Only in Australia
We come from a land down under Where women punt, tip winners and plunder Can you hear, can you hear Katie and Emma thunder You better run bookies, you better take cover
In Defence of G. Dixon – What Else Could He Do?
Hey Archie, Re: Grant Dixon’s drive… If you take this drive without looking at the past few FFA’s (most importantly referencing last week’s FFA), it is easy to say, what the hell was Grant thinking? However, it needed to be done! He needed to make a stand to end the constant team driving of Pete […]
Ronnie Reckons He Doctored His Birth Certificate
Birthday boy Wayne Gannon (2nd from left), and on his right former trainer and gun singer Les Ross, Ron Johnson (the Brown Rice Man), and racehorse owner Mike Crooks. Apologies to the bloke on the left. We know his name but are having a blonde moment. A bit like Gannon I guess. A little birdie […]
What the Hell Was Grant Dixon Doing?
If you were a seriously cynical type you would swear that Grant Dixon drove Tims A Trooper to get the long odds on favorite Attachment beaten in race 7 at Albion Park on Saturday night, and perhaps to set it up for the winner Dashing too. Given Dixon’s industry wide reputation as a straight shooter […]
Who is This Bloke With the Camera? – And What Was He Doing There?
See the bloke in the picture with the camera, standing just inside the running rail at about the 300 mark in race three at the Gold Coast yesterday? Who is he? And what the hell is he doing there? For a starters the bloke is far too close to the runners, close enough that is […]
The Best Named Horse in Racing
Muppet is a 7-year-old thoroughbred mare who is very, very slow. Put simply, she is the best named horse in racing. An absolute muppet. Her form at her last 5 starts reads 00900, and she has been beaten on average more than 20 lengths per race. Yesterday at the Pooncarrie picnics Muppet, true to form, […]
PVL Pulls the Plugs – No, No, No, No, No
We all love Warnie, but it doesn’t mean we should try to get plugs like him. Or like Greg Matthews. Peter V’Landys looks he has tried to better both, Good try son. But in the words of the great man Gus, no, no, no, no, no. Now you have to pay for hair […]
I Reckon Gil is Getting Tabcorp Ready For Sale
The TAB used to offer bonus bets up to $50 on the main metro meetings if your selection ran 2nd or 3rd. Now is offering ten bucks or twenty, the latter on one of the minor tier meetings rather than the Group 1 cards. Times must be tough if this is the best they can […]
Cruiserweight is No Heavy – He is Nothing But a Bum
Like many racing fans, I got sucked into Cruiserweight and thought he was a real horse of the future. We were all kidding ourselves, just like the Doctor (aka the Nude Tipster) said at the time. A couple of low grade wins in winter doth not a Group horse make. Cruiserweight is a cat. A […]
It’s Not Whether Serg Wins – But How Fast He Runs to Do It
A new horse makes its debut for the Jason Grimson stable tonight. Serg Blanco is its name. Like most of the Grimson stable it is an older pacer who has been plenty of places before. At its past 4 starts Serg Blanco has: won an NR65 and up at Mildura finished 3rd in a race […]