Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
This is the 2025 Blacks A Fake. It’s one of the greatest races that you will ever see. A number of things fall out of it. Chris Barsby – the Accurate One – couldn’t pick the photo. Who could to the naked eye at real time speed. Luke McCarthy is a n absolute and utter […]
Once upon a time the Miracle Mile was the race that everyone wanted to win. It was the Shangri La, and owners and trainers used to fight to get in. Until recently it still was, and maybe it still is, But it doesn’t look like it. Clip Clop Kev^ and Moses* are skipping the Mile […]
That’s the final resting place of Kiwi, the last to first winner of the 1983 Cup who was bought as a stockhorse by gumboot wearing farmer, and was trained mustering sheep up and down steep hills. Kiwi is the horse who put The Pumper J.A. Cassidy on the map, and showed the whole world the […]
Don’t be fooled by the name, you’re just being sexist. Ohope is a beautiful little coastal town in the Bay of Plenty. In the space of 4 starts this Kiwi filly Ohope Wins has gone from running 2nd in a 1600m Maiden at Waikato to winning the Group 2 Sir Patrick Hogan over 2000m at […]
As we used to shout in the dressing room at Emerson Park after footy games, James Herbertson didn’t win the Ultimate Drivers Challenge. He sh*t in. Herbie won 6 of the 20 races in the series, and finished more than 50 points ahead of his closest rivals, who all finished clumped in a bunch. His […]
Everyone I talk to wants to make excuses for Treasure The Moment. Last prep she was suffering from an injury they say, after the mare got beaten three times in a row, albeit at the top class. If she was really injured, why did they keep racing her I ask in reply. No answer. D. […]
Back in late 2023 and early 2024 the peak body Racing and Wagering Western Australia commissioned former Harness Racing NSW CEO John Dumesny to conduct a review of the WA harness handicapping system, with the aim of increasing betting turnover to ensure the future sustainability of the sport. Dumesny recommended a few things, but the […]
I know we all make mistakes, but how did this happen at a Saturday metro meeting in town? Loading horses into the correct barriers isn’t really that hard. The horse drawn the 1 goes into the 1 barrier, the horse drawn 2 goes into 2, and so on and so forth. It’s not rocket science. […]
There is pizza joint in Newstead, Brisbane, in the heart of the wanker look at me, look at me yuppie zone that sells a standard 8 slicer for eighty bucks to the mugs, plenty of whom buy it. God only knows why. It doesn’t even have any meat on it. White Truffle pizza it’s called. […]
You can’t say Damien Lane didn’t deserve the 17 meeting suspension he copped for taking out Unit Five, Eurocanto and Alibaba in the Blue Diamond. What you do have to ask is that if Lane was prepared to risk a suspension to get out, then why the hell did he wait so long? By the […]
