Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
Irish trainer Joseph O’Brien made a name for himself in Australia by slipping Northern Hemisphere bred 3YO Rekindling into the Melbourne Cup light with 51.5kg and winning it. Is he about to do it again today with the bottom weight Valiant King in the Caulfield Cup? This one has snuck into the Cup with the […]
Jason Bullard, through his company Empire Racing Stables, was once Minnesota’s leading racehorse owners, and often in the headlines. From 2016 when he burst onto the scene until 2o21 Bullard – a regular big buyer at the sales who was feted by the racing authorities – owned horses won 147 races from 734 starts for […]
The word out of Hong Kong is that the CEO of the jockey club Winfried Engelbrecht-Bresges, who we wrote about the other day, is on a massive all inclusive annual salary package of circa $40 million HK. When converted to Australian money that equates to $8 million bucks a year. It seems an incredible sum […]
If we were to put together a ‘power rankings’ of horse racing’s most influential figures, then Hong Kong Jockey Club boss Winfried Engelbrect-Bresges and his Racing NSW counterpart Peter V’landys would fill the quinella places. Let’s leave aside the argument of who would be in pole position – I am not in the mood to […]
Yesterday we published our doubts about Jaden Lloyd’s ride on Mission To Love in the 6th at Eagle Farm yesterday. Are We Being Handled Here? We’ve now got a video of the horse’s legs after the race that may explain the ride and the run. Sort of anyway. We accept that what you see is […]
I reckon QLD trainer Cory Geran and his stablemate Cameron Creevey must have been kissed by a fairy. Either that or the QRIC Stewards are very lax. How else can you explain the pair being caught drinking grog in the race day tie up stalls during a meeting and escaping with just a simple reminder […]
Archie…. Not sure what your thoughts are, but I think today is currently Australia’s best day of racing on the calendar Kosciuszko Silver Eagle Everest King Charles Herbert Power Might & Power Caulfield Guineas Toorak and finally racing returns to Ascot after the winter break.. Does it get any better than this ? Sir Charles […]
What a disgrace the weak-gutted Victorian Racing Club truly are. Fancy being so spooked by the small fringe group of loony anti-racing activists that they would deny racing fans and potential fans, not to mention all the prospective fans out there, the opportunity to go into the city and celebrate the Spring Carnival by cancelling […]
You wouldn’t have wanted to be a hungry punter at Mornington today. The kitchen closed just 90 minutes after the first. This was of course after early birds waited until half an hour before the first, meaning that there was hot food on for a grand total of 2 hours. It’s just not on. Most […]
This is a still shot taken at around the 7 minute mark of today’s hitherto excellent Daily Telegraph mini series about the Everest. It’s a monumental stuff up. That ain’t the 74 year old master trainer John Hawkes. It’s his son Michael. Oh dear Daily Telegraph racing editor Mr Ray Thomas. Son. What have you […]
