Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
We are told by the QRIC that it wasn’t the Stewards who originally cleared Robbie Fraehr to ride after his fall in race 3 at Barcaldine, it was the ambos. That may well be true, but the ambos aren’t in charge of things on race day, the Stewards are. They make the call, and they […]
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Another great story from the Asian Racing Report, who have no skin in the game The most damaging war Victorian racing has been fighting has not been with Peter V’landys, writes Bren O’Brien. Victorian racing is often in outright revolt. Such is the nature of an industry which has over 15 stakeholder groups with competing […]
Jockey Rajiv Maragh seemed headed for certain victory as his 3-year-old colt Al Basha thundered down the stretch at Belmont Park on that May afternoon in 2007. But just before crossing the finish line, Al Basha suddenly spooked and turned sharply left. Maragh fell from the saddle, getting kicked in the head on his way […]
The Asian Racing Report is the best racing publication in the world. It has brilliant writers, and they produce brilliant stories. This from October last year is one of them. In these dark days of cuts to prizemoney in Victoria it tells a story that everyone needs to hear. A second-tier global event or a […]
Who won the last 5 Cups? Who rode them? You have 60 seconds to answer. No Googling. Yeah. See what I mean?
Ben Currie’s appeal against being the first strapper to ever get put out on a presentation charge for which a horse’s trainer has been found guilty will be heard in the Racing Appeals Panel courtroom today, and it is a seminal moment in the history of racing. As most know, the Stewards have disqualified Currie […]
I know which version I prefer. It ain’t Chynna Marston’s. No-one means Chynna any harm. It’s about the horses. pic.twitter.com/DBmHJjTHOI — Chynna Marston (@chynna_marston) June 10, 2023 This Should clear a few things up.Claire Gee’s response… pic.twitter.com/CfVi51Twsy — John Scorse (@JohnScorse) June 10, 2023
Racing Victoria’s CEO Andrew ‘Bones’ Jones showed great promise during the month after his appointment, but it soon proved to be all puff and smoke and mirror and one two handed wankery. He is as useless as his predecessor the yuppie Giles Thompson, and as hard as it is to believe, probably worse. RV has […]
Matt has been my mate since were teens at the racetrack, and I love him. You would too if you knew him. About a decade ago his Mum was diagnosed with severe onset dementia, and all but one of his siblings wanted to put her in a nursing home because they claimed that they didn’t […]
