Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
A couple of years ago we advised Sky Channel that Kiaarn Holland would be a great catch. We’re glad they listened. The only shame is that we couldn’t get a price from any bookie. Oh well, I guess we just have to take the glory instead. Random Bits and Pieces on Fred Best Day
Just last week regular reader Dandy Andy and I engaged in a robust but respectful (e.g – you’re speaking crap Archie/you wouldn’t know your arse from your head Andrew/etc) debate about delays in the broadcast of racing, and how some punters were gaining a considerable advantage betting in the run by being on course or […]
There are some very strange, and somewhat disturbing rumours circulating about the blaze at Grand Lodge in Forbes, Victoria (near Kilmore) that immolated 12 horses. We do not and will not repeat these rumours for I do not believe them to be true, and cannot and will not countenance any suggestions of arson or insurance […]
Prizemoney Increase Last 5 Years – (including breeders bonuses and payments) QLD – 65.5% NSW – 9.0% VIC – 8.4% Prizemoney as Share of Revenue QLD – 82.1% NSW – 49.2% VIC – 46.0% Profit/Loss 2021/2022 Financial Year NSW – $15.7 million VIC – $2.9 million QLD – ($7.3 million) loss See these figures above? […]
Editor’s Side Note I will tell you something else about Kevin Seymour too. He’s a very good friend if you are in the team and stay loyal, and indifferent and no problem if like me you are not (in the team that is, not disloyal). But if you do the wrong thing by him, and […]
Adrian Layt is a Queensland based jockey whose official riding weight is registered as 56.5kg. Layt hasn’t ridden under 55kg (plus 1kg gear allowance) for donkey’s years. Yesterday at Townsville he was permitted to ride a horse in race 4 named Riverside Special. It was weighted at 54kg. A. Layt was never a hope of […]
Poly tracks are poly tracks. They don’t get rated on the usual scale of good to heavy, because they have no soil or turf. What they are is what they are, which is sand, wax and fibre. This is what the manufacturer Michael Collins says about them: Polytrack is scientifically proven to minimise the risk […]
This one’s from a reader who has trained more than a few Group 1 winners in his time. I have a feeling he’s talking about the TAB ….
Tim Butt’s trotter Kar Manor is the new Doug, the money sucking beast that breaks at almost every start. His galloping record in QLD is 7/10 so far, five of them when well in the market. He is the sort of horse that should be stood down from racing until he trials acceptably twice, and […]
I know a bloke named Mark Riley – a Group 1 winning trainer and jockey – who has effectively been banned from the sport by Racing Victoria due to a positive swab charge brought (and won) by Racing Victoria on a technicality that turns .061 of 1000th of 6.02214076×10 particles of total carbon dioxide (tco2) into […]
