Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
On the same night that G. Hall Jr gave us a demonstration in the Eureka of how not to drive a horse in a big race, Kate Gath put on a master class that showed exactly how to do it right. Gath’s steer on Catch A Wave in the Len Smile was simply superb, a […]
I always believed that I would go to my grave never having seen a big race drive as bad as Brian Healy’s slaughter job on Maori’s Idol in the 1978 Inter Dominion (above). But I was wrong. Gary Hall Jr’s abominable steer on Never Ending last night earns the Perth reinsman a place right alongside […]
I often wonder what on earth Brisbane trot caller Chris Barsby is talking about when he breaks into a scream. This is one of the times. What the hell is a first over crush? It sounds like a sex act in an orgy, or an ice block, not something you’d find at the trots. I’m […]
I think the HRV stewards are getting a bit carried away with themselves by querying the improved performance of Night Safari to win the 3rd race at Mildura last night, and then subjecting the horse to a barrage of swabs. Night Safari didn’t improve its performance. It was just gifted the race. Trainer/driver Michael Riseley […]
We have written extensively over the past 3 months about the unacceptable dangers that the Bundaberg greyhound track poses to racing animals, and have repeatedly called for it to be closed down. As a direct result of our stories detailing the mass injuries – and in some cases deaths – suffered by dogs at the […]
The jungle drums just keep getting louder that the developer is not going to meet the 8 November deadline for payment of the final $90 million for the Franklin Training Centre. If they don’t, the Auckland Trotting Club is in a world of pain. Promises have been made to the club’s bankers. They’re owed $80 […]
Mister had been with trainer Garry Bignell for about a month coming into race 5 at Birdsville yesterday. It had been beaten more than ten lengths in both starts that it has had for him. The most recent drubbing was 6 days ago at Betoota over the 1200m, the same distance as yesterday’s race. Birdsville […]
Retired jockey James Winks was seen out earlier this week at the Breakfast Club in Prahran (pictured above) enjoying a convivial lunch with winning rider Ben Allen and others to celebrate Pinstriped’s stirring win in the Memsie. Perhaps it was a bit too convivial at that. Nothing good ever comes from getting on the turps […]
Hi Archie How are corporates losing money when they are screwing the arse out of punters with opening prices of 140%? And if we want to back a horse at a Country interstate meeting letting us on for $1.50. As well they restrict you to fifty cents on a trifecta & quaddie. Also betting $2.50 […]
Trot trainer John Livingstone was a well known face and fixture at harness race meetings around South-East Queensland and the Tweed for the better part of four decades, until his grief-driven retirement from the game about a dozen years ago in the wake of the tragic, far too early passing of his beloved wife and […]
