Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
We told you the story this morning about how the distance of yesterday’s tribute race to the ANZAC Light Horseman of WW1, The Jericho Cup, was shortened in distance from 4600m to 4415m less than an hour before the race due to safety issues with Tozer’s Crossing at the Warrnambool track. Well it seems that […]
Reports are coming in from The Jericho meeting at Warrnambool today, and they are scathing. The distance of the race was altered from 4600m – which is 200m less than the distance should be run over if it was it was true to the original anyway – to 4415m and moved on to the course […]
“I can’t touch horses or saddle horses but I can manage some things for the stable, help with programming campaigns for horses and manage communication with owners” “There are some things I did wrong in the past and if I could go back in time and change some stuff I would. “I’ve always wanted to […]
Are we some sort of backward neanderthals in racing, stuck in another century when men tipped their hats to ladies and called them madam, and ladies wore skirts down to their heels? We must be. Why else does Racing Australia put a Ms in front of every female rider and nothing in front of the […]
Ausssie racing man and literary giant Gerald Murnane has once more missed out on winning the Nobel Prize in Literature, this time beaten by a writer from the land of Kincsem, the legendary Hungarian mare who went through her 54 start career at home and abroad unbeaten, including wins in the Goodwood Cup in England […]
Could this be the year that Australian novelist, short story writer, poet, essayist and horse racing devotee Gerald Murnane finally wins the Nobel Prize in Literature? Murnane, whose love of the turf is illustrated by the title of his memoir Something for the pain: A memoir of the turf, has been a contender for the […]
February 18, 2016 / Whispering Gums When I heard Australian author Gerald Murnane had written a memoir, and even more when I heard its title, Something for the pain: A memoir of the turf, I knew I had to read it. I am not a horse racing tragic, by any stretch, but how could I resist such an intriguing sounding memoir […]
CHAIRMAN’S REPORT Dear NSW Racing Industry participants, Unfortunately, there has been much misinformation relating to the Australian Turf Club (ATC) and why Racing NSW has issued a Show Cause Notice as to why the ATC should not be put into administration. Racing NSW wanted to take the opportunity to reassure all participants that this action […]
The full text of the Redfern Speech can be read at the link below. https://pmtranscripts.pmc.gov.au/sites/default/files/original/00008765.pdf
Will a 25% tariff be imposed on our standardbred exports to the USA when Trump rules that the HRA stallion levy is an “unfair tax” on American imports?? Some people might think that’s a good thing…… Belle From Burnie Editor’s Note The people who hate the stallion tax so much are the importers of chilled […]
