Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
Owner Merv Butterworth’s wretched spring continues, with the news on Copy That after his scans not good. Over to Barry Lichter from the stable for the report. Copy That has just arrived home at Lincoln Farms in Pukekohe, his racing future guarded. Only after the next six weeks will it become more apparent whether the […]
The talk all week leading into last night’s heats of the rich Million Dollar Chase Maiden series was how good the younger half brother to the superstar Like Wildfire named Fire Lighter was, and how its trainer Michael Ivers believed that it may well be the fastest greyhound in the country, even quicker than it’s […]
Townsville based trainers are up in arms at being told without notice this week that the training track at Cluden Park is being closed down forthwith for repairs and reconstruction work, leaving around 160 horses without a surface to be worked or prepared on. The word is that during the close down the trainers have […]
The happiest man in racing Merv Butterworth has had a bugger of a past couple 0f weeks. First his star galloper Sharp ‘N’ Smart’s Melbourne Cup campaign got ended before it really began by a bunch of little bloody bugs in his throat. Then a seagull pooed on his shoulder while he has walking d0wn […]
Repeat Pat was a 5YO in hitherto fine fettle until 3 weeks ago. And then it died. On the training track. The official story is that it drowned in the pool. Only the person telling that tale and the Wizard’s apprentice in Christchurch square believe it. Why is that so many seemingly healthy horses from […]
Startling figures from the recently tabled QRIC Annual Report reveal that confidence in the integrity of Queensland racing has dropped by almost 30% under the leadership of the current Commissioner Shane Gillard. A year ago 78% of the community were confident that racing was run with integrity. In the last 12 months that number has […]
Harness Handicapping Review Good afternoon, Over the next year, Racing and Wagering WA (RWWA) will be conducting a series of reviews into harness racing in line with our purpose to ensure a sustainable future for WA racing. RWWA is committed to seeking and listening to the views of industry throughout the process of each review. […]
The Lottery Corporation are in the headlines at the moment after lodging a submission appealing for lotteries (Lotto, Powerball, etc) to be exempted from the soon to be passed laws prohibiting using credit cards to place bets. In its submission the company – which for all intents and purposes is actually one half of the […]
A prominent Melbourne bookmaker has declared Romantic Warrior to be the lay of the spring in the Cox Plate, and says that he going to take it on in the Turnbull too. The bookie – who has asked not to be named – is of the view that while former English galloper Redkirk Warrior may […]
More than a million dollars has been spent on upgrading the Charleville racetrack in recent years, all of it seemingly to little avail based on the condition of the track at Sunday’s 1st meeting back at the course after an absence of racing for 2 years. Despite all that money thrown at the bush track, […]
