Eat Your Heart Out VRC
This is the crowd at the Gympie provincial meeting today. It makes the Flemington turnout look second rate. Eat your heart out VRC.
The Eagle Farm Debacle – What Caused It?
There are a number of theories floating around about the reason for the fall in race 7 at Eagle Farm and the subsequent abandonement of the meeting. Some say it was a reflection from the construction site at the 600 mark shining in riders eyes. Others say it was the shadows cast by the new […]
Brad Stewart Suspended For Punting Again – So Why is He Still Allowed to Train?
Jockey Brad Stewart has a shocking disciplinary history, having been outed on multiple occasions for alcohol and gamblng related offences, and once even jailed. In 2015 the Stewards gave Stewart a 3-month suspended ban for placing 17 bets on his TAB and Crownbet accounts, meaning that when he got sprung again in June having placed […]
A Most Inauspicious Start to a Career in the Saddle Indeed – Apprentice Disqualified For 4 Months Before She’s Even Had Her First Ride
QLD trainee apprentice jockey Breannen (Brea) Harrison is yet to even have her first race ride, and won’t for a while yet because on Tuesday the QRIC Stewards disqualified her for 4 months. Harrison, who gained a trainee license in the middle of last year but has had a stop start career riding in barrier […]
Even More Strange and Suspect Opening Fixed-Odds Prices Being Put Up by the TAB on the Albion Park Trots
Hi Archie That TAB fixed odds ‘situation’ happened in other races at Albion Park on Tuesday as well. In race 5 the price setters put up $8 about the horse Novanta Rising, which ended up starting as the $1.30 favorite. It won of course won. In race 2 My Ultimate Eddie opened up at $8.50, […]
KO, KO, Where Did the Sunshine Band Go?
Is the rumblings we are hearing out of Brisbane are correct, strange things appear to be afoot within the walls of everyone’s favorite thoroughbred syndicator KO Thoroughbred Racing. The last time we wrote a story about them, KO Thoroughbred Racing’s website advertised its team as being founder Kobie O’Brien, partner Kurt Cockburn, Racing and Bloodstock […]
Something Queer’s Going on With the TAB Fixed-Odds Price Setting in QLD – Is Sally Snow Back in the House?
TAB fluctuations race 3 at Albion Park 16/7/2024 (from Dynamic Odds) Cougar Express was rated in the newspaper as a $3.50 chance to win the 3rd race at Albion Park on Tuesday. That price might well have been over the odds too, for the horse came into the race as a last start 15.3m winner […]
Nikki Olzard Nails Four
18-year-old apprentice Nikki Olzard had a day out at Ilfracomne yesteday, booting home 4 of winners on the 5 race card. It’s a feat never achieved by most riders, and stands as a testament to Olzard’s skill and dedication to her craft. The kid’s only been riding for just over a year, but is already […]
Another Grimson Horse That Raced Like a Half-Broken Down Crock and Finished Last
Frankie Ferocious wasn’t the only Jason Grimson trained horse that failed miserably at Albion Park last night. Hot and Treacherous totally bombed out too, with the triple Menange winner who started favorite in the million dollar Nullarbor slot race at Gloucester Park in April performing miserably in the Mr Feelgood behind Leap To Fame to […]
The Starter Who Can’t See
The bloke in the picture is the starter responsible for the disaster at Doomben yesterday in race 6. We don’t know the flash Harry looking fella’s name, but we do know one thing. He should take get a white cane to match his dark sunnies, and maybe a guide dog too. How else could you […]