Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
Former Kiwi Horse of the Year Sharp ‘N’ Smart hasn’t won a race in 19 starts since his victory in the 2023 NZ Derby and has suffered a few injury setbacks since, but after slashing third-up performance to finish third in the Group 1 Livamol Classic at Ellerslie over the Cox Plate distance of 2040m […]
Two years ago Goldman was one of the early favorites for the Melbourne Cup after having earnt a golden ticket into the race by winning the Roy Higgins in the Autumn. After finishing third last behind Without A Fight in the Caulfield Cup his Spring campaign in 2023 was aborted, and he never made it […]
David Barwell Sydney Morning Herald: October 19, 2025 — 1.30pm A plan to redevelop Wentworth Park into an urban park and sporting complex is ramping up as the City of Sydney Council releases images of what the site could look like if the long-standing greyhound racing track at the site is bulldozed to make way […]
Coming to stay at the Sheraton Mirage in Port Douglas anytime soon? Then bring your shark cage to swim in. I don’t want to alarm anyone, but there is a crocodile in Christopher Skase’s pool. When you think about it I guess there always were. I wouldn’t worry too much. They kill you pretty quick, […]
How does Jason Grimson do this shit? He gets a rating 63 mare off Olivia Frisby a few weeks ago. Delightful Star is her name. Frisby has won low grade restricted races with the mare at Parkes, Bathurst and Young, but on each of the ten occasions bar one that it has come to town […]
Much was made of Ka Ying Rising being beaten in its first Australian trial, with some trying to have you believe the walls had fallen in, and the roof and the doors too. It didn’t quite turn out to be that way did it. KYR won the Everest. Overpass who was runner-up in the trial […]
Call me a cynic if you will, but I have a question. Why did Shane Graham take the horse in the blue to the outside of the leader rather than go inside it up the sprint lane? It wouldn’t have been to give the horse three back the fence Bronski Zulu a free passage through […]
Kingman was a good horse when he was with Emma Stewart. He won 7 from 25 while in her stable including a Tasmanian Derby, and he was in and around it in some of the better class races of his age in Melbourne like the VicBred Super Series. But he wasn’t quite there. Kingman’s form […]
The ninth running of Sydney’s Group 1 $20 million TAB Everest set a new record for World Pool wagering today as a 50,000 plus crowd at Royal Randwick watched Hong Kong’s Ka Ying Rising win the world’s richest race on turf. Watched by hundreds of millions of other viewers around the world, Ka Ying Rising […]
The Steward on duty in the mounting yard at Rockhampton yesterday noticed that SEACRYPTION wasn’t wearing blinkers when it came out for the 7th race. The race book said it was supposed to be, so the ever vigilant stipe pulled the trainer up and said “Oi Boof, where’s the blinkers?” “Where they are bloody supposed […]
