Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
So the favorite for the Doncaster Handicap Another Wil has drawn the extreme outside barrier. So what? Two of the past 5 winners have started out wide. Mr Brightside jumped from gate 18 of 20 in the 2022 Doncaster and won. So did Brutal in 2019. Kermadec won from gate 16 in 2015 too. Admittedly […]
Unbelievable drama at Fairyhouse as BOHER ROAD decides to jump the rails rather than the hurdle. What goes through horses minds sometimes ! Horse and jockey appear to be ok pic.twitter.com/4XxuVk4zVj — 🐦Pigeon🐎Island🐦 (@pigeon_island) April 1, 2024
You wouldn’t have wanted to be on the favorite Dayu in the 1st at Caloundra yesterday at the 600m mark. At the top of the straight you would probably have been tearing your ticket up too. But oh how things can change in the blink of an eye or two. Whooshka! How’s that for a […]
The horse in the orange and black and white won a protest against the winner Supposedly the winner chopped it out on the turn and cost it the race. Pigs fly too. People sometimes ask me why I criticise the QRIC so much. The simple answer is because they deserve it. Here is proof positive. […]
Belle from Burnie wrote in with the following question and comment: Don’t all jockeys weigh in post race? If not well there’s away to affect the outcome of a race, just add a few kilos to the lead bag before saddling…….. It’s a damn good question and observation. First the answer to the question. Under […]
Kiwi trainer R.S. (Stuart) Manning started his day out at Ellersie in grand style this morning by landing a $10.00 into $4.80 plunge in the first. “Someone must have known something!” the caller cried as Grey Haze hit the line first to collect the chocolates. They sure did. His name was Stuart Manning. Watch out […]
I remembers when Doomben used to be one of the best wet weather tracks in Australia. You could dump massive amounts of rain on it during the week and it would still pick up and race on the weekend. Not anymore. According to the BOM readings from the airport across the road Doomben 65.8 mm […]
The Chris Waller stable advised on Friday that Group 1 winning two-year-old colt Switzerland will have surgery to remove a bone chip on a fetlock before being sent for a spell. The Snitzel colt won the Group 2 Todman Stakes over 1200m at Randwick on March 9th and went into the Group 1 Golden Slipper […]
There is increasing speculation in racing circles that if Gillon McLachlan is proven to have knowledge of the AFL’s drug testing cover-up practices – and to date he hasn’t been – it may cost him the long-mooted Chairman’s role at Racing Victoria. Racing is a sport that is dependent both on being free of drugs, […]
We have written a few times about how the talented apprentice rider Bailey Wheeler has been pissing his career down the drain, and sadly it appears that we have been right. Wheeler has been sacked by trainer Annabel Neesham for repeated indiscretions related to his committment and work ethic, and now his future in racing […]
