Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
Tyler Leslight has the most amazing back story ever. They will write books and make movies about him, The kid was kicked out of home at just 14, all because he told his folks that he was a boy not a girl. It’s sad, and its bad, and it resulted in him hitting the streets […]
Step up to me, you city gentsAnd I’ll clean your shoes for fifteen centsI’ll fix your tie, you’ll look a smashIf you don’t mind, I’ll take the cash St Louis – Written by George Young of ACDC, sung by the Easybeats Mark Currie carved them up in the Provincial trainers premiership with 88 winners for […]
What word first comes into your mind when you see a picture of Racing Victoria CEO Andrew Clarke? Nerd? Dork? Dweeb? Dolt? Or all of the above? Cricket and Racing are not mutually exclusive. Many cricket players punt, and many punters play cricket. A lot of bat and ball men go the track, and a […]
Gday Archie I’m a long time subscriber who enjoys reading your informative articles daily, I admire your relentless determination to expose the frauds in racing. I have over 30 years hands on experience training ( mainly slow horses), and I believe the biggest threat to integrity is the use of EPO /peptides and the dodgy […]
Astero started favorite in an Open company race at Doomben yesterday, the best race on the card. Less than 2 years ago it beat Savvy Legend into 2nd place in good quality restricted race at Newcastle. Four starts back Savvy Legend won a heat of the Provincial Stayers championship at Ipswich. Next start out it […]
What a wonderful year it has been for New Zealand racing, and what fantastic horses they have produced. Any of about six of them might been crowned NZ Horse of the Year in many other years, but there can only be one winner, and even before the final field for the award has been released […]
The New Zealand thoroughbred horse of the year awards are fast approaching, so we thought it timely to put out 2 cents in about who might win and who mightn’t. These are just our opinions. But we are pretty sure they shouldn’t be too far from the mark. CHAMPION TWO-YEAR-OLD This is a really tough […]
Racing clubs in Victoria, New South Wales and Hong Kong are wooing Horse of the Year-in-waiting Sharp ’N’ Smart as trainers Graeme and Debbie Rogerson map out a multi-million dollar campaign aimed at the Melbourne Cup. Sharp ’N’ Smart earned $3 million as a three-year-old, a tally which should see him voted the country’s top […]
“I’m semi-retired, life is good up here, ride the picnics on a Saturday for wages to pay for the Grey Goose, keep active, drive an Uber a couple of days a week and work at the track from 7am to 1pm three days a week, I’m behind the barriers tomorrow, 12 trials on the Poly,” […]
