
Miki Flybye at the National Yearling Sale, back when his front legs were healthy and sound Serious questions are being asked about the break down of the lightly raced Miki Flybye in the first race at Addington on Friday night. Miki Flybye fractured a sesamoid in the front right fetlock. He was immediately taken to […]
Last week the Racing Minister Tim Mander and Racing Queensland CEO Lachlan Murray appeared before the parliamentary estimates committee to answer members questions about the racing portfolio. The hearing, which was allotted only half an hour, was an absolute waste of time. All we got was the former ALP Racing Minister Grace Grace asking questions […]
