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The Everest is Over Before It Has Even Begun
I used to think Black Caviar was the greatest sprinter I had ever seen. After what Ka Ying Rising did at Sha Tin on Sunday now I am not so sure, Sacred Kingdom set the Sha Tin track record of 1.07.50 in the year 2007, and it stood unbroken for 17 years. Until Ka Ying […]
What the Hell’s Going on With the Gallops Track at Bundaberg?
What you see above is the race track yesterday at Bundaberg, with the photo taken by a reader who was there. The inside looks alright doesn’t it? In fact it looks a whole lot better than the middle and the outer. So how come no jockey all day wanted to go near it? That’s because […]
Constitution Hill a Melbourne Cup Hope? – Get Out of Here
The 9-year-old English hurdler Constitution Hill has for 6 months now been touted as a genuine Melbourne Cup prospect, despite being old enough to vote and having only ever won a pair of Novice races on the flat. Sportsbet even had the audacity to post him up in their early markets as a $15.00 shot […]
Ryan’s Been Careless – Again
Jockey Ryan Wiggins has been in more trouble than Flash Gordon for careless riding in recent weeks. He was very lucky to get away with this one at the Coast yesterday with only a reprimand. Wiggins is on the horse in the black silks with blue stars and hooped sleeves. The one that bores in […]
Hmmm
Has anyone been wondering why the once highly promising apprentice turned senior jockey Corey Bayliss hasn’t been riding lately. If this chap who appeared for sentence in the Ipswich District Court last week is the same person as he – not that we are asserting that it is – then we might just have the […]
Coked Up Driver Cops 5 Months
A month or so back we tipped you off that a couple of trot drivers had been caught with prohibited substances in their systems after without notice drug testing was conducted at a Wagga race meeting. Drug Scandal Rocks the Riverina One of them was leading Riverina reinsman Blake Jones. The substance concerned was cocaine. […]
A Dead Slow Horse, Stat Decs, AI Manipulated Photos and an Ambitious Racing Appeal – The Curious Case of the Deceased Galloper River Danzka and its Trainer Peter Inwood – With a Special Appearance by the Magic Man KC
There is a somewhat interesting matter going before the QLD Racing Appeals Panel this week. It relates to the death of a racehorse named River Danzka in early 2025, and the reasons behind it. River Danzka was a slow 5-year-old gelding trained by former Mount Isa race club President Peter Inwood, and had been beaten […]
A UFO on the Track at Albion Park
PRINCE NASEEM NZÂ Shortly after the start jumped an object on the track and breaking gait for a short distance no action was taken against the Gelding in this instance due to the multiple false starts. Inclined to hang in over the concluding stages of the event when placed under pressure. There were two false starts […]
Motor Neuron Disease
On a weekend of rugby league where we have seen Jai Arrow chalk up his 100th and last NRL match, and Craig Bellamy almost certainly coach his last game, Motor Neurone Disease (MND)is firmly on the mind of most rugby league fans, even though most people don’t really know much about the condition or understand […]