Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
What a great call by a fifteen year old kid. Bet you couldn’t do this. I know I cant. This kid Vini Donnelly is a genius. An out of the box superstar, and a real humble one too. Vini will be calling at the Tumbarumba picnic meeting today. If you can, you should get there. […]
Story by Julian Linden: Daily Telegraph Legendary trotting reinsman Greg Bennett has won the biggest race of his life, scoring a decisive win in a landmark appeal to finally get his driver’s licence reinstated after almost a decade and a half on the outer. Harness racing’s one-time poster boy has been cleared to return to […]
I love The Angels, don’t get me wrong. No Secrets turned up to full boom is one of the greatest songs in Australian history. Pure Steel who ran 2nd in the Miracle Mile in the year the song was released was one of the greatest pacers in Australian history too. But it’s history. The lead […]
Dean Chapple is a drug cheat. We all know that. I wouldn’t give two cents for the bloke. He’s a plucky little rooster though, that I gave to give him. Chapple came back last night from his long spell for giving a shot horse painkillers. Bang. A winner from his first drive. Buddy Perfect. That […]
Paleface winning the 1973 NSW Derby, run over 2300m What the hell is the go with all these top class races around the country being reduced to miles? First we had the Bendigo Cup cut back to 1609m, although they ended up running it over 1720m at Melton when the meeting got moved because of […]
Back to Jason Grimson’s incredible 5 for 5 record at Menangle last Saturday night, and I want to talk again about Rakero Rocket’s amazing win in 1.47.3 at his first start for the master trainer’s stable. I heard last night that it was the second fastest time ever run in Australia, behind only My Field […]
The word out of the land of the J0hns brothers is that a horse trained by popular young Hunter Valley trot trainer Grace Panella has thrown a positive to methamphetamine, aka ice. It’s a real shame, because young Grace is not known to be a drug user, but obviously someone who has touched the horse […]
Racing NSW’s Integrity Department is urging all industry participants to exercise caution if approached by an individual seeking retired racehorses who is identified as: Name: Katherine Brown Status: Listed on the Racing NSW Excluded List Racing NSW has been made aware that Katherine Brown is known to use the following aliases: • Kat Bromac • Katie McKenzie […]
The case of NSW harness racing trainer Michael Osborn is an unusual one. Osborn’s horse Reasonably Sweet threw a positive swab after win at Tamworth to, of all things, nicotine. Now I have never heard of a horse being doped with nicotine before, and to give one it in the volume required to improve performance […]
There have been some great two horse wars in Australian racing history. Bonecrusher v Our Waverley Star in the 1986 Cox Plate is the most famous. It was a brilliant race, one of the greatest any of us have ever seen. Gay Adam v Rufus Youngblood in the 1987 QLD Pacers Derby was another. I […]
