Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
“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,” […]
There have been at least 4 major falls on the Ipswich track at Bundamba this century. They all happened on the same section of the track between the 1000m mark and the home turn. That one you see in the picture at the top. The one right next to the river. Rivers and creeks carry […]
A year ago Angela Jones, a kid from Charters Towers, had only ridden 3 times in the city, and had won just a single race in the big smoke. Jones was being talked in some circles as an emerging talent, but a lot of young riders have been over the years, only to disappear without […]
How would you be? You’re a kid from Grafton who has moved up to the Sunshine Coast to chase your dream of being a pro jockey. Today you make the trek up to Gympie for your first ever ride in a race, and your dreams come true. Can you believe it? Young Brodie M0ffat must […]
Campbelltown, City of Magpies and Dreams, broken ones the pair Either Tommy Berry is the most philosophical and eloquent jockey in Australian racing history, or a bloke with same first name is writing his scripts. I would bet the washing machine on the latter. Tommy Too has gotta be a Westie though doesn’t he? I […]
A couple of years go our horses d9minated the Top 20 in the Longines world’s best racehorse rankings. Today we are a joke. Our highest placed horse is I Wish I Win at number 16, on a rating of 121, which is the equivalent of 55.0 kg, or 3.5 kilos below the world’s number 1 […]
Times are tough all round at the moment, so rather than send you out on a day at the pub on the punt, we will just let you spend the day with the trouble and strife and the tin lids by giving you three winners instead. FLEMINGTON Race 6 no 8 – Mostly Cloudy This […]
My goodness it’s hard for punters to win at Grafton. Just look at the winners yesterday on Cup Day, and stare agaze at their flucs. Is it any wonder that bookies like D.T. Crimmins drive Rolls Royce’s to Grafton from their mansions by the sea? With results like these, not at all. ————————————————– R1 – […]
To the editor: I feel compelled to comment on the observations John Ed Anthony of Shortleaf Stables Inc. published in the Paulick Report June 22. My own time frame of observing modern U.S. Thoroughbred racing parallels that of Mr. Anthony and my view from the “backstretch” as an equine veterinarian has fueled a career fascination on the […]
What you see above appeared in a story on Racenet yesterday about Chris Waller taking up 20 boxes at Macedon Lodge to prepare his Melbourne Cup hopefuls. Lloyd Williams prepared 3 of his Melbourne Cup winners from the Lodge it says: Efficient, Green Moon and Almandin. That’s news to me and most punters, and I […]
