Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
Once upon a time when the world was wide and the Stewards were top-class Grant Dixon would have been sent to the sin bin with a long suspension for his drive on Blackjack Sam in the last race at Albion Park last night. But today in this dimly lit era all Dixon got from the […]
Hey Archie. Just thought I would share an experience I heard about from yesterday at Albion Park. A good friend told me the following …. I left work about 2.30 and called by to watch a couple of races. As usual there were two men and a dog there. Quiet everywhere, hear everything going on […]
Do you remember our story below about Grant Dixon’s mad arse steer on Tim’s A Trooper in a race at Albion Park last month, and how the Stewards had adjourned an inquiry into the race and the drive? Just to remind you, Dixon punched Tim like there was a prize for leading, and made sure […]
If you were a seriously cynical type you would swear that Grant Dixon drove Tims A Trooper to get the long odds on favorite Attachment beaten in race 7 at Albion Park on Saturday night, and perhaps to set it up for the winner Dashing too. Given Dixon’s industry wide reputation as a straight shooter […]
Hey Archie, Re: Grant Dixon’s drive… If you take this drive without looking at the past few FFA’s (most importantly referencing last week’s FFA), it is easy to say, what the hell was Grant thinking? However, it needed to be done! He needed to make a stand to end the constant team driving of Pete […]
You wouldn’t have wanted to be a trot punter chasing a cheap multi with either or both of Grant Dixon’s odds on shots in it at Albion Park on Tuesday. Fredidrivsamercury was the first one. It started at $1.28. Anyone who took it was mad, for Fredi was a 3yo taking on older horses, and […]
We keep asking questions about the competence of the current batch of QLD trot Stewards, and the answers we are getting aren’t good. What happened on Friday night is yet another illustration. It was standing start trot race, with eight horses drawn off 20m. That’s okay, because they start 8 across from the stand at […]
PRINCE NASEEM NZ Shortly after the start jumped an object on the track and breaking gait for a short distance no action was taken against the Gelding in this instance due to the multiple false starts. Inclined to hang in over the concluding stages of the event when placed under pressure. There were two false starts […]
It has come to our attention that our story earlier this week about the Albion Park starters involved in the accidental ring-in affair was not quite right. The starters are stood down from duty on full pay, but not for 3 months. They are suspended from work while a disciplinary investigation process is undertaken, and […]
Archie Noticed while visiting Marburg (Monday) and AP (Tuesday) that starters John Peterson and Jason Suli are still nowhere to be seen. Two people in the mobile and on the standing start platform. One is K.Williams (long time member of the industry usually swab collector and other roles, and also steward Lisa Bahr, former driver. […]
