Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
The New Zealand racing rules provide that the Racing Integrity Board can order a licensee who is convicted of a rule breach to pay its (the RIB’s) costs incurred in prosecuting them. Imagine that in a democracy. Paying the police to prosecute you. It sounds like Nazi Germany. Of course the more you protest your […]
You can get into the Windsor Enclosure at Royal Ascot for fifty bucks. Peter V’Landys charges $50 to get into the public area for The Everest too. It’s a bit more expensive to go to Flemington for the Melbourne Cup. The cheapest tickets are $90.75 None of these major race day event ticket prices has […]
NSW harness racing trainers Peter Hanson and Dylan Xerri have had their licenses suspended after their horses threw positive swabs to the drug Xylometazoline after winning races in the past few few months. It is believed to be the first time that an Australian horse recorded a positive to the drug. Xylometazoline is the active […]
Jett Turnbull (pictured) is only 17 years old, but even at this early stage of his career the record setting junior driver appears to have some of his more senior rivals rattled. Mat Rue is one. At Dubbo on Friday night Rue drove three favorites or 2nd favorites in a row in races 4-6 against […]
We are in the home straight now with only a month of the season to go, and there are some battle royales going on around the State for Queensland’s prestigious premiership titles. Angela Jones and Emily Lang’s head to head tussle to become the first woman to wear the Brisbane champion jockey’s crown is set […]
Greg Bennett was once a champion trot driver, the best in NSW of his time. Then he got embroiled in the Green Light affair, and after deliberately handing over the wrong phone and then refusing to answer questions about it he was disqualified for 7 years. Since that disqualification ended in 2017 Bennett has made […]
Our story yesterday about trainer Brett Cavanough’s satellite operation in Queensland attracted some comment from readers. Here are a couple of them. As usual the content of the letters are genuine, only the names have been changed. ——————————————— Hi Archie, Reaching out in regards to your article on Brett Cavanough. A lady called Steph Alexander […]
Why would trainer Brett Cavanough enter his horse Indifference at Alpha in Queensland one day and at Coffs Harbour in NSW the next? After all it’s a 16 hour drive between the two tracks, and Cavanough trains his horses out of Scone (or so we’re told). He wouldn’t have entered Indifference in the Alpha Cup […]
What has happened to training partners Corey and Kylie Geran’s luck? It appears to have deserted them. Over the past 3 years they have been training winners at an average strike rate of better 15%. In the past 7 weeks they have led in only 3 winners from 75 starters, at a rate of just […]
It Maybe Smart to call your mare by Smart Missile out of Maybe The One that name, but it certainly isn’t smart to race her 4 time in 14 days, the last one off a two day backup, because you might find that your jockey will end up in hospital and your horse will never […]
