Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
There are a lot of questions being asked about Ryan Wiggins ride on the favorite Lean Eagle in the 2nd race at Cairns yesterday, but surprisingly none of them by the Stewards. Wiggins just walked the even money favorite out of the gates and let it settle 4-wide in worse than midfield over the 950m […]
Black Caviar is big, hulking, strong, dominant, fierce – and she chews up the ground beneath her hooves. If you’ve never watched her race, you’ve missed out on one of the most soul-stirring experiences, ever. Her front hooves consume the ground before her: she will not be controlled by Mother Earth. She is of the Earth, […]
What well-known racehorse syndicator owes $80 000 in fees to a leading QLD gallops trainer? Why? Has the prizemoney earned by the syndicator’s horses been correctly distributed to shareholder? If not, why not? Which Tasmanian racehorse trainer has 2 RSPCA prosecutions on the go, but is still allowed to work horses? Does Wentworth Park have […]
Eagle-eyed race watcher Coulthard from Coolum Beach has brought another T. Bailey stuff up to our attention, this one from race 5 at Sandown on Wednesday last week. Now I always thought that Smart Missile was a retired Group 2 winning sprinter who now stands at stud at Twin Hills, but according to the Saint […]
Mark Zahra might have had a good handle on the pace, if he was actually riding in the race. He wasn’t. Blake Shinn was on the leader. Terry Bailey once again gets the basics wrong. The Saint’s on fire. It’s time to retire.
Was having five Stewards officiate at the 5 race/40 runner non-TAB card at Innisfail on the weekend really the best use of the cash-strapped QRIC’s scarce resources? I would have thought not, given that’s the same number of stipes that were on duty at the 10 race/117 runner metropolitan meeting run the same day at […]
Sam Kilkenny is a the bloke who along with his then business partner set up the highly successful racehorse syndicator First Light Racing. Kilkenny, an accountant by trade who was a director of the firm Willis Partners, until recently used to be front, back and center promoting First Light, and was regularly seen at the […]
Archie Call me a dickhead but they are now upholding protests from 50m out. Seriously? But then you look at the Stewards Panel and laugh. King from Kalinga Our reply? Sorry King, but you invited it. You’re a dickhead. That was the most obvious protest upheld in the history of racing. The 2nd horse was […]
Not exactly sure where the frogs are but I presume they live in the brick pit pond, where the water is. The brick pit is an excavation about a 100m drop below the surrounding land, the brick pit walk is an elevated walk that goes out over space across the pit. Access to the pit […]
South East QLD race caller David Fowler has become renowned for his inability to call winners in photos. He confirmed it twice in the one race in the 4th at Ipswich today. David called the 2nd placed Aerial Arsenal the winner. when Hi Jules actually was. And in the next breath he called Witheren Lass […]
