Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
Efficient getting ready to see his fans š@LivingLegendsAU pic.twitter.com/giCJ3a1Bhn — Victoria Racing Club (@FlemingtonVRC) January 13, 2024 Does Efficient really have any fans outside of Nick Williams and his family? The horse was always a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma, a gay deceiving punter’s enemy who won seven races in his 29 […]
The story so far. An anonymous whistleblower sent The Black Horse Newsletter a tranche of 150 Department of Agriculture documents connected to two of Irelandās biggest doping scandals. Issue 10 of the Newsletter contained revelations in the John Hughes case not made public before, including the names of some of the trainers and their associates […]
All the naysayers who said Without a Fight couldn’t get the distance have egg on their dials. Mark Zahra take a bow. Great ride, great choice of a ride. Joao Moreira give yourself an uppercut. What the hell was the so called Magic Man doing in the straight? His ride cost Soulcombe the Cup. Shocker. […]
Here is today’s weather forecast as at 4.00am. According to the meteorologist’s predictions we might be in for a storm come start time, which if true would cruel dry track specialists like Without A Fight and bring a host of the other imports into contention. I wouldn’t worry too much about the bums from the […]
Every so called expert with a soapbox is ranting and raving about this horse and that horse having great draws in the Cup, and others chances being harmed because they’ve drawn wide. It’s a load of bollocks. These peopleĀ don’t have a clue what they are talking about. Here are the facts. 12 out of the […]
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 […]
The news out of New Zealand is that, as we predicted on the weekend, Sharp ‘N’ Smart’s Melbourne Spring campaign is over. Owner Merv Butterworth has confirmed that while a full physical inspection of the star horse on Monday revealed no physical abnormalities or injuries, comprehensive blood tests have revealed that the NZ Horse of […]
With only a few possible exceptions, the Cup entrants this year appear pretty well weighted all round. Gold Trip has been given the grandstand to carry but deserves it. On the strength – or more correctly, weakness – of his two thrashings in the All Star Mile and the Queen Elizabeth in the Autumn at […]
This is Sharp ‘N’ Smart galloping with a stablemate between races at Te Rapa on Saturday. He ran sub 36 seconds for his last 600, going at a hand canter. Goodness, gracious me. How good does Merv’s superstar look at the start of his road to the Melbourne Spring Carnival? I don’t think there has […]
The handicaps for the Cairns Cup were released yesterday, and baby it’s game on, Namazu has been given 61kg, and he deserves it too, for this Ricky Vale trained horse that we call Big Zu after Kostya and Tim is brilliant, far better than the city slickers in the south could ever imagine. This is […]
