The Evil Evening Cloud Over Port Douglas as the Water Goes Out Again
Does that thing look friendly? I don’t think so. Look like we’re in for nasty weather Australia. There’s a bad moon on the rise.
Now Killer’s Gone, Smoking Joe Connolly Assumes the Mantle of Australia’s Hottest Trainer (First Published Valentines Day 2021)
A bloke with a nickname like Smoking Joe would simply have no be on fire wouldn’t he? After all, there is smoke without it is there? Fire I mean. Things have to be really hot to get you described as Smoking. Joe Connolly is on fire. He is copper. They’re in the line of it. […]
Rest in Peace Paul
This sad obituary for horse trainer Paul Harris was posted yesterday on the official NZ Racing website. What it neglected to mention is that the poor soul Paul Harris hung himself. Whether his death was related to his ongoing battles with the Racing Integrity Board that sent him broke and ruined him is a matter […]
An Insightful and Intriguing Post by Trev From Toowoomba
I am with you Archie, let us not forget!! The article Bruce Clark wrote, clearly about his ‘good’ mate – ‘Weir had an addiction to winning races’ : Waller – this has alarm bells ringing for me. Weir has no right to be given a license back, he was King Of The Castle and he […]
Rumblings Under the Archer
Apparently there was a big blow up at trackwork at Callaghan Park in Rockhampton yesterday morning. Surprisingly it didn’t involve the usual suspects though. Our sources on the ground say that senior steward Tate Hudson had heated words directed at an experienced part-time steward named Don Macklyn. The buzz is that the cause of the […]
Where’s Roy?
What has happened to famed Mareeba gallops trainer Roy Chillemi? The man from the tablelands who trains for major Cairns owner Tom Hedley hasn’t been seen at the track since the 7th of December, and all of the horses that he previously had now seem to be prepared by a little known Atherton trainer called […]
Darren Only Did it Once – And Pigs Fly Backwards – Warren From Warrnambool Says Weir’s Mistake Story is a Crock
Gday Archie I quote the submissions tendered by Darren Weirs legal representative Ian Hill KC in a recent article you published. Editor’s note- this below Weir’s barrister, Ian Hill KC, said his client had offered to plead guilty nearly three years ago, but prosecutors rejected the offer and instead pursued conspiracy charges against Weir and […]
Two Big Plunges Go Astray
There were two massive plunges at the trots late this afternoon. Both of them went wrong. The first was in the 1st race at Penrith when the Rex Horne owned Silent Reaction was backed from $26 into $5.50. Those punters who launched the plonk obviously thought the horse would go straight to the lead off […]
All Hail the Top Two – Exemplars of the Sport
Australia’s Top 10 trainers for 2023. Look at who the top 2 are. A picture tells 1000 words. This picture screams 10 000.
Ben Yole Can’t Train – But He Can Take all the Tasmanian Trots Cash
Ben Yole trained 45 of the 67 starters on the card at the Burnie trots in Tasmania last night. His father Wayne trained another 4 of them, making it 48 out of 67. If you take out race 5, in which Yole had only 2 runners it makes it , it makes it 43 out […]