Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
The International Federation of Horse Racing Authorities has released its list of the top 100 Group 1 races in the world, and we in Australia are well down the list. That’s predominantly because these Europeans who decide the order of merit have a huge bias toward middle distance racing, with no sprint races of the […]
You’d be laughing like Melbourne Merv too if you owned Sharp N Smart and now Just As Sharp too The best run of the weekend on either side of the ditch was at Ellerslie in the $1 million Karaka 3yo Millions, and it came not from the winner Orchestral but rather from a $61 shot […]
Although no-one wished to become a pariah by speaking out about the state of the Ellerslie surface on NZ’s big sales race day, behind the scenes a number of trainers are blowing up big time. It’s the evident inside bias that has them upset. Every winner on the card came from near the rail in the […]
Coming into yesterday’s Randwick meeting Newcastle based trainer Scott Aspery had only won 8 races in the previous 2 1/2 years, and only one in the city. Fortunately that win was in a Midway worth $55 000 to the winner last year. Still and all, it’s been a hard way to eke out a living […]
This is Chad Ormsby, former bull rider and jockey turned trainer of Master Fay, the winner of the 2nd on the card at the Karaka Million race day at Ellerslie yesterday. Ormsby looks exactly like he just stepped out of a Coen Brothers or Quentin Tarantino movie in his mirrored shades and cowboy hat. If […]
NZ Horse of the Year Sharp N Smart has had some issues over the past six months or so, but on the evidence of his 2nd-up run in the Aotearoa Classic yesterday at Auckland, the great horse looks like he may be roaring back to life. Sharp N Smart only finished 6th and was beaten […]
Which trio of prominent Kiwi trainers are currently the subject of a police investigation into a serious incident involving a much younger female stable employee? Are charges likely to follow? If so, will Racing NZ follow the lead of HRNZ in relation to the licensee who is set to face trial next month, or will […]
So it was with a healthy portion of schadenfreude that I watched the usual stalwarts march up to donate their hard earned on what turned out to be the thinnest, weakest and most unreliable offerings from the major clubs on the east coast of Australia all year. Seriously, they should be ashamed and should undertake some […]
What percentage of starters on how many racecourses each day, week, month or year arrive behind the barriers with an elevated heart rate and sweating profusely? Not many is the answer, for that usually happens after exertion in a race, not before. SHIPS AHOY turned up at the stalls at Eagle Farm that way on […]
On course at Carrick trots bet to win 4k in a single wager.We are the only bookie on track and betting a competitive 134% pic.twitter.com/k6ulw2E88F — steve walters (@bookiesteve) January 26, 2024 Isn’t this a great self-spruik by monopoly on-track wagering provider Steve Walters, the brother of two bob Robert Walters, Victorian stable foreman and […]
