Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
Can you believe in this day and age that Charles and Diana were allowed to be mobbed, and that a Hare Krishna got close enough to put a garland around Di’s neck without her knowing? Bloody hell, what if it was a bomb? It’s a shame Sam Kerr wasn’t born yet, she would have sorted […]
Gee I am getting bloody old. This ad was around when I was a little kid. My generation were brought up with sort of sexism as the norm. It always made me feel uncomfortable, but back then kids from the working class burbs didn’t make waves, they just shut up and swam along with the […]
The eyes of the sporting nation were on Ipswich yesterday, as a race that no-one bar committed punters would ever have known was being run became one of the most watched sporting events in the land, and all because the favourite Sacred Oath was part-owned by a national hero who we lost in terribly unexpected […]
Who ever thought Warnie would be done in by a diet?
Has there ever been a greater Australian sporting hero than Ash Barty? No, forget that. Has there ever been a greater Australian? I don’t think so. We are one, but we are many. Ash Barty is us all. Even Yeah Good says so. And that’s saying something.
The Irish Coursing Cup is the world class equivalent of the Melbourne Cup in Australian horse racing. The same multi-millionaire’s try to win both races. Ireland’s richest and biggest race horse owners JP McManus and John Magnier own top class coursing dogs that they specifically breed, buy and set for this race each year. Hall […]
The Federal Government, has announced Australia will participate in celebrating the Platinum Jubilee of Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II. The Board of Club Menangle considered how the club could participate in the Platinum Jubilee at the local level acknowledging Her Majesty’s role in Australia for seventy years as monarch and head of the armed services. […]
So I’m at the farm yesterday, and the grand-daughter – aged 7, Grade 2 – comes home from school and runs through the door and yells “Hey Poppy, guess what I did at school today?”. “What did you do at school today Nana (my nickname for her)?” I say, expecting to hear something like did […]
