Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
Are you old enough to remember Jed Clampett from the TV show the Beverley Hillbillies? Didn’t he sometimes hold his pants up with string? Albion Park Chairman and chief protector of his accused rapist brother Brad Steele (the Chairman, not the accused rapist) mustn’t gave had any string to hand, which is why I’m guessing […]
I must say that as lovely as they were, when I was a teenager I never really much enjoyed hanging out with them at the pub. Angus Garrard looks a bit bored here hanging out his oldies Darren and Gayle at the Blacks a Fake Calcutta at the Brekky Creek hotel too. Or perhaps he […]
THE GOODÂ The crowds. Wasn’t it great to see so many people at the Creek? It almost felt like the old days, or the possible ones ahead. The Lost Storm What a 3YO colt this is. He will give the Eureka a fair shake. Jack Callaghan’s drive on Mach Shard in the 1st What a […]
There is this old Damon Runyon story called All Horse Players Die Broke. I’ve republished it in the story below, but basically it’s all about how there a million ways in racing to get beaten. The story was written a century ago, but the truth of it has stood the test of time. We saw […]
Just 3 months ago the former Kiwi pacer Swayzee, at that time trained by multiple Group 1 winner Tim Butt, was getting smashed in shit races all round. Betterthanarocket beat it on a Friday night at Albion Park. On Friday that horse ran around in a rating 70 race at Redcliffe. It ran a weak […]
This photo is taken just after Nathan Dawson tried to push out underneath Leap To Fame on the turn in the Blacks A Fake. Seconds after Dawson had punctured Dixon’s tyre, and wrecked any chance that Leap To Fame had to win the race. Which was a few seconds after Hot And Treacherous driver had […]
Earlier this week we told you how stood down Albion Park CEO Scott Steele – who is facing charges of rape and sexual assault of 2 young employees during his time as a senior executive at the Brisbane Racing Club – was in attendance at a recent harness racing golf day held at the Virginia […]
