Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
The biggest plunge of the day was landed yesterday at Menangle by owner Rex Horne and his mate and trainer Leon Jurd, when their pacer Lochiel, which had failed to run a place at its previous ten starts, was backed from $16.00 into $5.00 in the last ten minutes of betting to win the 6th […]
Industry Notice: Qualification and requalification of horses for harness racing Friday 7 July 2023 A horse which has not raced is required to race satisfactorily in a Qualifying Trial before being permitted to race at a registered meeting. The Qualifying Trial requires the horse to start satisfactorily and keep pace and rhythm throughout the trial […]
Our very own world’s largest punter Zeljko Ranogajec is in the news this week, after the Texas Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick called a $92 million lotto win orchestrated by he and his team “the biggest theft from the people of Texas in the history of Texas”, more than “all the bank robberies, all the train […]
Pre Dawn Rockhampton trackwork incident could have led to massive injury and legal consequences. The track supervisor at Callaghan Park was running late yesterday morning. We don’t know why, he just was. These things happen. What happened next shouldn’t have though. The trackwork supervisor’s job begins before dawn. It is to drive around the track […]
What a bizarre Stewards report. Albion Park, Saturday night. A 6-year-old mare named Jungle Baby collapses mid-race and falls to the track. She can’t be moved, and the race is called off. The mare is obviously dead, but there is no mention of that in the Stewards report. There is not a word said about […]
There is a strong rumor floating around that this year may be the last for HRNSW’s flagship slot race The Eureka. It may well be true. The three year leases on the slots expire after Eureka 25, and to date there has been no move by HRNSW to renew or release them. Breeders hate the […]
Dear Archie, The great smouldering pile of decay that is the state of integrity management and administration of Queensland Racing ticked a new box this afternoon at Townsville’s Cluden Park. When acceptances for Tuesday’s (today) Townsville meeting closed at 9am last Friday, 11 April, a gelding named ELLEVES was a 46 rated horse and was […]
Two days before the Darren Ebert run Redcliffe Standardbred Yearling Sale earlier this month, Racing Queensland pulled its funding for the $104 000 sales race series final and associated auction linked races. No reason was given by RQ for its last minute jump from the ship, but it only took 48 hours for it to […]
Have you ever seen a worse looking yearling than this one by Jilliby Kung Fu out of Coralie Joy? This thing looks like a back-blocks mule. It is as ugly as hell. Someone too pity on it. W. Kent threw in bid of $250 to win the right to take it home to make all […]
They say that hell hath no fury like a woman scorned, but we say equally that hell doesn’t have any fury like the woman that the woman was scorned for either, at least not if what went on in race 5 at Marburg is any indicator anyway. The two women involved were drivers Danielle McMullen, […]
