Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
Danny Shum is apparently a very hard working trainer but he’s no genius. Don’t you read the paper, after the race Romantic Warrior got beat in he fessed up that the horse wasn’t eating the Australian feed mix and the horses Hong Kong feed mix had just been flown in……. Shum’s horse won the Cox […]
Our man in the desert state of WA Pedro tipped us all into Romantic Warrior three weeks ago, and his judgement proved spot on. Pedro is the shy retiring type as a rule, but I reckon this tip gives him the right to rip off his shirt and flex the muscles. The question now is […]
Country racing people out west are up in arms about the cancellation of the Isisford race meeting today and the abandonment of the last two races on the card at Charleville, and not without good cause. Our western correspondent Lou from Longreach explains the situation best. Cox Plate Day is one of those great race […]
Tommy Berry has been praised from the rooftop by his adoring fans in the mainstream media since returning to riding after serving time for his corrupt dealings with the accused criminal Zaid Miller, aka the Butcher, with the madding crowd seemingly forgetting the context and content of his relationship with Butch, including clear references to […]
It’s a cracker of a race this year the Cox Plate, with almost every horse a chance to win. Here’s our take on how it might pan out. Romantic Warrior We’ve said our piece about this one a number of times. Hong Kong horses don’t win Cox Plates, full stop. No thanks. Zaaki Only one […]
‘A Humbling Tribute’: Frankie Dettori Statue Unveiled At Ascot Racecourse by Press Release|10.23.2023|1:54pm A specially commissioned statue of Frankie Dettori was unveiled this weekend at Ascot Racecourse by Her Majesty The Queen. The bronze depicts the world-famous Italian jockey mounted on a horse and is located by the Grandstand Lawn. It was designed by artist and […]
Former jockey turned trackwork rider Bruce Powell is clearly a slow learner. This week Powell was dealt with after returning his 3rd positive swab to the leafy green substance cannabis following tests conducted at early morning work at Deagon in September, following on from his most recent breach in late 2017 at Esk when he […]
Jockey James Baker got fined $200 for this ‘celebratory gesture’ after winning the 4th race at Mt Isa aboard his family’s horse Field Of Red. Given that it was his entire riding fee the penalty seemed a but harsh. It wasn’t as if Baker was gesturing wildly or standing up in the irons, it was […]
Today’s TAB race meeting at Mt Isa has to be in danger, with temperatures in the town predicted to soar to a fry eggs on the driveway 41 degrees in the middle of the day. Racing QLD regard 38 degrees as extreme temperature, and its heat policy decrees that consideration of abandoning or modifying a […]
Catch Me Out had raced twice before yesterday. Those runs were in Maidens at Scone and Hawkesbury. It ran last and was beaten almost 14 lengths at Scone, and finished 2nd last beaten nearly 13 lengths at the Hawkes. Those runs followed on from 2 trials at Newcastle where it had run last 12.44 lengths […]
