Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
Last Saturday’s card at the Gold Coast was the main racing show in Queensland, the metro meeting. The races on the program carried prizemoney of between $75 000 and $150 000. Prizemoney at the Toowoomba meeting was between $21 500 and $30 000. Betting turnover on the Coast meeting was 4-5 times the amount held […]
Our mail is that former Queensland Chief Thoroughbred Steward Peter Chadwick will soon be announced as the new Chief Steward for Harness Racing Victoria. We have been unable to confirm the information, so we are not as confident as we usually are about such things, but we are lifelong gamblers, so at the risk of […]
Harness Racing Victoria’s website is the trots.com.au HRV is hosting the 2022 Inter-Dominion. It’s in right now, the first heats were run last Saturday. What a great opportunity to promote the state and the sport. And we get this. Good onya HRV. Bewdy.
There was a ladies 40th birthday party booked in and paid for at Clifford Park on Saturday night. The woman had booked a package that even included a race named after her, the ‘Happy Birthday XXX’ class whatever handicap. The birthday girl rocked up early to Weetwood park to set up for the big celebration […]
When I left Brisbane a few years ago there were 17 stand alone TAB agencies on the northside of the city. They were in New Farm, Strathpine, Zillmere, Stafford Heights, Chermside (x2), Nundah, Eagle Junction, Albion, Aspley, Enoggera, Stafford, Everton Park, Albany Creek, Hamilton, Arana Hills and Boondall. Now there are just 3, in Hamilton, Stafford […]
I was waiting at the Cairns train station the other day waiting to pick up some friends coming back from Kuranda so I could drive then up to Port Douglas when an announcement came through that the loco was going to be delayed for a couple of hours, so I ducked across the road to […]
Here’s the rub. In any ‘normal’ race, it’s naturally expected that every combatant is there to win. That’s not so natural here. The goal, you see, is based on accumulation; point accumulation. Blazing out on night one, showing all your cards and playing all your aces may sound fun; but it’s equally likely to prove […]
I’m gonna make it to heavenLight up the sky like a flame(Fame)I’m gonna live foreverBaby, remember my name(Remember, remember, remember, remember)(Remember, remember, remember, remember) Irene Cara sang these words in the unforgettable song fame. She was wrong about living forever. Yesterday at age 63 Irene Cara died. We are all going to some day. And […]
Craig Newitt is a once good jockey who has been eaten from the inside by his own demons and the corruption of character and judgement that always comes with it. Newitt wants to blame the wind for his mount Poland’s failure. It’s a load of crap. Jigsaw cut the breeze the whole way outside the […]
The men who sold the world I think they should go join another club, because they’re never going to be happy. Auckland Trotting Club president and cheap watch salesman Jamie MacKinnon’s view about members who take an interest in the affairs of their club, and ask simple questions about the disappearance of huge swathes of […]
