Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
If the field for the Magic Millions 2YO Classic holds up according to the order of entry, there will be just three Queensland trainers with runners in the race. Tony Gollan (Barbie’s Sister), Chris Munce (Poster Girl), and Les Ross (Mishani Aloha) are the only locals who qualified their horses for the big dance. It […]
The Wave is a WFA race this Saturday at the Gold Coast over 1800mfor 3 and 4-year-old gallopers. It is worth $250 000 in stakes. The winner also gets a wildcard entry into the $1 million Magic Millions Subzero race a week later. It’s also somewhat of a joke. The field for the race is […]
The terrible storms and the accompanying torrential downpours in South-East Queensland have hit the Gold Coast hard, with one local race lover and track watcher saying that the course proper at the Bundall track is deluged to the point that as at Monday afternoon the course proper would be about a Heavy 20 rating and […]
We’ve just received two independent reports from highly trusted sources that Tommy Berry’s punter Zaid Miller – the Butcher – is at the Gold Coast track this afternoon punting at the Magic Millions. Unfortunately he moved too quick for them to grab a photo, but it’s checked, correct and confirmed. The Butcher is there! Of […]
Steve O’Dea and Matt Hoysted don’t train the winner of the Magic Millions Guineas Fashion Legend. Richard and Will Freedman do. And replaced Tony and Maddie Sears with O’Dea and Hoysted as the trainers of the runner-up too! Fashion Legend becomes the first 8YO) in history to win a 3YO Guineas. According to Sky Channel […]
January has been officially declared Australian Racing Stuff Up Week. Now even Sky Channel have joined the celebrations. As they paraded in the ring and cantered to the barriers for the $2 million Magic Millions 2YO Classic Sky put up the details of each of the runners one by one as Bernie Cooper gave us […]
The Gold Coast track played very fair in the first race, or seemed to at least. It looks like we are back in business. You beauty. Good work Nevesh. The punt is on!
This is the Gold Coast weather radar at 2.00am eastern standard time. Not a cloud in the sky or anywhere thereabouts. Beautiful. Now it’s all up to the track holding together. Will we get through today’s Magic Millions meeting before they retire the current course proper forever? Like us all, I hope so. May the […]
Update…MM Thurs Club advise “8mm at 5am this morning, gallop at 6am by Paul Hammersly with usual wet spots at 900 and 600, 350 was uniform. Heavy 9 with fine day forecast. With further inspection by Chief Steward at 4pm today we could expect some improvement, and if no further rain more activity improvement tomorrow. […]
Four days after the Magic Millions meeting was called off on Saturday due to the state of the track, the Gold Coast course is still a Heavy 8. So much for Brendan Parnell’s brilliant drying weather. That theory has worked like a dream. Or a nightmare, whichever one you pick. The rescheduled $10 million dollar […]
