Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
There were 3 vets on duty for the finals of the Inter Dominion on Saturday night. One was Dr Richard Cust. His son Andrew is a vet at the Ballarat Equine Clinic. Dr Andrew Cust is also Emma Stewart’s vet. Isn’t that great? No conflict of interest there, is there? Gimme a break. It gets […]
Now I don’t know why in this just concluded all girl success Inter Dominion that Luke McCarthy would come forward and speak about the health and fitness of Spirit of St Louis, when he neither the trainer nor driver of the horse, and his wife Belinda and Jack Callaghan were. It all seems a bit […]
ID88 winner Our Maestro, trained by a mug but not driven by one. Vinnie chose to steer Bag Limit. It ran last. See Jack, you’re not the only one. Did you say cheating by using superior drugs to the others? No comment. True or untrue it’s not the thread I am talking about anyway. What […]
What a Barry Crocker the Inter Dominion was for Luke and Belinda McCarthy. They went into the series with such high hopes. Expensive Ego and Spirit of St Louis were the pre-post favourites to win the Championship before it began, and the old warriors Alta Orlando and AG’s White Socks were given sneaky chances too. […]
Last year Boncel Benjamin rose from the claimers to win the most prestigious prize in harness racing, the Inter Dominion championship. He was a champion for a night too. Ever since that win he has gone like the busted arse that he always was, Jason Grimson was proclaimed a genius, but those of us who […]
What on earth was driver Jodie Quinlan thinking aboard Act Now in the 2nd and 3rd quarters of last night’s ID22 Pacers grand final? Only she knows. Act Now led off the arm, and Quinlan walked them early. She ran through the lead time in 87.6 seconds. When Tiger Tara set the track record for […]
The question about Spirit of St Louis’ run in the ID 22 Final is not just why it went so bad. It is why after its atrocious performance in Round 3 that the Stewards even let it run at all. Spirit went like a busted arse in that final heat. He sat 1-1 and had […]
Here is what we said after Round 1 of ID22. Mach Dan led and was ordinary. He lacks the guts to win an Inter Dominion. Act Now was great from the 1-1, but not as good as Ego. Honolua Bay won from the death, and I will give him a pat for that. But with […]
MELTON Race 2 no 9 – The Raconteur Huge run last time. Stewart/Tonkin polish, trail through draw, and the top line junior Emily Suvaljko on board make it a good bet. Race 4 no 3 – Major Moth This is the best horse in the field by panels, but he hasn’t raced for a year. […]
Melbourne Mick is a lawyer, nominally at least, but he makes his real money from pricing the odds on the trots and backing the overs, which is why he is always taking trips somewhere overseas, because he can afford it. If I lived in the town where Ned Kelly was hung I’d be getting out […]
