Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
This below is the Open class race at Blackall on Saturday. The horse drawn the 1 is Han Dynasty, the winner of 26 from 51. It’s never missed the start in its life. The horse in gate 2 is Itsourtime, a dual Group 3 winner in Victoria when trained by Danny O’Brien. It doesn’t miss […]
Me wearing Dad’s Commonwealth chauffeur’s hat, in the same year he drove the Shah The Shah of Iran was the bloke in charge of the country that the first Ayatollah violently overthrew. He and his wife came to visit Australia in 1974. My dad was 30 at the time, and worked as a Commonwealth driver. […]
This is race 2 from Launceston Cup day last Wednesday. One of, if not the, biggest race days on the Tasmanian calendar. Liam Riordan is on the horse in the Godolphin-like blue but a little bit lighter with the white cap coming widest around the turn. See how many he knocked down?* Depending on whether […]
We wrote the story above 4 months ago, and the one below 2 months before that. Meet Mr Nobody – Western Queenland’s Newest Trainer Well the good news is that the question has finally been answered. Trainer Terry Hall, formerly of Cloncurry, has taken over all the horses that NSW trainer Brett Cavanough supposedly trained […]
Four and a half years ago Albion Square raced in the Listed Windsor Castle at Royal Ascot, after having broken his maiden the previous start at Navan (IRE). Next he went to the Curragh, and ran in a Group 2, then he went to Naas for a Group 1 race, back to the Curragh for […]
Dear Peter QRIC have a strict gambling policy which I’m pretty sure means you can’t bet on anything when you’re on duty, even stuff that you’re otherwise allowed to bet on. (Editor’s note – It’s our understanding that QRIC Stewards aren’t allowed to bet on anything at all, although we may be mistaken). Notwithstanding the […]
It was Boort Cup day on Sunday, and a great day of harness racing it was in the main indeed. But there were two major blights on an otherwise fantastic card. Races 6 and 8. Each was run for prizemoney of a miserable $4000, with just $2000 to the winner. The worst races at Burnie […]
Gilbert and my good self wandered over the road to the APG Yearling Sale up at Middle Swan today, keen to see who would be emptying their pockets chasing Harness’s “Clayton’s Pot of Gold”…you know the stakes boost you see when you don’t actually have a stakes boost? With “Diamonds and Pearls” playing over the […]
Kevin and Kay Seymour or their grandson and their trainer Grant Dixon won almost everything there was to win at the QLD Harness Racing Awards on Sunday night. The Seymour’s won Owner of the Year and Breeder of the Year. Dixon won Trainer of the Year. Leap To Fame of course won Horse of the […]
The race caller at Gatton on Sunday insisted on calling the Goodes the horse Goudz. Why? Adam Goodes was the Australian of the Year. Everyone knows how to pronounce his name. Goodes, as in goods. It is not Goudz. What sort of wankery is that? I know the caller doesn’t mean it to be, but […]
