Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
There is a bit more behind the poor performance of Hold My Halo at Atherton yesterday than meets the eye by reading the official Stewards Report, Hold My Halo wasn’t just fractious in the gates, he went berko, rearing and throwing jockey Denicious Smith out the back. The horse was unloaded from the barriers to […]
Trot trainer in trouble Neville Hargraves doesn’t bet. The same as steward Shaun Snudden doesn’t stop at servos to buy pies. Just ask Nev. He will tell you. Nev’s memory obviously isn’t that good any more. Ask him about the night he backed a horse from 66-1 into 2-1 at Harold Park. He will tell […]
RE: Your story about Tambo’s Justice You can’t honestly be serious calling for the stewards to query a performance off a barrier trial can you Archie? A barrier trial run at catch weights with a stone saddle, set of steel shoes, no gear worn, no betting, no prizemoney and no rules around running and handling […]
There is something wrong with the handicapping of race 3 at Rockhampton today. Every horse in the race has been weighted to their proper rating listed on RISA bar one. Svindal. The plunge horse that has been backed from $19 into $5 at the time of writing. This horse is a rating 79.5, as per […]
For some reason the name of Sunshine Coast gallops trainer Damian Batters keeps crossing my desk today. I have no idea why. Please don’t tell me because I don’t want to know. What you don’t know can’t hurt you they say. Like all things, I guess we will find out why Batters name has been […]
We’ve all heard of trainers giving horses an easy run, but this is ridiculous. Tambo’s Justice joined the Georgie Holt stable in October just weeks after it has trialed for Tony Gollan over 1050m at Deagon and finished 2nd last beaten 8.25 lengths. On the 6th of November the horse trialed for Holt over 850m […]
The website of small player in the corporate bookmaking market BudgetBet, owned by WA bookie Kevin Wear, has been down for days leaving account holders unable to place bets or to withdraw their funds. Budgetbet is claiming publicly that the site is down for maintenance, and is privately telling the few customers who have been […]
Watching Hallside Martini win the 4th at Doomben today made me think of something. What would happen if the winner threw a positive swab, other than the obvious? Hallside Martini is owned by the QRIC Commissioner’s parents you. I very much doubt that it would ever happen because the Clark’s are really good people. I […]
Yesterday in a decision set to send shockwaves through QLD racing circles, apprentice jockey Darren Evans was cleared by the Racing Appeals Panel of responsibility for a fall at Aramac in August that resulted in rider Tim Brummel suffering concussion that has kept him out the saddle ever since. We are told that not a […]
In a highly unusual move made in the wake of the controversy surrounding the Albany Racing Club’s finances and the club CEO’s arrest on fraud charges, Racing and Wagering Western Australia (RWWA) has imposed strict conditions on the club’s continued license to operate and hold race meetings. The conditions, imposed for a 12 month period […]
