Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
This photo of Phar Lap with Gerald Telford, the son of trainer Harry Telford sitting on his back, was shot in 1931 on a property at Bacchus Marsh. It was taken just prior to the great horse’s ill-fated trip to North America in November, 1931, and is held in the Museum Victoria Collections. What a […]
Archie Re your story this morning (Monday). Leap To Fame is not even the best Queenslander this century, let alone the best in the world. Ever heard of Blacks a Fake? 4 Inter D0minion wins and second twice. Won the Hunter Cup off 20m beating Smoken Up and Safari. Here’s your best Australian pacer of […]
This morning I was speaking to an experiences internal horseman and good judge of my acquaintance about the best horses he had ever seen or raced against in his many decades of involvement with the sport across three countries, and his immediate answer was Leap To Fame. “But you raced against the great champion Somewheresomebeach, […]
Albion Park 1660m – 1.48.6 2138m – 1.51.0 2647m – 1.52.8 2680m – 1.55.5 (stand) Cranbourne 2555m – 1.55.5 Newcastle 1609m – 1.49.0 Redcliffe 2280m – 1.53.4
Leap To Fame has just obliterated the now deceased Duke of Scotland’s track record for the mile at Albion Park. Larry ran 1.48.6 untouched to lower the previous record 1.49.1 by a half a second , and he did it the hard way too. Foolishly for him Angus Garrard on Catseye Beach wouldn’t give up […]
Which one of these dashing chaps who work for a prominent corporate bookmaker had a few to drink and a few more on a recent work social outing to the Kilcoy races (it was a very hot day), and with bladder near exploding ducked into the dunnies for a snakes hiss when the bus made […]
We declared during the week that Luke McCarthy was the greatest driver in Australia bar none, and last night in the ID24 final the man we call Cool Hand proved us to be absolutely right. McCarthy’s drive on Don Hugo to win the final was a work of majesty and absolute mastery, a demonstration of […]
Sophie Jack is bred to be a Group 1 winner. By Daniel Jack (Nowitzki) out of Sonia Mahar (Self Denial), her sire and dam are both winners at the elite level, as is the closely related Nathan Jack (her uncle) and both her grandsires. These bloodlines run strong, as young Sophie proved last night by […]
Others can say things about Pat Duff better than me. So I will just add three lines. Our Cavalier was his best horse. Pat was a man who did things for others. And that’s the best kind.
My mate Greg Stanton was the heavyweight boxing champion of Australia in his prime. He went on to coach a host of Australian champions after that. In between he won quite a few trot races as a trainer. And achieved the great Australian dream of owning a pub. The one thing that no-one ever expected […]
