Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
You could see rounding the turn in race 5 at Randwick that the heavily backed Bjorn Baker trained galloper Deel With Me had gone amiss. It was obvious. The horse changed action and started running like he was on three legs, and boring in toward the off side where he was obviously hurting. The only […]
There is never a good time to go to the big Pearly Gates race track in the sky, but it was sort of fitting that on a beautiful day when they were racing at Bowen and the sun was shining, local born legend of QLD and NSW country racing Danny Frahm took the big trip […]
We wrote yesterday about the outrageous decision in the case of leading SA jockey Jason Holder, who switched his dirty urine sample for one that was clean, deceived and lied to Stewards, and then finally threw a positive test result to banned substances when forced to do a second test. In a disgraceful decision that […]
Jason Holder Stewards concluded an inquiry into the circumstances relating to two urine samples provided by licensed jockey Jason Holder on Thursday 9 December 2021. Evidence was taken from Jason Holder and written submissions by third party professionals, relating to Jason Holder’s personal circumstances, were also considered. After considering the evidence Stewards charged Jason Holder […]
After watching the first race at the Sunshine Coast yesterday I turned to my punting mate and commented that the inside was off on this wet Soft 7 track. It wasn’t the observation of a genius, it was a simple fact that was plain for everyone in the world to see, and of course it […]
Last year’s South Australian jockey of the year Todd Pannell had an Australia Day to remember at Murray Bridge this afternoon, booting home four of the seven winners to score more than half the card. The hoop’s winners weren’t at long prices – $2.80, $1.60, $3.10, and $3.10 – but if you’d combined them in […]
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 […]
