Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
The official track record at Marburg over the 1850m distance is held by Arnold Street, who ran a mile rate of 1.55.4 when it set it on 22/10/24. Or that’s the record books say anyway. But it’s not true. This horse has never won a race running faster than 1.55.7 in its life, and it […]
Looks like a boom spray has been involved. Chemical from the previous treatment hasn’t been rinsed out properly. Subsequent aesthetic chemical put in to green it up for the tv camera from 600m to winning post. Treatment applied and the first 30m has been the residual from previous treatment and we have a dead square, […]
Having clocked up hundreds of hours of being on the track in 25 years at Burnie and beyond with the water truck operating a boom spray that looks way too regular a patch for the boom spray to have being turned around on whilst still on. The laws of physics mean that the inside of […]
Good morning Archie I have been watching with interest at what is unfolding in the greyhound industry both here & afar. I can say without any doubt, there needs to be some serious conversations had by Racing Queensland in numerous areas but one in particular, trainer education, they are the reason why dogs are being […]
Lozen was only just turned four-year-old when she lost her life in the twilight at Clifford Park on Saturday afternoon. Well I say lost, but really it was taken from her by the on-course vets, who made the ‘humane’ decision to euthanize the mare in preference to attempting to operate on the mare as Namazu’s […]
The ridiculous recent trend of jockeys failing to ride their mounts out fully to the finish continued in the 3rd race at Eagle Farm yesterday, when Cody Collis dropped his hands on the well fancied Heartoni and cost it 3rd place. In a sure sign that the Stewards are getting mighty sick of the […]
The Stewards weren’t happy about Doug Hewitt’s drive on Mach Assassin in the 1st race at Albion Park last night. Neither were the punters who backed the horse from $17.00 into $7.50. Both had very good cause, for Hewitt’s steer was a shocker that cost Mach Assassin any chance of probably winning the race, and […]
Breaking news out of Rockhampton is that the QRIC have raided the stables of trainer Nick Walsh after one of his horses threw banned steroid Stanozolol in the trainer’s possession. Older readers might remember that drug, it’s the one that the cheating sprinter Ben Johnson was using when he ran 9.79 seconds for the 100m […]
The reports of my death are greatly exaggerated – Mark Twain Namazu is not dead! Praise be for that. Trainer Ricky Vale and owner Pav Cheimrdinov have separately contacted us this morning to let us know that although their great galloper suffered a serious and career-ending injury during the race at Rockhampton yesterday, they are […]
This above and below is what happens to a horse when it suffers a heart attack during a race. Ancient Style did not do this. Its off-forequarter gave way and it plunged head first into the turf. There is a cover-up going on here in an attempt to hide the fact that the Stewards had […]
