Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
This job currently available at Racing NSW would be absolutely ideal for Sean Bartholomew or Rob Waterhouse, but for two things. One is that they both might struggle a little to pass the probity check, although if former Steve Fletcher commission agent Wade Birch can, then it can’t me too difficult after all. The second […]
Jackson Painting does not have the track record of an honest man. During his very chequered harness racing career Painting has been tipped out of the game by the stewards for long periods variously for: Betting against horses he was driving Drenching horses with milkshakes Owning and/or training horses under bowler names while disqualified Lying […]
This is the betting on the last race at Carrick in Tasmania on Friday night. Only one horse in the race has been backed for any real money, the rank outsider Our Quinn, trained by Ben Yole. It’s form is terrible. 0-9-0-0-0-7-0-0-0-6-7-5-9-0-6-0-0-0-7-5-0-0 from it’s past twenty-two starts, beaten out if sight each time. Our Quinn […]
Last night the Toowoomba meeting was abandoned mid-stream due to what the Clifford Park club says was a lighting issue beyond its control. I am reliably told that there is a whole lot more to the story to that. Will the Stewards tell the full tale in their official report? Or we will have to? […]
Who is the father and son team that are staying at Victorian trot trainer Matt Craven’s place and helping to work his horses in the morning? What are they most famous for? When is Amanda Turnbull going to be charged over Nathan Jack looking after her horses in Adelaide? What possible defense can she raise […]
The ride in a sense lacks competition, lacks competitiveness – Wade Birch Snyder: There are some things I can just smell. It’s like a sixth sense Giles: Well, actually, that would be one of the five – Mutant Enemy, Buffy the Vampire Slayer The Wade Birch tough stewarding mania train rolls on this Friday when […]
When you are assessing a racehorse’s performance or a jockey’s ride, it is always instructive to look at the form guide first. Let me tell you a little about Greek Hero’s form. It is an English galloper that has won three races in its life. All bar one of them was on soft ground, which […]
SUPPLEMENTARY REPORT Rosehill Gardens 28 November 2020 Race 8 – Schweppes Starlight Stakes (Listed) 1100m Passage Of Time Stewards today concluded an inquiry into B. Avdulla’s riding of the gelding in the straight, and in particular his vigour inside the final 200m. Today Stewards heard evidence from Racing NSW Chief Betting Analyst Mr L. Dalton […]
Well just as we predicted earlier in the week, acting NSW Chief Steward and former Steve Fletcher employee Wade Birch’s attempt at slotting Brenton Avdulla for a perfectly acceptable ride on an unwanted 40-1 shot has collapsed into the nothing that it always was. Birch went out talking tough. Had those surrounding circumstances not have […]
