I Can Feel a Grammy Coming On
If you run the song from the 3 minute 30 second mark it might just remind you of Sydney, or Melbourne even. The song’s a big hit at Woodend Beach too I hear. A Grammy Award surely awaits.
The Birch is Back – You Can’t Keep a Good Man or a Great Trainer Down
Liam Birchley is a great trainer who had it all ripped away from him, or so many thought. He got tangled up in a peripheral association with the Aquanita operation, and on the basis of a couple of innocuous text messages the authorities crucified him, even though he was later found to have nothing wrong. […]
Goodbye to a Great Bloke, Written Through a Torrent of Tears
My mate Tracy Kunde died yesterday. He had a heart attack at the Capalaba dogs. The staff at the track did the very best they could to bring him back, but it wasn’t to be. On behalf of everyone who knew Trace, thanks from the bottom of our hearts for trying. You are all legends. […]
Don’t You Love a Three Day Punt Get Out Bet in the Last Race on Sunday? -Boom!
Have a bet on my horse Pentito in the last at sunshine coast tomorrow, currently 3.1 on the fixed. Trained by Jason Edwards who’s going well. I believe he’s a 1.70 chance in that field but carrying big weight at 60kgs. I still think we’ll be too good, best of luck with the punt I got […]
A Rare Black Pearl Indeed
See this beautiful looking 2yo yearling filly? She’s by Bettors Delight out of Laurella, who is out of Christian Cullen, the golden cross. Black Pearl is her name. Cran Dalgety paid $120 000 on behalf of his clients for her at last year’s Auckland sale. It was money very well spent. The filly debuted in […]
Correction About the Gloucester Park Sale, and an Apology to Kevin and Kyle Jeavons
I spent three hours on the phone today with Michael Radley, the CEO of Gloucester Park, and based on what I have been told I have come to the conclusion that the story I wrote earlier regarding the sale of parts of the track land was wrong. Mr Kevin Jeavons had no part to play […]
Why is the Pre Race Swab Regime in QLD So Sparse?
There were 35 pre-race swabs taken from runners at the Rosehill meeting yesterday. Victoria took 32. South Australia pre-race swabbed 23. How about in Queensland you ask? They took just 5. Yes that’s correct, only 5 runners on the whole card in the 3rd biggest racing state in the land were pre-race swabbed so that […]
An Uncommon Gentleman Indeed – A Bloody Good Horse Too
Steve Rodgers is a quiet unassuming type of bloke, so a lot of people don’t know his name. That’s a shame, for he is one of the smartest and most knowledgeable blokes in the business. Steve has been an expert track clocker, racing writer and form analyst since I first met him 40 years ago, […]
It’s Showtime – Archie Tips You the One in the $15 000 EKKA Fast Class Final – His Name is Leo
I’ve been telling people for years to forget about the Miracle Mile and the Inter Dominion and the Hunter Cup and the Blacks a Fake and all that sort of nonsense. There is only one show in town, and that’s the EKKA. The EKKA, better known as the QLD Royal National Association Show, is the […]
Doomed – Leading Trainer Ray Green Echoes Archie’s Thoughts on the Future of the Trots in Auckland
Alexandra Park 1973. Once were warriors, now just holes in the ground and towers in the sky. “I think we’re doomed in Auckland. Harness racing could be extinct in the north in five years. We’ve been on a slippery slope for so long and breeders have been treated like toe-rags for years. “It’s amazed me […]