Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
The Author and the Breeder, after having a kick around at Rex Smeal Oval to celebrate Geelong’s big win over the Pies. Two of Victoria’s leading owners and breeders were up in Port Douglas this weekend, celebrating one huge win and the prospect of another tomorrow. We won’t tell you their names because they are […]
We got a tip out of New Zealand earlier in the day that we found so extraordinary that we had to call five different people to check it. Four of them said that our tip was spot on. The other one didn’t know. So even they we can scarcely believe it ourselves, here it is. […]
Is it any wonder Chips is smiling? Mr Brightside – owned by cricket fanatic, peterprofit.com reader, community volunteer and all round good bloke Mick ‘Chips’ Andreadis – has won the Feehan, and is off to the Cox Plate. It is every racing owners dream. But can he win it? Based on the Feehan form, bloody […]
Gloaming. Heroic. Windbag. Phar Lap. Bernborough. Delta. Tulloch. Gunsynd. Kingston Town. Emancipation. Might and Power. Lonhro. Winx. Knights Order. Can spot the odd one out? It’s not very hard. This is a roll call of Chelmsford Stakes winners. It has always been a great race. Until today. This year’s version was a race for first-up […]
Nathan Jack called me a bloody idiot last night on Trots TV. He didn’t name me, and he didn’t use those words, but I had three people ring me in five minutes to tell me about it. The Jack boy’s sledge was in relation to me writing stories saying Lochinvar Art was rooted, and the […]
I have just read Adam Hamilton’s no questions asked update on Lochinvar Art on the HRA site. https://www.thetrots.com.au/news/the-forum/hamilton/hamilton-lochinvar-art-setback-but-inter-dom-remains-in-the-frame/ Sometimes wish I knew absolutely nothing about horses because my bullshit meter blew into a million pieces. Rodney Lakey – who is obviously David Moran’s bowler – could only be spinning Hamilton a yard with the “cut […]
It’s a toasted sandwich, but it’s more than that isn’t it? You can keep your cheese on toast and toasted sandwiches pressed as thin as an $8 note. Those are not jaffles, and they never will be. Mel Buttle – Courier Mail, 3 September 2022 https://www.couriermail.com.au/lifestyle/qweekend/why-the-humble-jaffle-maker-is-suddenly-popular-on-social-media/news-story/7ba51408f7d4544a66461dd6095951f7 Mel Buttle is from Geebung, just around the corner […]
Damn, I forgot to put the trot tips up earlier. Here they are. ALBION PARK Race 2 no 2 Jenden Strike One of the best bets of the night. Drawn barrier 2 and has 30-40 ratings points on its rivals. Wins. Race 6 no 7 Future Assured Crap draw but there are only six across […]
Have you ever heard of a race meeting that is being conducted on a Heavy 8 and quite raceable track being delayed by several hours to allow the course proper to dry out further? Why would the authorities do such a thing if the track was deemed safe to race on? Could it possibly be […]
Archie, For a moment I thought I was reading a Dr Barry Lichter penned Copy That media tyre-pumping piece. If you are going to compare Copy That with Self Assured it’s best to get the facts right. Self-Assured’s best mile rate to date is 1:50.3 set winning the Hondo Grant and at Menangle. (Editor’s note […]
