Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
Hey Archie I was interested in your thoughts on Tamworth R9 yesterday which was trifectad by Summit. I found it odd that Tom Ison on one of the two fancies would hand up to an outsider in Joes Redemption given the lack of a sprint lane at the venue. Summit owns both the horses but […]
This was race 3 at Shepparton on Friday night. Keep your eyes on the horse on the very inside. There is no clear run for it up the sprint lane. So the driver ignores the rules about going inside the pegs and makes one. No Steward saw this either. We’re flying in the integrity ranks […]
The NZ junior drivers championship involves 12 drivers, including the top four from Canterbury, the top three from Auckland, top two from Southland and then the next two points scorers overall, plus the wildcard. Nathan Delany, Leah Hibell and Fergus Schumacher from the North Island all have more Junior Drivers points than Korbyn Newman does. […]
Mario Borg – Super Mario – drives a winner in a race on average every 20 starts, and runs a place about 1 in 4. Or he used to anyway. This month his strike rates have spiked to 20% the win and 70% the place. He’s like a fine wine this now half centurion. Starts […]
Have a captain cook at this will you? Gary Hall Jr on the heavily backed 2nd favourite Master Publisher forces his way off the fence and comes out right under Chris Voak on Carrera Mach in the purple and white on his outside. It is reckless, it is dangerous, it’s foul, and it’s a clear […]
Daz may have lost his looks over the past 15 years, but the nugget can still train and drive. Linda still loves him too. The poor thing. Age doesn’t weary either of D.W. Graham or me. Or not at least not him anyway, The Dazzler proved it on Saturday night at Albion Park, when he […]
Back to the TAB Eureka and Dixon said he felt a mix of pride and deflation with second spot. “It looked like our race to win, but you can’t expect any more from him,” he said. “You wonder if I’d done anything differently, would it have changed the result, but I’m not to know that some horses […]
For years U have been saying that while Grant Dixon is a superb trainer, but that he isn’t a big race drivers arse. That showed in the the Auckland 2019 ID series when the Kiwis kicked his arse, and it showed again last night in the Eureka, although this time his beating was self-inflicted. Dixon […]
This is race 8 at Addington yesterday. Watch John ‘Lurch’ Dunn in the red, white and black colours coming down the outside closely. See him deliberately drop his foot from the sulky rest. See him wait about 50m and then look down as if it’s a huge surprise to see his boot leg hanging loose […]
I am no fan of Alex Ashwood. In fact I reckon he’s an ugly, freckle faced dickhead without a big mouth and small balls. But fair is fair, and you gotta give credit where credit is due. Ashwood’s drive on Major Fire in the 8th race at Melton last night was simply superb, as good […]
