Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
The race on the left you see – the one without any sound – is the last race at Albion Park, the Free For All. The one on the right with the broadcast commentary is a hurdle race at Haydock Park. Where? Up in the north of England, to the nor east of St Helens. […]
We have been writing for a long time now about missing presumed dead Ben Yole horses. Well, I can announce now with 100 percent certainty that we have identified two horses that Yole or his owners have notified Tasracing and HRA are retired, are in fact dead. Tarleton Reilly and Heidi Go Seek are the […]
Remember those stories we wrote a few weeks back about the Stewards in QLD who were hauling in trainers for bringing bottles of tomato sauce to the races to whack on their sizzled sausages? The ones in which the stipes were claiming that the trainers with the sauce bottles were in possession of an instrument […]
You’d love to view the high priced contract between Racing QLD and Regional Cast wouldn’t you? Does it say that the company can broadcast whatever country non-TAB meetings they like, and ignore all the rest? Or that it can only show the punters a few of the ones left over live, and whack the replays […]
It is not often that you see 2 demonstrations of genius in 2 different codes in just 2 minutes. I just did. David Moran’s drive on Soho Historia to win the $100 000 Riverina Champions Mares final was pretty as you ever see. Willie Pikes winning ride on Weaponson in the Old Comrade at Ascot […]
What a horror day on the punt that was at Randwick. Time to get out on the trots. MELTON Race 4 no 8 Hammer Dan On his three runs to date this bloke looks to be one of the best 2YO’s in Victoria. The danger is the Emma Stewart horse on debut from the pole, […]
A day ago Spirit of St Louis was favorite to win Perth’s new $1 million slot race The Nullarbor. After his inglorious debut at Gloucester Park last night, you wouldn’t back him in the ‘Bor wil stolen money today. Jack Callaghan gave Louis the perfect in the 1-1. He did bugger all work in the […]
There are 12 race meetings being held in Queensland today. Twelve. What are the chances of their being enough jockeys to ride all the declared runners at them? Um, zero. What’s the hope that all the horses that do have jockeys are ridden at their handicap weight? Um, zero. What sort of nous and common […]
Some great champions have won the QE2. Which ones are the best. First among them has to be Winx, who won it 3 times. She’s the greatest horse in Australian racing history. 2nd is Phar Lap, who won it once before he went to America. Once was enough. The immortal Carbine is third on the […]
Sydney Race 3 no 4 Ethereal Star You don’t see many Kiwi 2Yo’s win in Sydney during Autumn Carnival’s, let alone fillies, so trainer Andrew Forsman’s girl Ethereal Star has a bit of a mountain to climb if she is to win the Percy Sykes, but I don’t see that as a problem. The Kiwi […]
