Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
Some people attract trouble like honey pulls flies. Apprentice Kiwi jockey Wiremu Pinn is one of them. After a chequered career at home in which he often found himself in more strife than Flash Gordon, Pinn came over to Melbourne to ride last year seeking a new start. It kicked off well too, with the […]
All the attention is on the 3YO Harness Millions finals tonight, and both of the big ones are interesting contests. The field for the fillies final is perhaps not as strong as in the seasons that champion like Bettor Cover Lover, Lauraella, Venus Serena, Spanish Armada, Amazing Dream, True Fantasy and Millwood Nike won the […]
Good Morning, I think you have made an error re Village Kid winning all three races in 1986 when you rightfully called out Hamilton for not doing his homework. Phil Coulson never drove Village kid to win the Miracle Mile. Village Kid did indeed win the Miracle Mile (24.01.86), the Hunter Cup (08.03.86) and the […]
QRIC Chief Steward Josh Adams can hardly claim impartiality when he regularly chairs panels with his brother-in-law William Wain. Wain, who commenced working for QRIC in July last year, was employed as a CAT Steward, whose prime responsibility is conducting compliance inspections in stables on and around race-day. So, the question is why are the […]
Carisbrook trot trainer Paul Watson may not be thinking it right now, but he must have been kissed by a fairy. In late December 2022 one of Watson’s horses threw a positive swab to Cobalt after winning a race at Maryborough, and then the next month the Stewards performed a surprise visit at Watson’s stable […]
The QRIC review has been going for around a month, and it’s only on Wednesday that Botra send out information about it to its members. What they sent wasn’t a progress update. It was the Terms of Reference, for an inquiry that’s already off and away. BOTRA President Darren Garrard invited and urged industry members […]
There were 14 gallops races with an odds-on favorite in them run around Australia on Thursday, from Ipswich to King Island, with Goulburn, Hamilton and Pakenham in between. 10 of the 14 that started in the ketchup went down. Never bet odds-on, never run up stairs. One of the ten was the Chris Waller trained […]
Hot And Treacherous was a very smart young pacer in New Zealand who raced against the very best of his generation, and beat a few of them too. He was good when he came to Australia as well, but not grand. Then Jason Grimson got his mitts on the horse, and all of a sudden […]
This dog just had to be a moral didn’t it? Sweet Valentine on Valentine’s Day. It saluted on it’s ear. Next stop Theidesofmarch on the 15th of next month. Then after that Easter Bunny on the 31st. Then Santa Klaws at end of December. What’s in a name? Plenty. Just ask Sweet Valentine.
The Lost Storm is going to Tasmania!Get the full update from Mark Pitt after his first trial back today. 👇 pic.twitter.com/WhRKBlQjdR — The Trots (@TheTrotsComAu) February 13, 2024 We learned from driver Mark Pitt yesterday that the former boom pacer The Lost Storm is headed across the Bass Strait in a fortnight’s time to make […]
