Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
Racing Queensland has unveiled the finalists for the 2025 Queensland Harness Awards. Staged at Victoria Park on Sunday, March 1, the Queensland Harness Awards will acknowledge the Sunshine State’s outstanding pacers, trotters and participants throughout the past year. Ever-consistent pacer The Janitor and trotting superstar Gus join three-time reigning Horse of the Year Leap To […]
Gee menopause is hard for a bloke to cope with. It must be even harder for women. What a drag it is getting old. Oh well, it’s better than the alternative isn’t it? I think. Or at least that’s what I’m told.
Everyone’s favorite woman disrespecting former Albion Park CEO and convicted criminal offender Scott Steele (pictured at bottom) returned to his old stomping ground at Redcliffe last night to team up with his long time trainer mate Shane Graham for a winner in the last race. Diamantina Daisy was its name. which would have come as […]
Victorian trot trainer Naomi Kerr and driver Jack Laugher had a spectacular fallout last year involving Kerr’s partner David Vozlic, which saw the latter warned off for eight months after Vozlic childishly took offence to an equally juvenile Facebook emoji comment Laugher made on Facebook, and then went to the drivers room and assaulted and […]
So are our politicians. Unlike those in most of Australia they are actually cool. Or Councilor Michael Joseph Rees is anyway. He actually apologized to me the other day that the beach was closed when he was a lifeguard and I went down for a swim. It wasn’t Michael’s fault, it was the stingers, but […]
Ben Dorries calls the demise of the human rights violater funded World Jockey Series a win for the naysayers, cynics, and fault finders. In other words Dorries is saying the series was a good thing for racing, and those who didn’t support it are shunts. Go and tell the 57 low paid Bangladeshi workers […]
Does anyone really believe that J-Mac was trying on the favorite Samarelle in the 4th at Warwick Farm today? If so I suggest that you book yourself in for a psychological test. The winner was backed from near double figures into $3.70. It is easy to see why. This was a boatie. A sit and […]
I might have been too dismissive of Pete from Parkes opinion yesterday about Jett Turnbull driving a lot of winners trained by his father because they are juiced up. Two Different Opinions About Jet Planes In fact after watching the win of Centrefire in race 6 at Young last night, I am sure that I […]
We are looking for international trackwork riders to join our team at Ballarat, Australia. We can offer an amazing learning experience, great working conditions, flexible hours, on-site accommodation, generous remuneration and the ability to travel. In the first instance, we are seeking potential employees who are eligible for a 417 (Working Holiday) visa. Basic conditions […]
Tarrant posted this after I wrote a story a few months back imploring his ‘friends’ to help get him off the gear. I’ve known plenty of glass pipe jockeys in my time, and understand how the chemical crap snaps their synapses and f**ks their brain, so I didn’t take it personally. Even if I had, […]
