Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
What the hell was Mark Zahra thinking on Giga Kick in the Goodwood? He took it straight out to the rear after the start from the wide barrier 12, and probably didn’t have much choice. But Zahra certainly did have a choice about when he made his run on Giga Kick and he left it […]
Archie Re your story about Ash Butler’s ride on Fine Shot at Rocky on Sunday. A Rather Funny Ride That race was run over 1600m. You can give Fine Shot all the clear air in the world, but he ain’t running a mile down a well. Seven furlongs pulls him up. And that’s with everything […]
It was a funny sort of ride by Ash Butler on the favorite Fine Shot in the 4th at Rockhampton yesterday, rather funny indeed. Funny hoo hoo, not funny ha ha. Butler appeared desperate not to get his mount to the outside and into clear air. All down the straight he kept ducking in behind […]
Jockey Chris McIver was charged with failing to ride his mount Lustrous out to the finish of race 1 at Rockhampton yesterday. He pleaded guilty to the charge, although I’m not sure quite why. Lustrous is the horse on the outside in the black and white diamonds with black sleeves and cap. I can’t see […]
Anyone who ever doubted the truth of the theory of evolution need only have attended the Wagga Cup meeting on Friday to have been convinced. Danny Brereton was a Group 1 winning jockey before the terrible fall at Mooney Valley that ended his career, and was a damn good rider at that, but no-one ever […]
A few weeks ago we wrote a story questioning the QLD Stewards approach to allowing riders who incur multiple careless riding penalties to serve their penalties at the same time (concurrently) rather than serving their suspensions one after the other (cumulatively). In the story – which was about Kyle Wilson-Taylor being allowed to serve two […]
There was a fall in race 6 at Townsville yesterday in which Lacey Morrison fell and injured her ankle., ruling her out for the rest of the card. Lacey was otherwise okay. The Stewards inquired into the fall and found that no rider/s were to blame for L. Morrison going down. We’d love to agree […]
The Stewards wanted jockey Amanda Thomson to explain her ride on Redavni in the second at Innisfail yesterday, in particular her lack of vigor in the straight. I think anyone who watches the race does. Take a look at it, and keep your eye on the horse in pink at the tail of the field. […]
Written Scandal looked well-weighted in the fifth race at Canterbury, with the last start winner to carry only 59kg in the BM64 after apprentice Braith Nock’s two kilogram claim. Punters like Kingsley Bartholomew certainly thought so, for they backed the horse from $4.80 into $2.60 at the jump. There was something none of them knew […]
Barcaldine Trainer Toni Schofield combined with veteran jockey Jason Missen to land a double at the birthplace of the modern Labor Party and home of the Tree of Knowledge. The duo also teamed up to finish a pair of seconds on the five race card. Single Honour – who was trained at various times by […]
