Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
A week ago on RSN, Messara said there had been little or no progress in chipping away at Racing NSW. Asked if a “blow up” was inevitable, Messara said “that would be a fate worse than death.” “I don’t even want to contemplate it but it’s a possible outcome, one we certainly don’t want to […]
“Will you walk into my parlour?” said the Spider to the Fly, “‘Tis the prettiest little parlour that ever you did spy; The way into my parlour is up a winding stair, And I have many curious things to shew when you are there.” “Oh no, no,” said the little Fly, “to ask me is […]
About 40 odd years ago Dr Geoff Chapman has to change the name of one of his horses from Merkin to Merkin was very cleverly named, which is no surprise because the Doc is a very clever bloke. A Merkin is a pubic hair wig once favoured by ladies of the night who would shave […]
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The Grade 1 Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf may have followed the centerpiece Juvenile on the Del Mar card, but it provided more than enough drama to cap off the first day of the 2021 Breeders’ Cup. Modern Games (IRE) was the winner of the race while running for purse money only, while Tiz The Bomb […]
… that our first MyStables runner went like a busted arse. There is no fraction of a cent for each us dear readers. https://cdn.prism.horse/media/dcf20bf8f81c4b64b7a108c414011fdd.mp4 Our debut as fractional owners of a unit trust full of D. Moodie bred/M. Ellerton trained runners has been an abject failure. Everything Nice ran 20.45 lengths last. It was probably […]
You couldn’t watch Mark Du Plessis’s ride on Blaze Seven in race at Ipswich this afternoon without a single word flashing across your brain in big bright lights. That word? Dead. Blaze Seven was backed from $6.50 into $4.40. Du Plessis gave it the perfect ride in the early to mid stages, popping it in […]
Can anyone tell me the actual point of raising the Golden Slipper prizemoney from $3.5 million to $5 million? Is it going to attract a single extra horse to the race that was already the richest 2YO race in the world? Will it improve the quality of the Slipper one inch? Are punters going to […]
Former policeman and well known racing and sporting identity Jeff Kelly, son of a QLD Hall of Fame rugby league star, lost his mum the day after the Cox Plate. Iris was her name. By all reports she was a Hall of Famer too. Jeff’s mate John Lingard wrote a short but poignant tribute to […]
One-time Cox Plate contender Gold Trip has been scratched again – this time by the stable just hours out from Saturday’s $750,000 Rosehill Gold Cup (2000m). A week after being eliminated from Cox Plate contention by the order of Racing Victoria vets, trainers Ciaron Maher and David Eustace have elected to scratch Gold Trip due […]
