What a Waste
Leading Australian Trainer By Strike Rate
These are the top ten trainers on the Australian Premiership ladder by Strike Rate. Four of them – Currie, Gollan, O’Dea/Hoysted, Moods – are Queenslanders, and Peter Moody is the only one that doesn’t train in the State. That’s quite remarkable. I am not sure if I have ever seen it before. Here are the […]
Meanwhile Down Across the Border
The highly sought after Decron Horse Care Noel Smith Invitation Drivers Championship rounds were conducted at Horsham in Victoria today. It was an 8 race card. Guess how many runners on the program HRV Stewards pre-race sampled? Three. Their prices? $12.00 $31.00 $151.00 I guess it’s not only the NSW testing regime that’s a farce. […]
The Subtle Art of Swabbing
There were 8 races on the card at Menangle yesterday. Each race was a heat or prelude of the rich APG series. 7 of the 8 races featured an odds on favourite. Only 1 of the 7 was swabbed. What a joke. Here are the 1st 3 faves in every race, and the 1 horse […]
Dean Holland Was a Top Bloke
Racing Victoria’s decision to call off today’s meetings should be commended. This is a difficult time for everyone in the industry, and a moment that brings everything into focus. The important things matter. Respect, support, time. Racing must go on, but not today. Today is a time for pause, and remembrance. I never met Dean […]
Work This One Out If You Can – I Can’t
HE BETTOR STEP ASIDE NZ– Stewards withheld the declaration of All Clear to review the run to the finish with regards to LOCHIEL NZ shifting out under pressure. Driver Blake Fitzpatrick having also reviewed the films of the home straight elected to lodge a protest against LOCHIEL NZ for that runner shifting out under pressure over the final 200 […]
There Are Lessons For Both Codes of Horse Racing Here
This is an appendix to the Operation Inca judgement in New Zealand, the decision that torched the Steward’s chances of getting any information that was obtained under police warrant. In this the Judge explains some of the legal principles involved in the matters that licensees had been charged with. It is fascinating reading for followers […]
Hits and Misses From the 2020 APG Sales
The Hits RIPP Vendor – Lauriston Bloodstock Buyer – Wayne Loader Cost – $40 000 Earnings – $205 364 MY ULTIMATE RONNIE Vendor – Ron Littler Buyer – Tumby Park Cost – $60 000 Earnings – $213 946 LEAP TO FAME Vendor – Redbank Lodge Buyer – Kevin and Kay Seymour Cost – $47 500 […]
Letter From a Reader
Re your last Yole stable article. They are allegations but they are factual. REDACTED was sending filth to some of the girls. And the tax evasion and fraud spreads throughout the whole team and their associates. You’ve printed it previously. The international “source of wealth” has been reported, and all associates of Yole/Syndicates who haven’t […]
Watches Dances With Himself
The Auckland Trotting Club is marketing the sport dynamically. It is spending bucket loads on advertising with SENZ, the Kiwi’s newest sports radio station. Club Chairman Jamie ‘Watches’ MacKinnon is doing paid breakfast radio interviews on the station’s morning show (paid for by the ATC, not SENZ). SENZ are going to do a live broadcast […]