Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
A week ago we told you about the deeply crooked trot driver Peter Russo having thrown up yet another positive swab to TCO2. Old habits die hard, but Russo didn’t have any Stewards to bribe this time. A week after the story broke, he has been stood down. No stays for you Russo. Good on […]
Miss Serena is a four-year-old mare who started her racing life in Western Australia. She had sixteen starts there for just one win and two placings. That sole win was in a lowly late season 2-year-old affair at Northam in a time of 2.01.5. The horses Miss Serena beat in that race have gone on […]
Sometime after her gross flop at Bankstown on the 6th of September, Miss Serena was transferred to the stable of Andrew Ison, who is based in the tiny isolated locale of Warral, located to the south-west of Tamworth. Andrew Ison used to be just a battler, but in recent times had transformed into a miracle […]
You will remember the story we wrote earlier this week about the controversial protest decision in the NZ Cup lead up on the weekend where Self Assured was awarded the race after Natalie Rasmusssen allowed South Coast Arden to drift up the track to impede Mark Purdon’s line. Well take a look at this one […]
I am buggered if I know what an s2yo is, but one thing I do know is that Bar Room Banta isn’t one. I also know that the 2YO Breeders Challenge fields have been out for most of the week, which is handy because they are being run tonight at Menangle. This is a balls […]
Watch the replay below. It is a heat of the rich 3YO NSW Breeders Challenge run at Bathurst last night. Winning it guarantees a pacer a place in the semi-finals. Five quick things before you look. Mitch Turnbull is driving the leader. His sister Amanda is on his back. The favourite is in the death. […]
Tom Sherry’s 4 month suspension has been reduced to 2 months by the NSW Racing Appeals Panel. That seems a much more fair outcome all round. Sherry’s done the crime and has to do his time, but as we highlighted the other day 4 months seemed too stiff given the circumstances. Two months out doesn’t […]
For twelve teeth gnashing months Richard Callendar, purportedly Australia’s most controversial racing commentator, has bored us all witless with his weekly spruiks for The Everest. It should be a Group 1. It has to be a Group 1. It must be a Group 1. The pattern committee sucks. The pattern committee should be sacked. The […]
361 days of non-stop hype later, and three media blitz bomb days to go, and on Saturday here we are. Everest day. Ho hum. Strip away all the hype, concentrate on quality not the dough, and what do we have? A sprint race. Wow. A not very exciting sprint race either. The usual suspects have […]
The 5YO mare Benoni had been around 33 times before she finally broke her maiden at Coonamble on Sunday. Good on the mare and her connections, but there was something very, very weird about the win. Three weeks ago Benoni ran second in a maiden at Warren beaten a long neck, at a price of […]
