Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
Watch driver Tiarna Ford take off for home a lap early in this race at Burnie last Friday night. Ford sees the horse in front of her in the death under the whip, gets a rush of blood and loses count of the laps. She thinks that its the final one. It’s not. There is […]
It wasn’t a very good day to be a tomato sauce taster yesterday at Mackay. There were four odds-on favorites on the eight race card. They started at $1.55, $1.45. $1.55 and $1.65. Each of the quartet got beaten. Just to rub it in three of them ran second, and the other one third. They’re cruel […]
There are no end of ways for a punter to do their money at the races. Here is yet another. The horse that buckjumped Ivy Dextress was the $1.24 favorite. Its rodeo performance saw it take no competitive part in the race. Ivy Dextress hasd been stood down pending a satisfactory trial. The punters who […]
Gday Archie, My opinion on Verdad is that trainer error has contributed to the lack of application to racing. He was a very promising horse up to distances of 1600m who, after he ran in the Aami vase at the Valley last spring and clearly didn’t stay, was foolishly backed up in the 2500m Victoria […]
These two horses that you see in the before and after pictures above are Phondle and Vampire Kisses, although we are not sure which is which in the photos. The pictures at the top are taken before they joined the stable of country QLD trainer Brendon Newport about 7-9 weeks ago, the ones below are […]
Yesterday we published a letter from a reader we dubbed ‘Pablo the Punter’. Unfortunately a number of the contentions made by Pablo in their letter were incorrect. The former trainer turned punter Justin Abbott is not the brother of the NSW trainer Brad Abbott. QLD trainer Dayl March is not in any way associated or […]
Failed punter Eddie ‘The Fireman’ Birchley taught the world that the fastest way to go broke in this life without trying is to chase the tomato sauce and a quick buck by backing long odds on favorites in 2-year-old races. The Fireman did at the gallops, where he splashed then astronomical six-figure sums taking the […]
Tasmanian racing is a fiscal basket case. The just released 2023/24 Tasracing annual report reveals that the three codes of racing earn just $34.4 million a year between them, but it costs almost $70 million to keep the game running. That means that the dogs, trots and gallops run circa $36 million in the red […]
The official Stewards report seriously downplays the seriousness of the injury. It refers to the young horse breaking gait twice without mentioning why, even though it notes that Kasheeper was transported to the equine hospital for treatment, and then it goes on to say that a vets certificate is required prior to the horse being […]
A nonnie in the pink and white There is nothing more frustrating in racing than the horse with a world of ability who has a seeming fear of greeting judges and a phobia about crossing the finish line first. Non-winners we call them, or nonnies for short. Verdad is one of them. This horse has […]
