Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
The whispers out of Victoria are that a formerly widely liked, respected and defended trot driver may be in more trouble than Flash Gordon, and it has nothing to do with giving up easy leads, hooking horses or having bets. People don’t realise the dreadfully powerful pull of the punt that compels pulsies (compulsive gamblers) […]
Sometimes when I see what the Stewards get all worked up about I begin to wonder whether I am living in a parallel universe or something. Take race 3 at Albion Park last night for example. Grant Dixon is driving the favourite Beast Mode, drawn the 1. Obviously from that draw he either wants to […]
What the hell did driver Richard Williams hope to achieve by attacking the odds on favourite Asterism with his $23 shot Famous Three in the 6th race at Tamworth last night? Was he deliberately driving his horse not to win, but to get the short-priced favourite beaten? It sure did look like it to me. […]
Arma Veyron is a very fast horse off the gate. In 11 starts in Queensland it has sped off the arm, led, and either held the front or handed up, with the exception of when it was drawn 5 and came across quick to the death, and when it drew one off the back line […]
Noddy wasn’t the only one who looked at his sister Narissa’s actions at the start. The Stewards did too. Narissa McMullen sat at the rear on Arma Veyron after jagging it back off the gate. She pulled it out on the turn, when it was far too late, and went a hundred wide. It got […]
Take a look at Darren Billinger on the leader Futurist here in race 2 at Globe Derby Park on Saturday night. Darren certainly had a good look too. He was looking for Futurist’s stablemate Breach the Beach, which was behind him. When Billinger spotted him he started driving Futurist on one rein – the left […]
You will remember the story we wrote earlier this week about the controversial protest decision in the NZ Cup lead up on the weekend where Self Assured was awarded the race after Natalie Rasmusssen allowed South Coast Arden to drift up the track to impede Mark Purdon’s line. Well take a look at this one […]
Lightning Jash’s driver Alex Ashwood was just having a bit of a snooze there. He’s awake now! Bendigo race caller, telling us what we all see, for the benefit of the radio listeners The Alby Ashwood trained and driven Lightning Jash was was backed for a stack in the 5th at the Bendigo trots last […]
See that red post in the picture? That is a marker post that the start of the sprint lane. This is a still frame of the field at the top of the home straight as they prepare to charge to the line in the $300 000 Group 1 Victoria Cup, worth $171 000 to […]
This is not Chris Alford’s fault, and is probably just coincidence all round, but literally two seconds after he had breached the rules by entering the sprint lane early on Max Delight, driver Josh Aiken on Malcom’s Rhythm appears to look momentarily to his right to see what is coming down the outside, and then […]
