Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
The retention barn at Menangle is used to house runners in major races under security and supervision from midday on the Thursday of the race until 2 hours before start time on the Saturday night. It’s supposed to ensure that none of the horses are doped within 60 hours of the race. That would be […]
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The only thing the bloke on the left 2 Bob Rob is missing is a khaki uniform, some badges and a few epaulettes. I guess you have to have been a serviceman to get them, not someone who played at home with plastic soldiers, and may well still. The Battle of Bersheeba is a noble […]
The report from the track is that on one of it’s huge days of the racing year yesterday at the Breeders Challenge meeting, Club Menangle ran out of race books before the 1st had even jumped. There was just one person working the busy bar, and only one tote operator. A joke our johnny on […]
Archie Is it true that Menangle Park closed the bar after the last race on Eureka night with a 10, 000 crowd on hand? And is it also true that the thirsty crowds descended on the nearby club owned Menangle Country Club only to find it also closed? I really hope it’s not true, but […]
See that? The moment that a person licensed under these rules, an official of the club conducting the meeting, an owner of a horse competing in the race, or such owner’s authorised agent becomes aware that a horse in ineligible to compete in a race, they must lodge an objection with the Stewards about the […]
Dazzle and Darby Munro winning at Menangle in 1934. This is the same site used now for harness racing. https://twitter.com/Bcollsyd/status/1678926984477544448/photo/1
News hot off the press is that 2 horses have thrown positive swabs after winning at Menangle. One is trained by Cameron Ross. It’s gone positive to Dexamathasone . That will only get Ross a fine. The other one is the huge surprise. It’s a horse named Lochiel. Guess who trains it? Leon Jurd. Bet […]
The media story you see at the top was authored by some master of history at the Two Bob Rob (Marshall) led Club Menangle. You would hope that Two Bob taught Latin at the Kambala girl’s school better than whoever wrote this knows their harness racing history. Nathan Turnbull was aged 32 in 2015, which […]
