Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
If Michael Dumesny is correct about Better Be The Best having suffered a potential career ending injury, then when and how did it happen? We have been told that the horse was displaying clear signs of lameness prior to running in the Chariots of Fire on the 2nd of March. But Dumseny’s tweet didn’t appear […]
Jockey Anthony Allen appeared before the Racing Appeals Panel yesterday to appeal an alleged matter relating to a penalty handed down against him for careless riding. The question is why? What suspension is he actually appealing? Under the laws governing racing appeals in QLD, those like careless riding that attract a penalty of a disqualification […]
Queensland apprentice jockey Cody Collis hasn’t ridden in a race since the 29th of April 2023, eleven days after he had been found with a mobile phone in his possession in the jockeys room at a TAB race meeting in Warwick. The reason for Collis’s absence from the track for almost the entirety of the […]
Take a look at the drive of John Kriechbaumer on the favorite Benjamin Button – the horse in the predominantly white colors – in the race below. What was this clown doing? Benjamin Buttons should have won by panels, and would have too if J. Kriechbaumer had driven him with any degree of competence. I […]
Why did Guy Looks Good go so bad in this race at Burnie on Sunday? If he really was tying up, then why? Was it because the Bain/Summit owned pacer hadn’t been exercised properly in the 7 weeks leading into this race? After all, lack of conditioning for a race is one of the major […]
This is the official reason for the scratching of 17 Yole trained horses from the Bunbury meeting on the weekend, as reported by the Stewards. As we foreshadowed in our story about the issue, politician Dean Winter was wrong about the horses being scratched because their appointed driver refused to take the reins. That tale […]
Tartare de Cheval (Raw, ground horse) (translated from the online French horse butcher: http://boucherie-cheval.fr) Ingredients: 25 oz horse tenderloin 3 oz capers 3 oz gherkins 3 oz shallots 4 egg yolks 2 oz grated parmesan lime juice Tabasco Worcestershire sauce salt and pepper Preparation: Finely dice the horse meat. Mince the shallots, capers and gherkins and […]
The BHA and the IHRB have announced a new joint anti-doping initiative which they claim will prove they are world leaders in the fight against doping. They claim that in recent days their staff have visited 14 different training yards in Britain and Ireland to take 250 samples from 120 horses entered at the Cheltenham […]
How to cook you horse – https://theworld.org/stories/2013-03-11/how-cook-your-horse A few months ago we highlighted the large number of pregnant NZ mares being sold to Chinese buyers, and shipped off to Asia to destinations and futures unknown. Now out international correspondent the highly acclaimed racing writer Will Jones has uncovered evidence about a similar practice occurring in […]
See how the TAB has put the barrier for each of the runners in Monday’s Adelaide Cup in brackets next to their names? Notice how they all miraculously coincide with the saddlecloth being sported by each horse? What are the odds of that happening in a 17 horse race? 20 922 789 888 000 to […]
