Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
When he was 21 Irish jockey Luke P Dempsey told a racing paper that he could ride comfortably and 9 stone 12 pound, which for those unfamiliar with the metric system is 62.8kg. Men don’t grow any skinnier as they get older, so it seemed a Herculean effort for now 28-year-old to get down to […]
Jason Grimson won fiver races in a row with Outside Fighter during August and September, before the wheels fell off and it put in a pair of back to back shockers, the most recent a tailed off last at Menangle a fortnight ago. Outside Fighter got sacked by Grimson after that run, and was shipped […]
Cooktown Lacey Morrison and Grubby Day rode the card between them up at the top end of Australia where the bitumen runs out. Morrison kicked home 4 winners, Day got 3, including the Cooktown Cup. Former three-time Caloundra winner Choir Boy improved on his 4th in the race last year to annihilate its rivals in […]
Turbeau was never going to run in Saturday’s Cooktown Cup with 62kg on its back. He was just in there to make up the numbers and ensure that they got a field of 5 at acceptances time so the race would go ahead for owner Tom Hedley’s other runner Battle Royale. The morning after the […]
Roy Rogers, a handy man on the trigger who kills innocent horses without remorse These are the four young horses that WA trainer Roy Rogers killed by shooting them in the head. None of the deaths were justified. These horses weren’t sick or injured. None of them had a current racing embargo in place. They […]
In the same week that it’s former general manager Mark Bayliss indicated that he would plead guilty to a charge of racing related fraud, the Albany Racing Club (ARC) 2023/24 annual report has been released to members, with the financial statements revealing that the club lost over $120 000 last year and is trading while […]
On the subject of Leap To Fame’s withdrawal from the New Zealand Cup. Do they know what they are talking about? Or are they bullshitting to cover something else up? Who takes bloods from a horse who’s blood was perfect and whose work was it’s best ever, and outwardly the trainer can’t fault it? Every […]
Watching how easily Swayzee won the Cherry City Cup at Young tonight you would never have realized how fast he was going on the tight 787m circuit. He smashed Max Delight’s track record by 2.6 seconds, and did it going to the line under a tight grip too. The win gives him 2 from 2 […]
The disintegration of SA gallops trainer Ryan Balfour is complete. Racing South Australia have ruled that he is no longer a fit and proper person to hold a license. Balfour’s license has been cancelled, effective immediately. The license cancellation period is indefinite. He may reapply for a license in the future, but I wouldn’t like […]
Rumors are filtering out of Auckland that the Trotting Club didn’t get paid its’ $90 million for the Pukekohe training center. The Chinese developer didn’t stump up. At this stage we don’t know why. Does this mean the sale agreement is dead? Dunno at this stage. What does it mean? The Auckland Trotting Club is […]
