Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
Buyer at sales of either equine racing breed should take firm notice of what O’Brien has to say, for he knows. Double check your shortlist buyers at Christchurch today. Make sure that your selections match the Irish genius’s criteria. Summing up his views on breeding, O’Brien says: “When you train horses and work with them […]
Have you ever seen a more magnificent looking animal than Justify in your life? I doubt that you ever could. In this interview with the Racing Post extracted below, Aidan O’Brien is discussing the great sires that Coolmore have had over the years. First he talks about the legends Danehill, Storm Cat, Galileo, and Desert […]
We told you in a story published on this site that there would be further twists and turns in the Emma Stewart race day treatment saga, and if the talk on everyone’s lips at the Karaka sale is any indication, the trot world now seems to have caught up with what I was cryptically telling […]
The Auckland Trotting Club was once a Premier Club. In 1990 the Kumeu area supplied a large portion of horses racing at Alexandra Park. There were a number of great horseman, trainers and drivers, based at the Kumeu track. Trials every Sunday would start early and finish late. The yearling parades in the new season […]
The words you see above are those of Pointsbet CEO Sam Swanell in an story published yesterday on the straight.com.au about the business strategy of the company. His comments are an interesting insight into what appears to be going on inside the Australian bookmaking market, and an example of it in action. Swannel reveals that […]
Can anyone tell me how the hell that jockey Scott Sheargold (pictured above behind the barriers yesterday at Cairns) went from riding a horse in race 1 at Cairns yesterday to working as barrier attendant for the rest of the day? Wouldn’t there be an ever so slight conflict of interest there? I am not […]
Can anyone in the world explain why a lowly Saturday night meeting at Toowoomba required six Stewards to officiate at it, when the main meeting of the weekend at Eagle Farm only needed four? An even better question is why six stewards could only oversee the pre-race swabbing of three runners on the card? Is […]
Victorian greyhound trainer Deborah Coleman was at one stage for many years a racing Steward at the dogs in NSW before she jumped the fence to pick up a collar and lead by joining the other side. It seems that the ex-stipe hasn’t quite realised that she’s no longer in charge of meetings any more, […]
Some people say that getting a photo finish wrong is a race caller’s worst nightmare. They’re wrong. Calling the race finished a lap out it is. It happened yesterday in the last at Blayney. I almost feel sorry for the caller Craig Easey, but not quite. He’s been in this caper for a long time […]
How in a million years did Dee Roe, the horse behind the leader on the rail, not get disqualified from its 2nd place in the $50000 Simpson Sprint on Saturday night? It’s Aaron Dunn cheated. He drove Dee Roe inside the marker line for at least 100m, steering a path inside or over the pegs […]
