Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
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 […]
Well her old man might be running up the beach at the Gold Coast keeping his weight down and looking for used soft drink cans to cash in so he can earn the price of a packet of smokes while he serves out the tail end of his DQ for drunken after hours stupidity, but […]
Strikem was the $1.15 favorite to win the 4th race at Albion Park last night. It lead and got run down by the horse behind it. The winner went 1.54.3. Strikem went only 1.54.4. How odd that was. At its past 5 starts over 1660m at Albion Park – the distance of last night’s race […]
What you see above is the start of race 1 at Toowoomba last night. The horse jumping from barrier 5 clearly gets an advantage as its gate opens fully while the other runners gates are still closed and just starting to spring open. What does the Stewards report say about it? Zero. Nothing at all. […]
