Stripping Stan Fox of His Race is an Absolute Disgrace
It’s too late to try and change it, and there would be no point trying anyway because Peter V’Landys is all too powerful, but I want to state for the record that I reckon changing the name of the Stan Fox Stakes to the Callander-Presnell is an out and out disgrace. I mean no disrespect […]
The Best Way to Remember Our Fallen Comrade Takai Yanagida is to Find Out Why He Died, And Make Sure It Never Happens Again – I Suspect it Was the Synthetic Track – I Reckon They Are Killers
Kevin Ring from the Australian Jockey’s Association expressed his rider members concerns about the safety of synthetic tracks, and how they could kill or maim jockeys, way back in 2013. We need to band together internationally and do something to find out more about these tracks and their jockey injury rate he told everyone, because […]
The Truth About the Acquisition of Penrith Paceway – It’s Not Being Stolen, It’s Being Sold
There appears to be a widespread misunderstanding about the NSW Government’s compulsory acquisition of the Penrith Paceway, which is being resumed to build a new stadium for the Panthers. The Paceway is not being stolen. It is being sold. Think of it like this. You own your house and live happily in it. The Government […]
Numbers Don’t Lie – Broodmare Sale Results – APG Mixed Sale 2022
Playing pool with Snoop Doggy Dog in the Kuranda Pub, and acing the ball straight in the hole A $2 million dollar sale the Chairman swore to the Federal Court the APG Mixed Sale was. Rubbish I said, it won’t gross even half a million. Who was right do you reckon? Who was the better […]
Harness Racing NSW Have Really Stuffed Up Here – Adam Hamilton Has Too – It’s Not Fair to Do This to a Kid – Or To Others -Implementing a Uniform Selection Policy for Determining Contestants in the National Driving Championships Must Become an Urgent Priority for HRA
There is a huge amount of head scratching going on in harness racing circles all around Australia following Monday’s announcement of the final field for next month’s Australian Harness Driver’s Championship being run in South Australia. No-one quibbles with the selection of perennial champion driver Dani Hill as the host State’s first representative, but plenty […]
The Buy of the Century – $40 000 For a 2YO Who Ran 2nd in a Group 1 Just a Fortnight Before
Who is that Group 1 runner up? You’d never know by looking at the catalogue. My Ultimate Jacko is a two-year-old by Art Major out of Colada Belle, which is the maternal family of the great champion Blacks A Fake, winner of an unprecedented four Inter Dominions, among a host of other great races. The […]
Perhaps Lazarus Hasn’t Risen From the Dead at All
Hi Archie, Just a “cold spoon” applicator for Lazarus. Attached (pictured at the top) is a list of all the stallions whose progeny are eligible to race in the NJSS in 2022. Virtually no opposition is there? So in the eight $30,000 NJSS divisions (4 colts, 4 fillies) thus far Lazarus has sired every starter […]
A Little of the Real Australia, and a Whole Lash of Racing and Sport
Gary Crocker may well be one of South Australia’s richest men, and carrying a six-figure wad from the sale of his star older pacer Adam Crocker to the United States, but the weight of the jumping jack flash hasn’t weighed down his passion for the trots, and the preservation of sporting history. Bruce McAvaney has […]
APG Seem to Have Technical Difficulties Preventing It From Publishing the 2022 Mixed Sale Results – So We Will Do It For Them – Cracker Wasn’t It?
Lot Category Col Media Sex Name Sire Dam On Account Of State Purchaser Price 1 Weanling Bay Filly Unnamed Bettors Delight USA Localize Michelle Wardle Goozdolphin Racing $50,000 2 Weanling Bay Colt Unnamed Downbytheseaside USA Maggie Mine Travis Jude Northshore Trading $8,700 3 Weanling Bay Filly Unnamed Art Major USA Holme Safely Michelle Wardle Passed […]