Whooshka!
You don’t often see a win like this down the short home straight at Gloucester Park. Wow. Whooshka! Take that.
Pinstriped’ Connections Didn’t Seem Too Unhappy With the Caulfield Mounting Yard
All week we’ve been hearing people bag out the Caulfield mounting yard. The connections of Pinstriped didn’t look too unhappy with it yesterday. I guess it’s just a matter of perspective. That and a Group 1 win.
Congratulations to Aftab Shaikh, Who Landed His First Career Winner as a Trainer Yesterday at Warracknabeal
Congratulations to Victorian trainer Aftab Shaikh, who after40 months and 52 starts of trying finally cracked it for his first career win yesterday when Kilmister took out third race at Warracknabeal. I don’t know much about Shaikh, other than that he had his first runner as a stand alone trainer on the 3rd of May 2o21 […]
J. Kah Wasn’t Reluctant to Shoot the Gap on St George – She Just Couldn’t Find It
Some are saying that Jamie Kah’s reluctance to push Let’sfacethemusic through a mile wide gasp in the McNeill Stakes was symptomatic of a recent trend of the star jockey being hesitant to place herself in a position of potential personal risk. I vehemently disagree. J. Kah is as brave as any jockey in the land. […]
Methinks J. Kah’s is About to Face the Music Indeed – And That This Hoop Deserves What’s Coming Her Way
Jamie Kah would have to have been kidding with her ride on Letsfacethemusic (yellow, pink sleeves, blue cap) in the McNeill Stakes wouldn’t she? You could have driven a semi trailer through the gap that presented to her in the middle in the straight. But I guess you’d have to want to. The Melbourne Stewards […]
Mama Says Upheld – The Stewards Disagree – You Be the Judge
What do you make of the decision in the 2nd v 1st protest in race 3 at Rockhampton on Thursday? The QRIC Stewards said dismissed, ruling that the margin of 1 1/4 lengths was grater than the ground lost by the 2nd placed horse as a result of the interference caused to it by the […]
Say it Ain’t So Joe – You Too Hayden and Ken
The whisper on the Kiwi streets is that former harness racing participant Brent Mangos, who earlier this year relinquished his licenses in circumstances that are known but must never be spoken about, is soon to be seeking approval to be relicensed as a stablehand. It is said that licensees Ken Barron and Hayden Cullen are […]
The Flip Side of the Ben Sarina Coin – It’s Time
Ben Sarina has been warned off since the 25th of January 2013, almost 12 years. His warning off is indefinite. That doesn’t mean that its forever, despite the way it’s currently being applied. Indefinite means lasting for an unknown or unstated period of time. Which means it can end. The Special Stewards Panel (SSP) that […]
What a Dick
A barrister charged with drug trafficking was allegedly found with an Aladdin’s cave of drugs and paraphernalia inside his $800-a-week apartment with bay views. Anthony Grant, 44, was allegedly running a trap house-style illegal pharmacy inside his 16th floor apartment, where police uncovered erectile dysfunction medication, an array of prescription drugs and an imitation penis, […]
The Fireman Sets Us Straight on Kiss
Hey mate Just thought I would share, Always B Miki and Art Major sired Kiwis are always eligible for Vicbred status on arrival to Australia with a late fee to HRV to sustain. This is because Alabar were the stud responsible for the sires at the time and still are, and both carry Vicbred status […]