Want to Triple Your Money in About 1 Minute and 51 Seconds? – Then Be Quick
Menangle today. Race 5. Number 9. Nick of Time. $3.20 right now. Get on quick.
Who Ever Knew That Leeks Aged Well?
John Leek is, to say it as nicely as you can, a racecourse character. A rogue and a villain, but by no means an all round bad bloke, if you like that sort of thing. That sort of thing being cobalt, milkshakes, jiggers and a whole lot more. He is a bloody good trainer when […]
Who’s That Girl?
I Always Knew the Doc Was a Closet Kiwi – Dr Geoff Chapman’s Secret Twin Brother Fred Dagg – He Don’t Know Lucky He Are
Dr Geoff Chapman, at top and middle. His brother Fred below, below and at bottom.
Vic and Vo, A Brief Life in Pictures
Editor’s note – A huge thanks to the esteemed former Fairfax newspapers racing editor John ‘Lucky’ Lingard for gifting us these magnificent photos of a wonderful horse and an even better story.
Speaking of Silly
How’s Adam Hamilton’s claim that there are only two races buzzing around his head at this time of year. One is the NZ Cup, which has created a sense of excitement that we all share. Tick. The other one is the Eureka, a race that is 11 months away and at this stage has only […]
Staggering it is that 11 of the 12 mares in last Saturday’s Victorian Oaks were US or European sires. Absolutely staggering. It’s a sign of the global revolution in breeding. Or so Bonnington says. If only he knew a bit about harness racing history, or bothered to do a bit of research, he might one […]
Surely Someone Knows How to Secure a Girth
This Stewards report is somewhat frightening. Neither the barrier attendants nor the jockey, or the starter or anyone else at the start at the Mitchell races knew how to properly secure a girth. For goodness sake, it’s not that hard. What the hell is going on in Queensland racing. This whole thing was a debacle.
What No-One is Saying About The Everest
Everything about The Everest was great, bar two things. The inclusion of the utterly uncompetitive Joyful Fortune and Ingratiating was one. Neither horse was ever any chance of winning this race, and would never have made the field under normal terms and conditions, but the slot system gave them walk up entry at the expense […]
Did Anyone Check the Betting Sheets For the Drivers Challenge at Wyndham Yesterday?
One of the curious anomalies with the betting markets on Jockey and Driver Challenges is that there are no deductions applied for scratchings. What I mean by that is if you back a horse to win a race at evens and it is pulled out at the barrier you cop massive deductions off the face […]