Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
There was a stack of money for the winner of the 4th race at Ipswich yesterday Majestic Boom, and the smarties who backed the promising 4yo from 3.90 into 2.15 landed the cash. Punters who backed the unplaced 2nd favorite Devastating didn’t have so much luck. A number of them were wondering after the race […]
The Stewards report from Townsville on Friday was instructive as to which jockeys not to book if you want someone to ride your horse. Amanda Thomson accepted 5 mounts at the Mt Isa meeting on Saturday the 24th of April but didn’t turn up to take her mounts. Thomson was then stood down from riding […]
The QRIC Stewards have started and then adjourned an inquiry into Angela Jones ride on Baller in yesterday’s Victory Stakes at Eagle Farm, and it is easy to understand why. Baller is a horse whose usual racing pattern in recent years has been to back in the field, and the now aged gelding had done […]
In an amazing feat rarely or maybe even never sever been before, Vlad Duric landed two winners and three suspensions all in the one day at Eagle Farm on Saturday. The former Victorian rider via Singapore won the Dalrello on Mishani Lily and the Victory Stakes on Antino, his big day out was dulled a […]
So all these trainers, jockeys, punters and other clowns are blowing up big time about the track bias at the ‘Bool. Are they insane, incompetent, or just plain imbeciles? Isn’t it the job of the professionals to work out where the fast lanes are, not to whinge about other people finding them? I would have […]
As country racing has kicked off in western Queensland in recent weeks, momentum is building for a “jockey school” – or mentoring program – to recruit more jockeys and track staff to offset crippling shortages. Amid claims that the North-West had only five or six locally-based jockeys for the 2023 season, which prompted scratched horses […]
Bailey Wheeler’s riding just goes from bad to worse. He is on the horse in the Heathcote colours here displayed at the top. It’s the $1.75 favorite to win the race, but has been laid heavily on Betfair. Remember what I told you the other day about riders being paid by someone unidentified to get […]
If this isn’t the most uncontroversial protest in history, then I don’t know what is. Cejay Graham on the horse in white with blue sleeves and green cap comes in and cuts the horse in all blue with a little white in half . It cost the beaten horse at least a half to three-quarterds […]
Jockeys Noel Callow and Jai Williams exchanged harsh words after they crossed the line at the end of race 6 at the Gold Coast on Saturday arvo, and for good reason too, at least from Williams perspective. He was on the second favorite in the Freedman colors made famous by Mummify. It’s name was Flag […]
The original enforcer, the great L.R. Dittman extraordinaire Mick Dittman earned the nickname ‘The Enforer’ in the 1980’s for his ability to get somerthing extra out of his mounts to carry them to victory when their realistic chances of winning their races looked forlorn. “Dittman’s lifted it to the line!’ was Ian Craig’s regular exclamation, […]
