Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
The news that Chris Anderson is downsizing to become a ’boutique’ trainer leads to an obvious question. Will the Brisbane Racing Club allow him to keep his place in the much sought after infield stables at Eagle Farm? After all it wasn’t all that long ago that they knocked multiple Group 1 trainer Danny Bougoure […]
Yesterday we wrote a story wondering if jockey Ryan Wiggins missed the Cairns race meeting because he slept in. It was out of line, and incorrect, and we apologize to the man. Jockey Wiggins has been in touch to set us straight. His plane was having maintenance problems, and then the second plane that the […]
Graham James is a Victorian greyhound, owner and breeder. He bred, owned and trained a slow dog named Baba Bear. It has one start, in a maiden at Ballarat, and finished a well beaten sixth. James claims he was contacted out of the blue by a bloke from South Australia named Shaun Ciavarella, an unlicensed […]
Here is a weird one, if it’s true. We are told that at least two NSW trainers horses have returned positive swabs to arsenic after their horses had been locked in the Menangle retention barn for 2 days before a Group 1 race. One of the swabs – Kevin Pizzuto’s – was made public in […]
I am not quite sure what jockey Wiggins transport difficulties were that caused him to miss riding at the Cairns meeting yesterday. He can’t have broken down on the way, No jockey would be stupid enough to drive all the way from Brisbane to Cairns. Plus if your car broke down on the way to […]
In May 2024 NSW trot trainer Mark Callaghan’s horse The Cid threw a positive swab to harpagoside after winning a $100 000 race at Newcastle. It was Callaghan’s second substance rule breach offence. He was fined $3000. In the same year NSW trot trainer Michael Carroll had one horse throw three positives to harpagoside and […]
“Ben and I jumped in my car and chased him, but he crossed Port Wakefield Road into the Mawson Lakes estate,” Borg said. “I don’t give a shit about the cars, they’re insured, but what happens if someone walks out there and the car goes boom, explodes and someone gets killed! “There are no cameras […]
Apparently a black e-bike was seen by licensees riding through the Globe Derby car park on Saturday night, about ten minutes before Corey Johnson’s car was torched. The riders had helmets on, which is handy to conceal your face if you think about it, especially if you have a Covid style mask on too, as […]
APG bounced back from a somewhat disappointing QLD yearling sale last week with a bang yesterday in Melbourne, with the average prices up around 30% to $23 847 , the upper end of the catalogue a lot stronger than at Ipswich, and clearance rates a lot better at 78.67%. The two top priced lots of […]
Archie The only people who didn’t see that Scarlett Moda was dead as a maggot last start at Tolga in January were the QRIC stewards. Marty from Malanda Editor’s Note I am not quite sure about that myself. But is was a rather odd ride.
