Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
I am not sure whether to describe what went on at yesterday’s non-TAB meeting at Wondai in QLD as a tragedy or a farce. It was probably both, and there but for the grace of God could have been a whole lot worse. A runner in the first race fell. Henry’s Blade was its name, […]
The whispers out of the Tasmanian bunker are that big cuts are coming to the racing calendar for the coming year that will see the number of race meetings in all codes slashed due to financial pressures being experienced by the peak body Tasracing. We are told that 4 thoroughbred race meetings, 10 harness racing […]
See the ratings of the horse Smart Mission in the screenshot above taken from the Racing Australia (RISA) website above? Smart Mission has dropped 11 ratings points after its last start 5th at Mackay. Horses don’t drop eleven points after a loss. They drop one. Racing QLD have made a serious error here. As a […]
It rained 6mm at Parafield last night, just down the road from Globe Derby. That’s less than a quarter of an inch. But it was enough for them to call the Globe meeting off. WTF? What has happened to this track since they started doing all the land developments around it? Has it stopped draining […]
Willie Pike is an outstanding jockey, with one of the best strike rates in the land. Sometimes I wonder about some of his rides though. This one on Herault in race 8 at Belmont was one of them. Herault was backed from $2.40 into $1.95. Willie rode it rather weirdly. He let the winner Antique […]
At least Jett Stanley didn’t lead. Well not until after a while anyway. Mud in your eye Archie. Jett’s off for home.
Daniel Moor is one of the most under-rated jockeys in the country in my opinion. He has ridden more than 1100 winners. collected four Group 1’s, and achieved success internationally. Moor may not be the very best in Australia, but he is up there amongst them, and would be even higher up toward J-Mac, Zac […]
… doesn’t Sky commentator Brad ‘Davo’ Davidson shave his head? … did Martin Harley go back to the inside on Brave Monarch in the Fred Best Classic instead of trying to force a run to the outside? … do jockeys persist in taking runs toward the inner on wet tracks when the rail is clearly […]
Tomorrow’s big race meeting at Eagle Farm should be dubbed Invasion Day, because that’s what it is, with trainers from interstate dominating the runners on the program, particularly in the black type races. Queensland trained horses are notable by their absence from the Group 1 Derby, with only 3 of the 18 likely starters trained […]
Jockey cum racing photographer Jason Hoops Hoopert is back in the Mt Isa Magistrates Court for what must be the 3rd or 4th time as his charges – believed to be drunk in charge of an e-scooter – slowly wind their way through the judicial system. The wheels of justice don’t turn fast.
