Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
Natalie Hinkley is the Victorian registered bookmaker and purported principal of Swiftbet who has in recent times stirred up all sorts of controversy among the ranks QLD satchel swingers due to her concerted campaign to abolish control of local betting rings by race clubs and open them up inside to all comers. Call it the […]
Archie You’d do well to review every start of Magic Game’s career and see what sort of low animal it is. Forget the ride. If there was ever a horse that wasn’t going to be suited around Ooralea (Mackay) it was it. Ian from Innot Springs
Justin Stanley didn’t look too keen on the favorite Magic Game here in the 6th at Mackay on Thursday did he? First he flops it out of the gate then strangles it back to last. Then he takes it up the rail and onto heels, causing his mount to start pulling its head off. Stanley […]
David Fowler called the placings wrong in the controversial race at Doomben yesterday that the TAB and bookies are paying out on the wrong results. What else would you expect? To think Tabcorp/Sky chose this chook over Josh Fleming. Decision making at its very finest. Not. Editor’s note – Provoker finished third
Part 6 Results and payouts 59 Result of event (1) Subject to sections 60 to 69, 80 and 81, for the purpose of making payouts or paying dividends, the result of an event is the result announced, at the conclusion of the event, by the entity controlling the event. (2) Subsection (1) applies- (a) even […]
The mainstream media all falling over themselves to praise the decision to reschedule the Kingsford Smith Cup to this Saturday rather than run it mid-week on the Wednesday today. Emma Freedman and Caitlin McDonald (nee Mallyon) were gushing in their praise for the decision makers, declaring moving the race back a week a wonderful move […]
There is hot mail from the north that a rider at the recent Home Hill meeting got caught giving cash to a bloke to back another horse in the same race that he was riding in. We can’t give you the jockey’s name and there is no mention of any such incident in the Stewards […]
What the hell is going on with the new Q2 greyhound track at Purga? Last nights big Flying Amy Classic heat night had to be called off after just three race because of water pooling on the track. The track surface is sand. Do you ever see water pooling on the beach? No, because sand […]
Another drive that raised questions was that of Grant Dixon aboard the favorite Fire and Passion in the $50 000 2yo Breeders Final at Albion Park. Dixon had two chances in the race, his other being the $6.00 third favorite Fight For Victory driven by his wife Trista, which was seemingly disadvantaged by the back […]
The circus came to Bowen yesterday. First upon arrival at the track it was discovered that someone forgot to turn the sprinkler off overnight and there was a wet patch on the track extending out about 5m from the rail at near the 1050m mark. Stewards and riders walked the affected part of the track […]
