Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
After a week of fun and family times in Bali and the Gili islands I’ve found myself in a quiet private villa down south. The deal was I do the family thing for a week off the punt with my only news from the homeland was this website. Sometimes the Ukraine/Russia war was more entertaining […]
Personally, I think the two big races were a huge success. One attracted possibly the best field of the year and one had the best from the west plus a couple of pretty good horses. Ok the NZ was decided in the first 100m but that’s the draw and Old Town Road had to take […]
Keith from QLD chimes back in with some observations about Ben Yole and the trot world at large. It’s always great to have another perspective, from someone who’s been around the game for a long time, and knows a few things about the trots. My intention was to keep out of writing about this, and […]
Think I’ve come to that realisation with the ‘Red Hots’. I love the trots and always have but there comes a time where it needs to be said out loud. Not so much on a site like this but in the general media. Of course they are bound by the rules not to say anything […]
The Miracle Mile field is set with only the barrier draw to cap it off before they fly off the gates. They will fly and this could be the fastest mile we have ever seen. I have no objections or criticisms of how they reached the final field either. ARCHIE – There weren’t too many […]
A great trainer once told me that “once I hand over the reins, it’s out of my hands”. This was after I suggested the driver of my horse was better off with a monkey in the cart to put it politely. I actually think there was something more sinister at play outside the control of […]
Keith from QLD is on a roll. We might as well enjoy it while we can. I wasn’t going to talk of the Chariots because it isn’t a grand circuit race. It is though one of the best races on the calendar, so I will make an exception. This year’s 4yo crop was as good […]
Keith from Queensland has sent through a text marked urgent. It’s about Cracker’s drive in the Shepparton Gold Cup. Here is what the clown says. Keith says no way in the world that was a boat race. Nathan Jack drove the best against a bunch of tired hacks, so far as group horses races go. […]
Keith’s on a roll. Good on him too. I love it, even if the folk from the Canterbury Plains don’t. What would they know about great Australian racing anyway? Blood hell, they eat fishing bait (whitebait) and reckons it’s beautiful. Yeah, prawns heads are too I’m sure, not that I’ve ever tried them or ever […]
Keith from QLD chimes in fresh from a Xmas spell up fishing off the Cape. He’s not real happy with Gaita. I don’t normally watch Globe Derby trots but I was bored and had Sky on yesterday so I did, and I saw what in my opinion was good ol’ Gaita trying a bit too […]
