Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
Don’t Stop Dreaming ran only 6th in the Chariots of Fire tonight. Merlin beat him home for the 3rd start in a row, and after working a lot harder early in the run too. He beat him home to win the NZ 3yo of the year award too. So how does Don’t Stop Dreaming get […]
In all the excitement about the Chariots of Fire, perhaps the greatest race in the past decade, the two Group 1 qualifying races for the Miracle the Allied Express Sprint and the Cordina Group Sprint (formerly the Schweppes) have been largely overlooked and undersold, as have the three heats of the blue riband G1 classic […]
RACING SYNDICATES AMONG BUSINESSMEN CEMENT FRIENDSHIPS AND SEAL DEALS That the rich and powerful approach the turf with cutthroat ambition is clear when Melbourne property developer Lloyd Williams confides that the only time he ever disagreed with his closest friend, Kerry Packer, was over a bunch of highly pedigreed hayburners. It was the late 1980s […]
Here are some interesting statistics about the Chariots of Fire since it has been run at Menangle. Starting positions Gate 7 has won the most times with four wins. Gate 4 has won three times. Gates 1 and 3 have won once each. Gate 2 has never won. Positions in running The winner has come […]
Well aren’t we in for a rare treat here, with the 3 fastest beginners in the race drawn in gates 1-3-4, the Kiwi who ran 2nd to Leap to Fame in the Hunter Cup and has won twice since drawn the perfect trailing slot at 2, and the the star colt who beat him for […]
The final field for the Chariots of Fire looks to be set after the Paleface Adios was run and won, and it looks like this, listed in order of probable betting market order before the all important barriers are drawn: Frankie Ferocious – Jason Grimson (NSW) Don’t Stop Dreaming – Mark Purdon (NZ) Merlin – […]
In our story published earlier this week we blew up big time about Don Hugo having been denied a start in the Paleface Adios Stakes, the last qualifier for the Chariots of Fire, and explained to you why. The Field Selection Method for the Paleface is Crook – Luke McCarthy and Owner Tony Licastro Have […]
EXCLUSIVE: Former harness racing chief John Dumesny, once described as a ‘lifelong friend’ of Peter V’landys, is a member of the three-person panel appointed to help the Racing Minister choose the next chairman of Racing NSW. New South Wales racing minister David Harris established the selection panel in December, with Elizabeth Mildwater, the head of […]
North-West NSW trainer Tom Ison seems to have become the Ben Yole of the boot scooting music capital of NSW, with him turning out 24 of the 89 runners at yesterday’s Tamworth trots, the majority of them owned by Summit Bloodstock and Aaron Bain Racing, and many of them having being formerly trained by Mr […]
The Paleface Adios Stakes at Menangle on Saturday night is the final qualifier for the Group 1 Chariots of Fire a week later, with the first 4 horses over the line getting a run in the big one, and everyone else missing out. That’s what makes the selection of the field for the Paleface so […]
