Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
Alan Woods was for a long time one of the world’s most successful gamblers. A former actuary and semi-pro bridge player, he headed a syndicate that pioneered mathematical betting systems in Hong Kong and is said to won have won over a billion dollars. Woods died at the age of 63 with $640 million in […]
There are plenty of slippery eels in the Fitzroy river that runs alongside Rockhampton’s racecourse Callaghan Park. On Archer day this year there will be one on land up on a stand calling out prices. If he can get a Queensland license. I guess we will find out if the QRIC are serious about applying […]
A lot of people have short memories. Not me. Want to know a little bit about the Waterhouses? Then watch this ABC documentary from 1986. It’s fascinating viewing. Click on the link and enjoy. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2011-08-08/horses-for-course—1986/2832202?utm_campaign=abc_news_web&utm_content=link&utm_medium=content_shared&utm_source=abc_news_web
A number of people who should have been looked at hard during the Fine Cotton ring-in investigation weren’t. One of them was Lesn Harris, the Queensland lightweight jockey who rode the runner-up over the line Harbour Gold, the horse who was later promoted to 1st place when the ring-in was discovered. Take a look at […]
Just have a look at this will you. It’s race 5 at Canterbury on Wednesday. Chris Wallers has three runner in the nine horse race: 5. Field Legend (B.Avdulla) $7.50 6. Karlstad (N. Rawiller) $3.70 7. Sophia’s Magic (J. Mcdonald) $1.80. As the video starts to roll at the 700m mark J-Mac is on the […]
I wish them well, too, but there is a bigger issue at play here. While PP raises the issue of how long Miller and Crossland had been “working” on the day – it is plausible they had started work at 8:00 AM and the crash (I won’t call it an accident) occurred 18 hours later […]
There is a very strong rumour floating around that a A-sample of certain horses trained by back to back Inter Dominion winner Jason ‘Jill’ Grimson have thrown positive swabs to an EPO like substance. They say that Stewards are awaiting the return of the B-sample to confirm the positive, and that if it does then […]
It’s the 2nd race at Lingfield last night, a hurdle. The leader Teddy Disco is $1.14. Have a look what happens. Have you ever seen anything like this in your life?
A harness racing trainer injected a horse with vodka and then tubed it on the morning of the biggest trotting day of the year as he felt “behind the eight ball”, and just wanted to do his best. Phillip Burrows was disqualified from racing for 10 years by the Judicial Control Authority on Tuesday. The Herald can […]
Philip Burrows at age 51 is now a multiple convicted drug cheat, after pleading guilty yesterday to stomach tubing one of his runners on the morning of the NZ Trotting Cup, and being given a 10-year-disqualification for his sins. If after 20 years of cheating fellow licensees, owners, punters and the sport Burrows was going […]
