Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
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 […]
How on earth did this winner of the first race at Young yesterday withstand the protest lodged by the connections of the 2nd placed horse and win the race? It makes no sense at all. The winner didn’t just clip a marker peg, it went all the way inside them and remained there for at […]
The rumor mill is running hard and fast about a serious incident of assault across the road from Clifford Park yesterday involving two female jockeys, one a current QLD apprentice who was working for Paul Wallace, the other a former rider who now works for the Currie stable. Details of how and why an altercation […]
What an oddly run race the last at Doomben was yesterday. Both the favorite Mister Jonno and the 2nd favorite Ludovisi – the stablemate of the winner Zakiyya – began slowly, far too slowly for my liking. Neither of the riders of both appeared keen to do anything but stick to the fence and run […]
A development application has been lodged for Queensland Harness Centre located at 101 and 143 Norwell Road, Norwell, Gold Coast. The site is currently improved with a sugarcane farm and some small buildings near to road frontage. The site has frontages to Norwell Road of approximately 350m and Fischers Road of approximately 265m. Designed by COX, […]
• The big picture. The latest confirmed global figures from multiple sources up to the end of 2021 for the 62 countries breeding Thoroughbreds reveal 84,213 foals were registered that year, a decrease of 32% from a peak of 123,568 in 2005. • North America’s foal crop, the largest numerically worldwide, has been declining for […]
Story by Will Jones, author of the seminal racing tome The Black Horse is Dying, and much appreciated and loved friend of and international correspondent for this site Coolmore Stud is, naturally, the biggest draw on the Irish Stallion Trail, a golden two day opportunity every January for the last ten years for studs around […]
Slipping effortlessly from Churchill to George Bernard Shaw, Byrne waxed lyrical that it’s not always going to be dark at 5 o’clock. Try telling that to the breeders who were at Goffs Sales last November and couldn’t even get a bid of E10,000 on a foal by Saxon Warrior who stood at a E35,000 fee. […]
As you know I saw the replay of the Chariots of Fire, and told you immediately afterward that I too thought that Better Be The Best looked to be lame. Yes the vets and stewards have a case to answer for what has subsequently happened. But the real culprit is Nathan Turnbull Through ignorance and […]
The sad news is that Better Be The Be Best has bowed or severely damaged a tendon. The even sadder news is that it has happened because the fools from Harness Racing NSW allowed him to run in the Chariots of Fire when he was in their care in the retention barn for 56 hours […]
