Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
Story by Jon Tuxworth: The Mercury Sunday’s Hobart Cup has been rocked by controversy with an enquiry launched into how starting position barriers were not placed in the correct position for the city’s biggest annual race. Tasracing has released a statement confirming the race distance was “marginally less” than the scheduled 2400m distance as a […]
There are a number of Australians who are key note speakers at the Asian Conference this week in Saudi Arabia. These are they. Apologies to anyone we’ve missed. And BTW they are not really rogues, I was using jingoism for a cute headline. PS – Has anyone seen a real Kiwi? ——————————————————— Gillon McLachlan TABCORP […]
Former Toowoomba gallops Chief Steward Clayton ‘Crayons’ Warren has bobbed up again a Steward in South Australia. If I were a trainer down there I would be putting earmuffs on my horse. See story below. All You Have to Do to Become a Chief Steward in QLD is Bite a Horse’s Ear
The winner of the last race at Addington yesterday Roger That looks like a nice horse. Both figuratively and literally. It’s very well bred too, being a relation to Cyclone Jordy, Sanchez and multiple Group 1 winner Don Hugo. And it is a good sort. But there is a back story to it. Graeme Rogerson […]
Wodeton must be the most frustrating horse in the world to train. He certainly is to bet on, which I have done more times than I care to admit. I got sucked in after backing him when he ran 2nd in the Slipper, and kept following him every race thereafter. Yes I should have known. […]
Everyone’s favorite woman disrespecting former Albion Park CEO and convicted criminal offender Scott Steele (pictured at bottom) returned to his old stomping ground at Redcliffe last night to team up with his long time trainer mate Shane Graham for a winner in the last race. Diamantina Daisy was its name. which would have come as […]
SUPPLEMENTARY REPORT TOWNSVILLE Turf Club – Friday 16th January 2026. Race 2: Hygain Benchmark 70 Handicap Stewards have concluded a review of the wagering on this race, which revealed that betting activity across the totalisator, corporate wagering operators and the betting exchange (Betfair) was unremarkable and disclosed no irregularities. While the race was run in […]
A picture sometimes tells a thousand words, just like this one of Luke Tarrant A year is a long time in the life of a jockey, a decade can be forever. Just ask Luke Tarrant. Ten year ago he was winning apprentice premierships and riding 57 winners in a season in town.64 rides since his […]
There’s a horse running around at the moment named All Shot which recently ran 2nd at Murray Bridge on 28 January. Now I remember a fair dinkum horse called All Shot who used to run around with the likes of Gunsynd, Taj Rossi, Scotch and Dry and Leilani. It held its own and beat them […]
In 2023 the land and buildings at Callaghan Park were worth $3.7 million. Or at least that’s what the Rocky Jockey Club said anyway. Now days they say its worth $6.8 million. I didn’t know that the value of land in the beef capital had doubled in two years, did you? Somehow I doubt that […]
