Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
Caulonia Courage – name after a small village in Calabria that fought off the fearsome Turkish army during a siege in 1597 – was an average muddler from Mildura who had won 6 races from 47 starts until it recently left the stable of Vince Vallelonga and came to the barn of Seaton Grima, or […]
Until last Saturday week Jason Grimson was the trainer of the 7YO pacer Firefox. Under his expert tutelage, the horse won 4 of its first 5 starts, but then it went off the boil and ended up racing (and winning) in a claimer in Melbourne. It won 2 more races after that, the last of […]
Imperatriz has won 17 of her 23 starts, eight Group 1’s and $5.4 million in stakes. Five of her only six losses were on wet tracks, with her only other defeat being a second behind the ill-fated Sword of State, who was quite possibly the best dry track sprinter NZ had seen before her. I […]
Until 15 days ago the well-travelled hithero ordinary pacer Stravinsky hadn’t run a winning time faster than 1.52.5, which pr0bably wasn’t surprising because that time was over 2 years ago and the gelding hadn’t won many races since. He has now. At just his 3rd start in just over a fortnight for new trainer Seaton […]
Not content with scooping the pool in Tasmania and running 3rd in the Victorian premiership with nary a runner rated over NR60 in either, Ben ‘Chainsaw’ Yole has decided to head to NSW to rape the prizemoney there too. What you see is race 2 at the $15 million track at Wagga on Friday night. […]
Billion Dollar Baby wasn’t quite that, but she did set a record for being the highest priced weanling sold at an Inglis Sale when she sold for $600 000 in 2019. That’s a hell of a lot of money to pay for a wee baby horse, who is less than 12 months old. In this […]
It’s good to be a Turnbull, or a Turnbull and McCarthy associate at the very least. Tony Bertwistle is an enthusiast, not a professional driver like Isobel Ross, Jett Turnbull or Nathan Turnbull. Bertwistle doesn’t drive freelance for others, he just steers his own. Sure his drive here was ordinary, but the tactic of both […]
After God knows how many years of training, and 10 Group 1 winners, all of sudden Rickie Alchin has caught ablaze again. Last night he took two horses to race at Newcastle, and both of them won. That was an easy 10 grand for a 6 hour drive. The cash was good, but the best […]
Victoria is the jewel in the crown of Australia’s racing industry and I’m confident our 2024 events will continue to attract millions of visitors — whether they be kings or not – Victorian Racing Minster Anthony Carbines, crushed by PVL, and spitting the dummy So King Charlie is coming to visit the colony to have […]
Temora is one of the few towns in the world known for a trotter, or a pacer to be more correct. That pacer’s name was Paleface, Paleface Adios. He won 108 races across the length of the country, and was one of the greatest champions Australia had ever seen. The little town he came from […]
