Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
The car you see here was driven by Kyle Maskiell, a former Tasmanian jockey turned trainer. He drove through this unsuspecting person’s fence the Saturday before last. Word is that the police came he crashed the vehicle and both drug and alcohol tested him. They say he tested positive to both, and now faces police […]
In the past 14 days, Emma Stewart trained horses have competed in 38 pacing races in Victoria. Stewart has won 27 of these 38 races. Her winning strike rate is a barely believable 71.1%. During this two week period the Stewart stable has won $445 310 from these pacing races alone. She has won every […]
I wrote the article below exactly six months to the day ago, and in it I praised the riding of young 3 kilo claiming apprentice Jasmine Cornish, and marked her down as a future topliner. Yesterday at Doomben the kid proved me right yet again by putting on a masterclass in the Padua College Cup […]
How many Saturdays in a century would a hoop go to a secondary provincial meeting and find themselves riding up against a Hong Kong Jockeys Premiership winner, a Brisbane Apprentice Jockeys Premiership winner, a dual Group 1 winner, a multiple Group 1 winner in South Africa, and Vo Rogue’s rider? Perhaps the young jocks who […]
There is a school of thought out there that believes that winning jockey Luke Nolen reprised his near horror show on Black Caviar at Royal Ascot by going to sleep on I Wish I Win between the 100m mark and 50m in the Golden Eagle yesterday. While he certainly didn’t blatantly sit up on the […]
There was a lot of debate during the week about apprentice Laura Lafferty being denied the chance to ride her parents horse in the Wakeful Stakes by the VRC, and I really felt for the kid and her family whose dreams got shattered. While there still remains some controversy about whether or not an earlier […]
On the other side of the apprentices in town on Group 1 days debate you have Zac Lloyd, the 19YO superstar from QLD who turned on a masterclass at the Golden Eagle meeting to ride not only his first Saturday metropolitan winner, but his second one too, earning connections of his pair of winners about […]
By Brad Waters, Gilbert Gardiner, Glenn McFarlane UK stayer Deauville Legend is set to take a tighter stranglehold on Melbourne Cup favouritism after Saturday’s barrier draw for Tuesday’s $8m showpiece. Deauville Legend is a dominant $3.80 favourite in TAB’s latest Melbourne Cup market after the draw, standing alone as the only runner under $10 in […]
APG Chairman <APGChairman@hotmail.com> Jun 7, 2020, 2:21 PM to me, archiebutterfly Dear Brenden Thanks for publishing my letter to Craig JUDD – I didn’t realise you were on my mailing list. I do have one concern: you insist on spelling ‘Benstud’ as ‘Benstead’ in your editorial comments. I would be grateful if you would make the change, […]
Peter Profit 12:29 AM (2 minutes ago) to APG Dear ROBERT Your name means this Robert is an old German name that means “bright fame.” It’s taken from the old German name Hrodebert. The name is made up of two elements: “Hrod” which means fame and “Beraht” which means bright. What an omen bet hey? Did […]
