Seizing the Fun in Racehorse Investment
By Ray Paulick When MyRacehorse’s Seize the Grey won the Grade 1 Preakness Stakes and the winner’s share of the $2-million purse, I was one of those people who pulled out a calculator and started doing the math. If the Arrogate colt earned $1.2 million from the race and there are 5,000 microshares in the […]
Some Bookies Just Don’t Deserve to Hold a License
Ken Elliott was the only bookmaker at the Mt Isa meeting that was transferred from Cloncurry yesterday. It would have been better for everyone if he had just stayed home. Just look at these for prices. A usual betting market percentage is 100-120% Elliott has framed his at a whopping 396%. That’s grand theft rorto. […]
10 Out 10 For J-Mac – the Greatest Rider in the World
What a superb ride it was by James McDonald on Romantic Warrior in the Yasuda Kined yesterday. Simply outstanding. You will never see one better in your life. If J-Mac’s not the best jockey in the world then I don’t know who is. Just watch this work of art and tell me that you disagree. […]
Ray See on the Beaudesert Balls Up – With Additional Comments By Us
By Ray See So, if you are wondering what happened to the third race at Beaudesert today, a Maiden Handicap over 1650 metres, it was abandoned for safety reasons following stewards and jockeys consulting, after two horses slipped near the 1100 metre crossing in the second race, which had also been run over 1650 metres. […]
The Kiwi Koala Escapes the Noose Again
NZ reinsman Tim Williams seems to have uncommonly good luck in the Stewards Room, so much so that many have long wondered whether he’s the Kiwi equivalent of the koala, a protected species. His streak of good fortune continued in the 9th race at Addington yesterday when he was acquitted of a charge of failing […]
Another Day, Another QRIC Stuff Up – More Pity the Punter
How hard is it to read a scale of deductions table correctly? Prideofthebigfish (what a name) was $4.00 in the betting when it was pulled out of race 5 at Boweb as a late scratching on the weekend. Unless I am totally blind rather than just partuially vision impaired, that should have meant deductions of […]
Turbo’s in More Trouble Than Flash Gordon – Funny Thing is I Reckon the Only Thing He’s to Blame for is Being a Tightarse Kiwi
As a New Zealand citizen myself – the only Geebung born, bred and raised Kiwi that I know – I fully understand the reluctance of the average All Blacks fan wearer to reach into their pocket and pull out a quid. Money is hard to come by in Aeroatoa so spending it hurts But when […]
Dame Nellie Cobbler Returns to the Punting Stage – Less Than a Week After He “Retired”
Do you think that the Cobbler might have a gambling problem? Continually publicly declaring that you’re off the punt after a series of losses and then almost immediately beginning gambling again is certainly indicative of one. Or is he just a mad attention seeker who has discovered Twitter as a means to gain some tiny […]
Tips and Rumors From Around the Traps
Which leading Sydney trot trainer who is already facing one substance rule breach charge after one of their horses returned a positive swab to Levamisole may soon find themselves facing another to do with a different horse? Is it true that the recenty departed former CEO of the Ipswich Turf Club turned up to a […]