Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
Apprentice B. Nock, pictured with his somewhat gorgeous mum Braith Nock is a name to put in your little black book. The son of former gun NSW country jockey is not a horse, but a rider, just like his dad. First he rode bulls, like so many hoops from the bush before him, and he […]
It’s not a real great look for racing when the easing 2nd favourite for a race carves up the heavily backed 3rd favourite in 3 early sub 11 second sectionals in a 1400m race and torches it, and then the 2nd fave’s stablemate powers home over the top to win the race is it? That’s […]
Can anyone tell me what Tim Clark thought he was doing on Zoe’s Promise in The Wave? A mate of mine is convinced that Clark was riding to get the mare beaten, but I am not so sure. I simply believe that he had a brain explosion. There is merit in both theories, because every […]
It was a day of some top jockeys making poor decisions at the Gold Coast. Jamie Kah’s ride in the first on Iowa should have been the giveaway. What possessed her to think that she could kick for home on the turn on a limited stayer like this and still hold them all off all […]
Tim Clark should study the replay of the 2nd last race at the Gold Coast over and over so he can watch Craig Williams brilliance writ large and learn how to shoot the gaps. Clark is a great front running rider, one of the best in the land, as he demonstrated on Vanquished in the […]
A lot of people are asking serious questi0ns about Blake Shinn’s ride on Propice in the 7th race at Seymour on Wednesday, the Victorian Stewards included. They have opened and then adjourned an inquiry into the ride, to give them time to review the betting sheets. That makes sense. Shinn’s ride doesn’t. Propice is trained […]
If Jackson Murphy didn’t ride Moreton Bay stone cold dead in the 2nd race on the TAB card at Home Hill on Thursday then I’m not here. It was a hook job of epic Dale Evans proportions. Moreton Bay blew from $2.35 out to $4.00, and wasn’t trying at all. Murphy put the handbrake on […]
If you ever want to see a beautiful ride then watch James McDonald’s steer on the winner Adefill in race 9 in Hong Kong yesterday. It’s the horse in the grey with the pink cap. You will never see a prettier horse ride in your life. It was sheer perfection. https://racing.hkjc.com/racing/english/showcase/showcase.asp
Remember Nic Me Some, the horse we told you last week that we reckoned jockey Dale Evans pulled up at Mackay? Well the same horse stepped out at the same track over the same distance today, got backed for a stack and won. Evans didn’t ride it. Funny that. Things aren’t looking real good for […]
As we tipped you last week, Damian Oliver’s farewell on the track may have ended perfectly, but the fallout with his manager had been mighty. The long-time relationship between Oliver and manager Neil Pinner has broken down spectacularly, with the cause of course being that old age demon – missing money. $2.5 million is the […]
