Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
This afternoon I was contacted by a harness racing identity who wanted to alert me to the fact that Petes Said So – the heavily backed winner of the last race at Menangle on Tuesday ($4.60 into $3) – had run a near full second than it ever had before, and that the horse been […]
A week ago on RSN, Messara said there had been little or no progress in chipping away at Racing NSW. Asked if a “blow up” was inevitable, Messara said “that would be a fate worse than death.” “I don’t even want to contemplate it but it’s a possible outcome, one we certainly don’t want to […]
I can’t remember the last time that Jack ‘Turbo’ Trainor went ten starts without a win as a trainer. It certainly hasn’t happened in his last 100 starters. Not until now anyway. Turbo’s phone got seized by the HRNSW Stewards on the 24th of October. He hasn’t trained a winner from his ten runners since. […]
… I also can’t remember the last time that Jason Grimson went 10 starts without a winner. He hasn’t missed the mark in his past 100 starts either. Until now. Weird hey? Remember that nursery rhyme they used to sing us when we were kids?
James McPherson is one of the Turbo Trainor associates who had his phone seized at Menangle recently. He is not having a very good month. In fact when it comes to appearances in the Stewards room McPherson is not having a very good year at all. I won’t regale you with the finer details of […]
Sorry I forgot to mention that James McPherson also appealed against a 14 day suspension he received three days later at the Riverina. Once again he didn’t show up or lodge any material, but this time Mr Armati and Mr Ellis elected not to increase the penalty when dismissing his appeal. I would have. The […]
James McPherson was recklessly indifferent to both his rivals and to the Racing Appeals Tribunal, and he deserved everything he got, and probably more. That’s coming anyway, it is only a matter of time now (watch this space). But gee he was harshly done by in comparison to two other drivers in the race, Todd […]
Can anyone tell me the actual point of raising the Golden Slipper prizemoney from $3.5 million to $5 million? Is it going to attract a single extra horse to the race that was already the richest 2YO race in the world? Will it improve the quality of the Slipper one inch? Are punters going to […]
A reader has made an excellent observation about the Cobalt Stacie case. If, as the alleged rumour goes, Stacie Elliott was indeed on holidays at the time her horses racked up two trifectas at Newcastle last month, why has no other licensed person been charged in relation to the two tested horses who threw positive […]
The word around Tamworth town is that cobalt charged harness racing trainer Stacie Elliott’s defence to her 2 dope breach charges may be that she was out of town on holidays the night two of her runners blew over the odds reads to the auto long DQ salts at Newcastle last month. If that’s true, […]
