Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
Is Ciaron Maher the luckiest trainer in NSW? Or the most favoured? Many this week are asking the question after Maher was granted an exclusive lease from Racing NSW on the 125 box former Grand Lodge stables at Warwick Farm following its $20 million purchase by the racing regulator. This latest stroke of good fortunes […]
I rate Ashley Klein as the best referee in the NRL, and have never had any cause to question the calls he make during games at either club or representative level. But this week’s revelation that he has had a major issue with gambling addiction, one so serious that it has seen him lose half […]
Description Key Responsibilities: Work with head & assistant trainers to create appropriate race plans for upcoming campaigns. Use horse form to build profile of each horse’s strengths to better inform preparation plans Analyse race programs to identify and ensure stable competes at a competitive level across races within Victoria Establish & maintain strong relationships with all jockeys & their agents […]
Could M Hurley in the Stewards report from Albion Park on Thursday be one and the same Michael Hurley, the former NSW harness racing Steward who since 2006 had been working as a real estate agent up to and until the time in 2020 when he became involved in an altercation with former trot driver […]
The malicious campaign against SA trot trainer Lane Johnson has begun again. What has this bloke done? And who has he done it to? We have some idea, or at least we know what we have been told. If it was us we wouldn’t be painting things on walls. we would be dealing with it […]
The Tuaman with our nephews at the Fight For Life that he got us front row tickets to. I was taking the picture. Maggie’s cousin David Tua is one of the funniest blokes you will ever meet in your life. When we lived over there near him and his Mum he used to drive around […]
This is an excerpt from Gerald Murnane AO’s wonderful book Something For The Pain. The very last chapter is titled, Lord Pilate and Bill Coffey. You can almost feel the pain. They don’t write like this anymore. Gerald talks about Bill Coffey a timber worker from New Zealand with a love for training a small […]
As Archie has told you it’s my Nude Tips 1 year anniversary this Saturday and it’s been a wild and hugely enjoyable rollercoaster ride. I’ve picked this week’s photo in honor of my Viking ancestors, me going as hard as I can for the punters for 52 consecutive weeks of The Battle. I’ve won (editor’s […]
It has been a year tomorrow since Dr Georgia Whiting began sharing her Nude Tips with readers, and what a rollicking – and highly profitable – 12 month ride it has been. Who could ever forget Dr Whiting giving us 6 winners in a row, the Quaddie and the Big Six one out with her […]
Based on how the last race at Mackay was run yesterday you would have to suspect that the winner Red Hot Lizzie is the best named horse in history, because this race sure did look red hot. Lizzie is trained by former trot driver Lachie Manzelmann. Manzelmann had four of the eleven runners in the […]
