Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
Tom Sherry’s appeal against his 4-month suspension for breaching the Racing NSW rules and policies in regard to COVID-19 related matters will be heard early this week, perhaps as early as today. It is our view that Tom Sherry has been treated very harshly and unfairly in the carriage of this matter, and in sentencing. […]
Boncel Benjamin spent the first six years of his racing life in Victoria, first under the care of M. Stanley, and then after that as a member of trainer S. Duffy’s barn. He had 70 starts during that time – none at Group level – and never won at a distance of a mile or […]
Will there one day be a statue of the Terror next to the Tornado in Paleface Park, Temora? You just never know. The Temora Terror is out of the finals series of the Breeder’s Challenge. Brilliant two-year-old pacer Mister Rae – the unbeaten rapidly emerging cult hero from the home town of the great Paleface […]
We wrote earlier about the hot race 3 at Penrith. Now we are going to tell you about race 7, and why we suspect that it might have been the daily double. The Rex Horne and Leon Jurd owned and Jurd trained Highview Saddler was the medium of a huge plunge in the race, and […]
The Balmain Boxer rang me immediately after the field passed the line in race 3 at Penrith last night, and he was blowing up big time. “Did you see that!” he screamed down the line, and then before I could say yes he started shouting even louder. “That was the hottest race in the world! […]
I have been raving about Kevin Seymour AM’s 2-year-old colt Leap To Fame for about six months now, and talking up his chances against the big guns of the south. Well today the moment has come. In race 6 at Menangle today, the second colts and geldings heat of the Breeders Challenge, Leap To Fame […]
The NSW Stewards allowed four jockeys, including the rider of the winner Reegan Bayliss, to ride overweight. No explanation was given in the official report as to why. It is a disgrace that makes an absolute mockery of the whole idea of handicaps, and flies in the face of a century of custom and practice. […]
What a run it was by Mo’unga in the Epsom yesterday. Simply out of this world. How did he do what he did? Mo’unga was the worst weighted horse in the world. He is a four-year-old who only four starts back carried the featherweight of 49.5kg in the Doncaster and ran tenth. A last in […]
Once upon a time winning a Group 1 race was the biggest thing a trot person could ever do. Hunter Cup, Victoria Cup, Miracle Mile, Derby, Sunshine Sprint, the Clive Uhr, Oaks, Inter Dominion, NZ Trotting Cup. These races were Group 1’s, and they were the Holy Grail. That was back when the trots were […]
I’m starting to wonder if Harness Racing NSW should just save everyone the trouble of getting dressed and gearing up their horses, and just hand the $16 200 winner’s cheque for the regular Saturday night faux Group 3 race to Jason ‘Jill’ Grimson at the start of the evening so we can all just get […]
