Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
Mr L – let’s call him Lala for the sake of simplicity – was a punter who bet with bookmaker.com, which reveals that he is an idiot from the start, given that it was an Entain branded corporate that had all but been abandoned at the time that he was punting, and probably only stayed […]
Champion driver James Herbertson is not too well right now. On behalf of myself and all the readers of peterprofit.com I wish him good health, and a speedy recovery. He is a good young bloke from a good family. Let’s hope his bad luck turns good quick.
This below is the Open class race at Blackall on Saturday. The horse drawn the 1 is Han Dynasty, the winner of 26 from 51. It’s never missed the start in its life. The horse in gate 2 is Itsourtime, a dual Group 3 winner in Victoria when trained by Danny O’Brien. It doesn’t miss […]
Me wearing Dad’s Commonwealth chauffeur’s hat, in the same year he drove the Shah The Shah of Iran was the bloke in charge of the country that the first Ayatollah violently overthrew. He and his wife came to visit Australia in 1974. My dad was 30 at the time, and worked as a Commonwealth driver. […]
This is race 2 from Launceston Cup day last Wednesday. One of, if not the, biggest race days on the Tasmanian calendar. Liam Riordan is on the horse in the Godolphin-like blue but a little bit lighter with the white cap coming widest around the turn. See how many he knocked down?* Depending on whether […]
We wrote the story above 4 months ago, and the one below 2 months before that. Meet Mr Nobody – Western Queenland’s Newest Trainer Well the good news is that the question has finally been answered. Trainer Terry Hall, formerly of Cloncurry, has taken over all the horses that NSW trainer Brett Cavanough supposedly trained […]
Four and a half years ago Albion Square raced in the Listed Windsor Castle at Royal Ascot, after having broken his maiden the previous start at Navan (IRE). Next he went to the Curragh, and ran in a Group 2, then he went to Naas for a Group 1 race, back to the Curragh for […]
Dear Peter QRIC have a strict gambling policy which I’m pretty sure means you can’t bet on anything when you’re on duty, even stuff that you’re otherwise allowed to bet on. (Editor’s note – It’s our understanding that QRIC Stewards aren’t allowed to bet on anything at all, although we may be mistaken). Notwithstanding the […]
It was Boort Cup day on Sunday, and a great day of harness racing it was in the main indeed. But there were two major blights on an otherwise fantastic card. Races 6 and 8. Each was run for prizemoney of a miserable $4000, with just $2000 to the winner. The worst races at Burnie […]
Gilbert and my good self wandered over the road to the APG Yearling Sale up at Middle Swan today, keen to see who would be emptying their pockets chasing Harness’s “Clayton’s Pot of Gold”…you know the stakes boost you see when you don’t actually have a stakes boost? With “Diamonds and Pearls” playing over the […]
