Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
Adman Hamilton reports on the HRNZ website that the Barry Purdon trained pacer Sooner The Better didn’t qualify for the Group 1 Chariots of Fire at Menangle by running 4th in the Hondo Grattan Stakes last Saturday night, and that the horse will have to try to qualify via the Paleface Adios in a fortnight. […]
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At one stage Jason Grimson had the Kiwi import Fire Fox flying, and had it winning races hand over foot and running placings in prestigious affairs like the Wondai’s Mate. Then all of a sudden in April last year the Sir Jason magic wore off, and in ten races since then Firefox has gone winless […]
When pressed on the likelihood of McLachlan getting the top job at Racing Victoria, V’landys had nothing but praise. “I think Gill McLachlan will do a brilliant job,” V’landys said. “He is one of the leading sports administrators in the world, so Racing Victoria will be very fortunate if they get him as chairman. “I […]
Don’t you just hate it when the connections of a beaten horse don’t lodge a protest, but the Stewards do? What hope is there of the same person deciding against themself on a panel of just two? Nil and Buckley’s is the answer, just as it proved after Steward B.J. Clark lodged a 4th v […]
The Hondo Grattan has been run and won, and now the first 4 placegetters are through to a berth in the $250 000 Group 1 Chariots of Fire, the premier 4YO pace in the Dominion. It’s looking like perhaps the race of the year too. The field so far is: Frankie Ferocious Don’t Stop Dreaming […]
28 horses crossed the Murray River from Victoria to race at Albury in NSW last night, instead of going down to Melton to have a crack. Who could blame them? They were all just chasing the cash. Prizemoney at the main Victorian track Melton last night was just $6800 per race on average. Every single […]
There’s a story floating around the traps that trainer Seaton Grima was so highly aggrieved about both the deal offered to him by Summit Bloodstock and Aaron Bain to train their horses, and by their reluctance to up and have horses taken to the vets that he told them to stick it where the sun […]
There have been a lot of knocks on the Racing Victoria Chairman elect Gillon McLachlan, most of them being that he lacks the racing experience to stand up toe to toe with Peter V’Landys in the internecine war between the two veto holding states on the Racing Australia board. So RV have decided to fight […]
The outgoing Chairman of Racing Victoria and his guileless CEO blame all of racing in the State’s problems on a decline in wagering turnover across the industry. It’s bullshit, and a callow cop out. Sure, Victorian racing’s wagering revenue decreased by almost $3o million. But NSW’s went up by around $21 million. That’s a swing […]
