Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
The champagne corks are popping down at the Aspley Leagues Club this morning at the news that their most famous member Pamela Kay O’Neill – universally known and loved as Pam or Pammy – has been honoured in the Australia Day awards for her outstanding contribution to the status of women in racing with the […]
Daintree Diva was traveling well in race 2 at Doomben yesterday until the 600m mark, when former Victorian jockey Craig Robertson eased her off the fence to ready her for her run to the roses. The favourite in the race Tamilade on her inside was traveling well too, as was Brad Stewart’s mount Gave Me […]
Do you reckon that James Innes Jr was fair dinkum on Blueskin in the Eve Security Services Maiden Plate at Gosford on Friday? I very much doubt it. Blueskin was a first starter coming into this off two trials. In the first of them a month ago he jumped like a rabbit with Innes on […]
When you get to the elite level of any sport it becomes a game of inches. A single bad decision or a silly small mistake can change the course of history. Think Ben Hunt’s big drop in the Grand Final against the Cowboys, or Carlos Spencer’s floating cut out pass to Stirling Mortlock in the […]
Cyril Small is the living embodiment of racing. He is the reason we all get up early every morning (or in yours truly’s case, go to bed) with hope in our hearts and dreams of unbridled success. The C was a battling trier who met Vo and struck it lucky, and it changed both their […]
Campbell Rawiller is a Melbourne-based apprentice who is indentured to trainer Logan McGill. From March to June last year Rawiller spent three months in Sydney on loan to trainer Gai Waterhouse improving his experience and skills, but he returned to Victoria at the end of the loan period, and has been riding there since. The […]
It’s a rare feat that Central Queensland jockey Adam Spinks has achieved here. Sadly, it is ill deserved. Yes he breached the whip rule. But the reprimand was a bit harsh.
“The mainstream media has a way of twisting words and leading up to this, I didn’t want to comment, I wanted to make sure I had my story straight and they (the media) went and posted things anyway and I thought that was a bit out of line. “I wanted my story and my reasons […]
We have written a number of times expressing our frustration that earlier in his career talented young Queensland rider Michael Murphy seemed to lack the desire to fulfil his potential as a jockey, and that he seemed to be wanting be somewhere else working in a different job. Well we were right, as for a […]
The incident that you see related above occurred largely out of sight at today’s non-TAB meeting at Mareeba. It was nevertheless a most dangerous piece of stewarding, and very poor judgement on the part of the stipes. Almost every professional athlete believes that they are okay to continue playing/riding/fighting when they are injured or concussed, […]
