Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
A special Melbourne Cup fund-raiser for Katie Cox is being held at Addington Raceway on Tuesday, November 7. The talented Canterbury-based trainer-driver has recently been diagnosed with an aggressive form of lung cancer. Her plight has prompted a massive outpouring of support from within the harness racing community, with a trust already set up to […]
Brad Stewart with his dad Neville Former top flight jockey Brad Stewart’s first winner Masterplan was very special to him, for more reasons than one. Masterplan was bred by Stewart and his family out of a mare named Western Desert that his dad Neville used to own and train. Western Desert is also the mother […]
In one of those stories that sound too strange to be true, a range of imported Kiwi produced horse feed sold by Hygain called Fiber Fresh has been recalled from the shelves after dead hedgehogs were found in the product. The Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (DAFF) ordered the feed to be taken off […]
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 […]
