Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
Race 8 at Rosehill yesterday was red hot, another Charlie Duckworth special. Chris Waller had 4 horses in the race. Only one of them was trying, the winner Vienna Princess. The other 3 were as dead as squashed maggots. Tim Clark took Fear Nought back to last, on a track on which you couldn’t win […]
Many Australians, including a number of my friends, are still sticking up for Ben Roberts-Smith, despite the court finding that he murdered unarmed soldiers and civilians in cold blood, outside of the long and legally recognised global rules of war. That doesn’t seem to matter to Roberts-Smith’s supporters, who are clearly ignorant of the terms […]
I saw the photo of this house in the paper yesterday and thought hang on, I know that joint. It’s where I spent many of my school holidays when I was young. My grandma lived there after she punted away her antique store at Bondi. It was my Aunt Gail – Dad’s sister, real name […]
The Gah-rards Showcase Series is the second most stupid set of puff-funded races ever seen outside of the Trot Rods. It is strictly confined to horses that have scored points through their placings in racings held at South-East Queensland fairs and shows held in Marburg, Warwick, Kingaroy, Gympie, Nanango and Toowoomba. These are races in which […]
Until Friday night the fastest time ever run over the 2280m at Redcliffe from a mobile start was 1.55.8 seconds run by the top class pacer Manila Playboy in December last year. Then Leap To Fame came out and ran 1.53.4 in winning the Group 3 Patron’s Purse. 2.4 seconds is the equivalent of more […]
I have never in entire life seen a more obviously crooked team drive than the one that Kate Gath pulled in the 8th at Melton last night. Gath drove the $1.40 favorite Encipher, trained by Emma Stewart and winner of a half million dollars and last year’s 3YO Filly of the Year award. It was […]
154. (1) If a horse breaks gait during a race, its driver shall take immediate action to avoid interference with other runners and without gaining an unfair advantage restrain the horse to its correct gait before rejoining the race without interference to another runner. Did not happen. Encipher did not break gait. 162. (1) A […]
Gee that Kiwi character Mark Jones goes good. Here, there and everywhere. On Friday night at Addington the bad little Jones boy won twice. One of them was Bella Buttons, the one time walker whose miracle transformation we have told you about before, with a grin on our face. Magic Mark and Bella – A […]
It’s got me stumped 🤔 https://t.co/NhBw4BPf8s — Darren Flindell (@hkdarren) June 16, 2023
Not a great start from the new Chairman On the subject of HRNZ press releases, I can’t be the only one that read with bemusement the one rolled out by incoming Board Chairman Phil Holden last Wednesday afternoon. It was as insulting to constituents – none of which elected him might I add – as […]
