Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
We wrote earlier about the dearth of Free For All class pacers in the North Island of New Zealand, and how it is indicative of a real problem within the sport. The problems seem to be here in the deep south of the South Island too, places like Invercargill where this Friday’s 8 race program […]
“What became obviously clear during Covid was that we were on the cliff’s edge because we had no assets,” said ARLC chairman Peter V’landys. “If ever there is another crisis like Covid, we need to be better prepared. Having an asset base is crucial. It’s not a nice-to-have, it’s a must-have.” – PVL, speaking after […]
This is Curtis Pitt, the often missing, often pissed QLD speaker of the House. He is not travelling too well for a bloke who is only 46 is he? Pitt returned to his job today after almost 4 months of paid absentia. While he was away he said he had a back operation, and feels […]
Take a look at races 5 and 6 today at Yeppoon and you will immediately start to imagine that you are at the Tasmanian trots with Ben Yole. One trainer – John Manzelmann- had seven of the eight runners in the 5th, and six of the seven in the 6th. Without him there wouldn’t have […]
"If Craig Williams is riding Giga Kick in the #TABEverest, I will dead-set swim to Argentina." 🇦🇷 Tune into The Trek To The Everest at 7.30pm AEST on Sky Thoroughbred Central. 👀 pic.twitter.com/C1jliiCfuv — SKY Racing (@SkyRacingAU) September 12, 2023 This is hard to believe, but I reckon Ben Dorries mail comes straight from the […]
Once upon a time NZ Free For All racing in the north island featured fields full of the highest class horses in the land. Now due to the mass outflow of horses sold or transferred to Australia it has come to this. A five horse field for a $20 000 FFA, with one horse – […]
The appeal of Jason Grimson’s mate Justin ‘Tatts’ Downey has just concluded. It was a bit of a fizzer, highlighted by the fact that neither Murdoch KC for Downey or – more particularly -Michael Copley KC for the QRIC seemed to have any knowledge at all about the history of matters of assault on a […]
The Gucci bag boy with the red hat who didn’t show up at the gate is now calling us gay and black. That’s all good by me. I like gay people, and I am married to a woman of colour. It takes all types, so live and let live. This idiot has come to Cairns […]
This message was sent out to clients of Bet Hunter last week. Bet Hunter being one of the bookmakers owned by the insolvent or near insolvent Behrmann Pty Ltd that we told you about just this morning. How can a bookie who is so financially strapped that it has to appoint a Restructuring Practitioner to […]
A lot has been said about the Eureka, but very little has been spoken about the incredible training performance of Ahmed Taiba to bring Captain Ravishing into the mile and a half race first-up and run 3rd. It should be, for it was an outstanding achievement. With all the problems that the Captain has had, […]
