Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
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 […]
These are the clouds swirling above the Gold Coast race track this morning. Thursday’s rescheduled Magic Millions is under a huge cloud. Pardon the pun. The unmitigated disaster still has a long way to way to run. Will they race the Millions in 3 days time? You’ve be a brave punter to back Yes.
The beach was safer than the track, and in better condition too This is the Stewards vision of the 2nd race on the aborted Magic Millions day, the last one run before they called the whole thing off. Look at this goddamn track. Those clods being thrown up could have taken out a horse or […]
It’s not often we agree with Robbie Waterhouse, because in our previous relationship with him we formed the view that he was a tight arse, manipulating K. Hunt who only wanted to know you if there was something in it for him, and if you kissed his arse like the smart arse ‘expert’ Twitter commentator […]
