Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
How the hell does a race meeting held in overcast but otherwise relatively fine weather of a synthetic tapeta surface get called off after 2 races due to the state of the track? I guess you’d have to ask Tasracing who were in charge of the refurbishment of the course proper. They have f**ked it […]
QUEENSLAND HAS LOST A WONDERFUL RACING MAN – DAN COSTELLO By Phil Purser WHEN Dan Costello lost his long battle with cancer last night in the palliative care section of Redcliffe Hospital, after being admitted there last Wednesday – Queensland lost one of its favourite racing sons far too early at just 67 years of […]
Ready for his next chapter – but just what will that chapter be? A mixed Group of owners including Melbourne Cup winning owner Cameron Bain (Knights Choice) and Michael Kirby, the man who paid the trainers share of the prizemoney and tried to trouser it, have this week sold the once highly promising galloper Without […]
Wading through the darkest nightWhen rivers become tidalI use my list to break the painHoping for survivalI don’t wanna lose my sightBut my mind is caving inWe were born to loveTo breathe and not give upIn the face of darkness I won’t runWe were born to love What you see in the picture is my […]
Racing Victoria Chief Executive Aaron Morrison has come out swinging against the Government’s proposed limits on gambling advertisements and the ban on promotions to punters, which the government calls inducements, claiming that it will result in a 30 percent decrease in wagering turnover and lead to job losses and the closure of country tracks. It […]
William Pike has withdrawn as the feature guest jockey for the Cairns Cup weekend, and a tip goes with it. Pike has advised the club that the reason for his pulling out is that he has secured the mount on a horse that he views as a major Spring Carnival, and that is racing on […]
Anyone who has an interest in New Zealand racing of either code should be interested in this superb episode of the Guerin Report in which NZ’s pre-eminent racing journalist and commentator Mick Guerin explains the financial and governance dilemmas facing both codes on the shaky islands side of the ditch, asks the questions of the […]
We have heard a lot in recent weeks about the inducements offered by corporate bookies to punters to get them to bet, and quite rightly so because some of the cherries offered which I have personally experienced (the former) or witnessed (the latter) like drugs and sex workers are both immoral and illegal. But while […]
