Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
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 […]
Following Noel Callow’s (quite rightful in our view) license stand down after being charged with conduct prejudicial to racing in the wake of the publication of a video of the jockey hurling vile racist abuse at an indigenous man, many in the industry are asking questions about whether double standards apply in QLD racing when […]
Young apprentice Maddie Mankelow has only been riding professionally for 16 months, but at Corfield yesterday she did what most jockeys will never do in their entire careers. Maddie won the Corfield Cup. Even better she rode 4 winners, and finished second in the other two races too. How good is that? Congratulations to the […]
Kiwi two-year-old Zeus Lightning – a full brother to Bollinger, who ran 2nd to Akuta in a GGroup 1 Northern Derby – may well be the best named horse in the world. Not because of the gelding’s breeding. Because of this. It was the young pacer’s first lifetime start. Wow! Lightning indeed.
Dr Georgia Whiting has done it again. Six winners at Flemington plus the quadrella. If this nude Dr isn’t the best tipster in Australia then we don’t know who is. The Doc’s results: R1: Exit – THIRD R2: Bold Soul – WON $2.50 R3: De Bergerac – WON $3.30 R4: Losesomewinmore WON $3.60 R5: Juja […]
The naked tipster Dr Georgia Whiting is pretty bloody good isn’t she? Her best value bet of the day Too Darn Discreet just landed at $26.00. How many 0ther tipsters can do that? That’s 5/8 for the day for the Doc so far, with one of her others scratched a winning in Sydney. Next week […]
