Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
This is the Bolt For Brilliance, the famous Kiwi end to end and off and away Test Match nude run. How many Aussie streakers get the other end of the birthday suit dash without tackled or shoulder charged? Not many, if any. Brad Reid did. He bred the champion trotter that’s named after his seminal […]
Glenda Markwell went to the Pearly Gates track on Friday after reaching the finishing post in her incredibly brave and stoic battle against the terrible disease that kept trying to kill her. Nautical Lass in race 1 at Randwick just run was the last ever horse to carry Glenda’s name as trainer in the race […]
The great QLD bush sprinter Fab’s Cowboy is making his first attempt at cracking the half century of wins today in the Country Stampede qualifier at Gladstone. He is going to have to carry 65.5kg and give every horse in the field an incredible 10.5 kilograms over the 1194m on the sand to do it. […]
I only met Les Doyle twice, and was a kid when I did, but I remember him well. He was a good bloke. My mate’s Dad who was a bookie at Gympie used to get his prices off him. We’d look forward to them with anticipation, because they were always right. That’s no surprise, for […]
A personally signed copy of the greatest unsung dance albums ever made Famous Adagio dancer, actor, singer, author, nightclub owner, gambler, family man, philanthropist, and raconteur Antonio Bellino has passed away. Antonio – known to many as Tony – died yesterday morning of kidney failure. He was 83 years old. Many words will be written […]
If I was 80 years old and still married to Meg I’d be smiling too Today is Merv Butterworth’s 80th birthday. In a run true to form he was half-cut before the guests arrived for the party. A rollicking night of joy and laughter lies ahead. He richly deserves it too. Happy Melbourne Merv. May […]
Once upon a time, a long time ago in ancient Greece, there lived a king named Midas. King Midas loved three things more than anything else in the world – his little daughter, his rose garden, and gold. Nothing gave him more pleasure than seeing his little daughter picking roses in the garden, roses she […]
Racing Queensland have issued the statement above in relation to the tragic death of my mate Tracy Kunde. If you didn’t know the circumstances and you read this, you’d think Trace had topped himself. He didn’t. The big man died of a heart attack. Racing people spent half an hour trying to revive him, but […]
My mate Tracy Kunde died yesterday. He had a heart attack at the Capalaba dogs. The staff at the track did the very best they could to bring him back, but it wasn’t to be. On behalf of everyone who knew Trace, thanks from the bottom of our hearts for trying. You are all legends. […]
Should what happens on the sporting field and in a war zone stay on the sporting field or battlefield? Jeff Kennett, former Victorian Premier and self-appointed apologist for murder It’s just like being on a football team, you don’t let your mates down, you go as hard as you can until the game’s won. Ben […]
