Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
The Racing Victoria report into the death of Anthony Van Dyck in The Cup is a total and utter farce, a sick joke played upon everyone in the sport of racing. The simple fact is that this horse should never have been allowed to race, either of his connections or by the vets employed by […]
Remember Tiger Moth? He was the lightly weighted Northern Hemisphere 3YO that chased Twilight Payment all the way down the straight in last year’s Melbourne Cup, just two starts after running second to the high class Santiago in the Group 1 Irish Derby. No-one likes to talk about it, but the Cup wrecked Tiger Moth. […]
Not a real bad joint this Port Douglas is it? Verry Elllegant was very ordinary. If I were the connections I would get Damien Lane off quick smart and pay James McDonald whatever it costs to convince him to cop the 14 day quarantine period and come down to Melbourne to ride the mare in […]
Well not many racing scribes put their stake firmly in the ground and declared that Incentivise could not win the Cup. In fact, I think we were the only ones. Tipped the $21 winner in our top three two we did. After a drought of 20 years between Might and Power and Rekindling, we’ve now […]
That was the ride of the century. Mac kept her wide deliberately. He had plotted every inch of that race, and he did it perfectly. James McDonald knew what was going to happen before it ever did, because he had worked it out. That’s why he is the greatest jockey on earth. Chris Waller may […]
I don’t have any stats to prove it, but I would almost bet my life that this has never happened before in the entire of history of racing. In race 2 at Eagle Farm due to jump in about 15 minutes time we have two Melbourne Cup winners and the son of one, all in […]
In descending order, the three worst judges of a horse’s chances in a race are: Jockeys Trainers Owners Owners usually love their horses too much to be proper judges of their chances. Trainers invest so much time, effort, blood, sweat, toil and tears into preparing their steeds that it is near impossible for them to […]
Incorrect. He’s hiding in Gai’s stable in Melbourne. There is only one thing on everyone’s mind today. The Cup. Incentivise either wins it or he doesn’t. I say he won’t get the 3200m lugging 57kg, so he doesn’t. Twilight Payment can’t either. Weight stops trains and it will stop him. Spanish Mission has had too […]
The world famous racing identity Ron Johnson – aka the Brown Rice Man – assures me that he has got the Cup covered. Not only has he tipped us the first four, he’s given us the speed map and the winning margin too Ronald says that the top three clear out, and that will be […]
Melbourne Cup horses, field, form guide: SIMON O’DONNELL is a racing commentator, the founder of Wingara Thoroughbreds and a former Australian international cricketer. I hope Channel 9 pay Simon O’Donnell cash for his tips. Judging by the website for his racing operation Wingara Thoroughbreds at the top of the screen, I suspect that a dark Derby Day […]
