Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
Private Eye has run some great races in good ones, but he has only won 1 of 11 Group 1’s that he has contested. Imperatriz’ Group 1 record is 9 wins from 13. Both horses have been allotted 58kg in the Newmarket Handicap. Even allowing for the 2kg allowance given to mares under the WFA […]
Some wags who were watching the Cairns races with me yesterday are saying that the inquiry into the incident after the 9th race is about how the Racing Queensland website has Fanciful Mr Fox being ridden by Graham Kliese and finishing 5th, when we all saw that is was actually Lacey Morrison who booted the […]
Where on earth did Reegan Bayliss get the idea to steer wide in the Verry Ellegant Stakes from? Horses near the fence had been going good all day, and continued to in races after this. So why did Bayliss take Just Fine out 6-8 horses off the fence and take Tim Clark and Lindemann with […]
We have said it before and we will say it again. They do things differently in New Zealand. We’re not talking here about Orchestral, the 3YO filly who is $1.50 favorite to beat the boys in the Derby. What we are interested in is the 2nd starter Irish Whisper, a filly who has had one […]
I’ve been a racing man for almost half a century now, and never in that half long life have I seen a filly start as the 2-1 on ($1.50) favorite in a Derby, not in the southern hemisphere anyway. Not until now anyway. The superstar filly Orchestral at this stage looks like being the first. […]
Why on earth did the Stewards waste their time and put undue pressure on James Orman by inquiring into this ride? What the hell could they possibly have imagined that Orman did wrong? Putting a horse on the fence at the mile mark of a middle distance race run on a tight turning track is […]
You can see the Steward report about race 2 at Townsville yesterday. Now look at the race. And tell me that Amanda Thomson didn’t ride this second placed grey horse the $1.80 favorite dead. Puh-lease. Gimme a break.
February 27, 2024 The time-honoured Cairns Amateurs Carnival will take on a new twist this year after celebrating its Sapphire Jubilee. Over the past 65 years, Cairns Amateurs has served as one of the state’s most iconic regional events under the auspices of the Far North Queensland Amateur Turf Club. With hundreds of thousands of […]
Ten years ago the then QLD Racing Minister Steve Dickson – the man who famously declared that QLD racing was half a furlong in front of the southern states – announced this worthy initiative to integrate young riders from Korea into Australian racing. Sadly like a lot of Minister Dickson’s grand ideas it faded away […]
