Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
This fell off the bus and landed in my lap today. Brad Steele. WTF? So it’s okay to protect an accused rapist and sexual offender, but it’s not okay to write critical stories about the trots, in among a whole bunch that aren’t. Is that what this bloke with the shoelace tied trousers is saying? […]
Championship-winning harness trainer Jason Grimson will be interviewed by stewards as part of a wide-ranging investigation into a wild bar brawl at Brisbane’s Albion Park on Saturday night. The brawl started in The Creek bar after Grimson was allegedly baited by several men after his horse Swayzee beat local idol Leap Of Fame in the […]
GRAPHIC WARNING: Shocking footage has captured frightened greyhounds being cornered and kicked at a South Australian property. The disgusting vision has sparked an independent inquiry into the greyhound racing industry, with two trainers hit with an immediate suspension. #9News pic.twitter.com/vQcOqebDiN — 9News Adelaide (@9NewsAdel) July 26, 2023
How Calcutta’s work is that you buy tickets to try and win a horse in the race in a raffle. In this case the tickets cost $10. If you win one you have to put it up for auction. You can either buy it back yourself by making the highest bid, or you can sell […]
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 GOOD 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 […]
