Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
Excite Me is one of the weakest horses in Western Australia. It hasn’t won a race since November last year, and has managed just 3 placings from its 18 starts since. In several of those 18 starts it has led and collapsed, mainly because its a cat with the heart of a pea. Crazy gamblers […]
On the topic of poor race programming, there are only four thoroughbred race meetings today, one each in QLD, Victoria, NSW and WA. The key to maximizing wagering turnover is when possible to schedule your races ten minutes apart so that tote punters who get paid on the declaration of correct weight can collect and […]
As you will remember from our story a few days ago Brad Steele finished up as HRNZ CEO last Friday. That being the case, why were he and HRNZ racing manager spending the weekend together in Invercargill on the weekend with all their not inconsiderable accommodation, travel, food and drink bills being paid for on […]
You would think that one of the main ideas of race programming would be to attract the largest crowd possible to the track wouldn’t you? You would be wrong. The NSW town of Goulburn has a population of about 25 000. Like in other towns the percentage of people willing to go to the races […]
I have heard some pretty ordinary calls in my time, and this one in Saturday’s Dalby Cup is right up there with the worst of them. The bloke in the box calls Koruto the winner, and does so with an air of authority. It didn’t win. Koruto is the horse in the orange and green […]
Hello Archie On your story re no longer betting on Harness racing apart from major /group 1 races, I totally share your thoughts. I follow Victorian and SA harness racing and I am done with South Australia. I have been banging on about the lack of professionalism or corruption over there for years now, and […]
I was looking through boxes of old family photos and documents yesterday trying to find my ancestors war records for an ANZAC day story when I came across the records you see above and below. My grandmother’s CIA clearance. WTF? I always knew the old girl who taught me how to love the punt was […]
Self-flagellation is the disciplinary and devotional practice of flogging oneself with whips or other instruments that inflict pain. Expressions of Interest (EOI) are invited from individuals wishing to be considered for appointment as an independent director of the Australian Turf Club (ATC). The board of the ATC, a company limited by guarantee, comprises seven directors; four directors elected […]
I first met Hass Taiba a few years back when I wrote a story bagging his star pacer Captain Ravishing’s chances of winning the 2023 Miracle Mile at Menangle. In my story I gave it none, and suggested – nay, stated – that it was a brilliant but weak gutted cat. I think I may […]
I didn’t quite catch the name of the new bloke who called the Menangle trots last might, but gee he did a good job. He doesn’t quite yet have the vocal finesse of Fred Hastings, but he sure does have the class. Fancy being confronted with this finish in your first call. I couldn’t pick […]
