Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
The Tuaman with our nephews at the Fight For Life that he got us front row tickets to. I was taking the picture. Maggie’s cousin David Tua is one of the funniest blokes you will ever meet in your life. When we lived over there near him and his Mum he used to drive around […]
Dear RQ Did you know that a racehorse from QLD has won more races than any other galloper in the history of Australian racing? The horse’s name is Passion Moon, and between 1955 and 1969 it won somewhere between 109 and 119 races on QLD tracks, and received acclaim around the world? I didn’t know […]
Former champion North Queensland jockey Ian Toward has called in to tell us that we and the ABC are wrong about Fabs Cowboy equaling the record for most wins by a horse in the State when the great bush galloper racked up his 52nd race victory last week at Mt Isa. According to the man […]
Miracle Mile winning champion Leap To Fame has been announced in the NZ harness racing media as a certainty to be making the trip across the ditch in a few weeks time to compete in the $1 million Race by Grins, but not everyone is so sure he will, with speculation rife in harness racing […]
As a driver, trainer and breeder, Peter Bagrie left a huge imprint on harness racing. After a more than 50 year involvement in the sport he died last week, after a battle with cancer. Among his many achievements : In 1978 he drove Gentle George to win four times during New Zealand Cup week, one […]
Prostate cancer is one of the greatest killers of men. My Dad died from it. It was awful and it was ugly and you wouldn’t wish it on your worst enemy, let alone someone you deeply love. Medical researchers are getting closing to finding a preventative cure by the day, but need money to get […]
Jeff Jones was a much loved greyhound trainer who through his efforts for trainers, owners and breeders to advance the industry via his involvement with GBOTRA gave back to greyhound racing as much as he got. Sadly Jeff died way too young – only the good do – but he is remembered through the memorial […]
Only 10 percent of Weasels in the wild live longer than 2 years. Very few live more than ten years in captivity. Weasel the pacer has just turned 17 years old and is still going strong. Well sort of anyway. After a mammoth 437 start career the old bloke’s alive and well and – quite […]
No not you Cookie, you have another fortnight to wait Happy anniversary to my long suffering trouble and strife Maggie. It’s one of the few I have remembered, or her. Only because our daughter rang a day early to congratulate us. Who needs a new car when you’ve got an old 1970’s era cracker? Not […]
Due to the tyranny of distance and age and ill health I never met Trevor Brown face to face, but harness racing brought us together, and we talked long and often The last time we spoke was on my birthday in December, and Trev was full of happiness and joy. Now just weeks later he […]
