Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
Safety First? Or OT? There is increasing disquiet among racing participants who compete on the Darling Downs about the Stewards habit of holding race day inquiries after the last race instead of during the meeting. Many consider that while it might be okay for the stipes to rack up a bit of overtime through the […]
I love Tasmania. It’s a crazy cool little island with more quirks that McGuirk, and most of them good. The politics of the joint are crazy though, especially when it comes to racing. Jane Howlett has been outspoken in defense of harness racing, mainly on the side of the crooks, Ben Yole in particular. Whether […]
There is something decidedly queer about Ipswich. It looks alright but it gives off this smell, or this feeling to be more correct. A feeling that the joint just ain’t no good. As long as the horses and people could be safely evacuated, and relocated to some place like Calliope or Taroom, I reckon it […]
Oh my goodness. How brilliant was Kalyn Ponga? And Selwyn Cobbo? Or Sam Walker, Harry Grant, the entire Maroons forward pack, and the whole Queensland team. Keith from QLD and I backed them for plenty head to head. Being an AFL man from way back he doesn’t really understand footy, and was worried at half […]
Archie What is going to happen to racing if Pauline Hanson and her followers ban non-white migration? Don’t people watch the races anymore? Where do the majority of stable hands and strappers come from, and where were they born? I will bet you a Mercedes against a peanut that it wasn’t Australia originally. Let’s go […]
Archie Re Bobo and Lacey on the phone in the jockeys lounge. What were they watching? Old episode or Mother and Son? Or Bad Boy Bubby? Arnie from Atherton
These blokes are brothers. Not that you would know it, if you didn’t. This pair are racing men, livestock auctioneers, experts on the price of beef, and cool as cat characters to boot. They should have their own TV show. It would be a top rater. Chalk, Cheese and Absolute Crackers they could call it. […]
By Damon Runyon ONE night I am in a gambling joint in Miami watching the crap game and thinking what a nice thing it is, indeed, to be able to shoot craps without having to worry about losing your potatoes. Many of the high shots from New York and Detroit and St. Louis and other […]
Is Ciaron Maher the luckiest trainer in NSW? Or the most favoured? Many this week are asking the question after Maher was granted an exclusive lease from Racing NSW on the 125 box former Grand Lodge stables at Warwick Farm following its $20 million purchase by the racing regulator. This latest stroke of good fortunes […]
This is an excerpt from Gerald Murnane AO’s wonderful book Something For The Pain. The very last chapter is titled, Lord Pilate and Bill Coffey. You can almost feel the pain. They don’t write like this anymore. Gerald talks about Bill Coffey a timber worker from New Zealand with a love for training a small […]
