Have You Ever Seen a Run Like This in Your Life?
Have you ever seen anything like this?! 🤯 pic.twitter.com/GK6MtO7Aip — At The Races (@AtTheRaces) October 1, 2023 You see some bizarre things on race tracks. This is one of them. Watch the leader.
The Plumbing Depths of Oz Bred Stayers
Australia’s weakness in the staying ranks has long been known, but it is getting worse by the day, as yesterday’s results in the G1 Metropolitan showed. Only 4 of the 15 runners in the race were bred here. They finished 5th, 11th, 12th and 13th. Each of these Aussie breds was born of a European, […]
Is Sharp ‘N’ Smart’s Spring Over Before It Has Really Begun?
The spring carnival hopes of NZ Horse of the Year Sharp ‘N’ Smart – who conquered Imperatriz to win that title – look to be in tatters after his inglorious run yesterday afternoon at Hastings to finish last in the Group 1 Arrowfield Stud Plate. It was an absolutely atrocious performance from the triple Group […]
Gai and Adrian Are on Fire
How good are Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott going right now? Superb is the answer. They absolutely dominated yesterday at Randwick, with wins in a Listed, a Group 3 and two Group 1, taking home about $2 million in earnings for their connections. If that wasn’t impressive enough, in the 2yo races – which are […]
The Horse Should Appeal
How the hell can you go around perpetrating totally unnecessary violence on a horse – brutality even – on a horse and only get a $1000 fine for it? As you will remember Central QLD trainer Tim Cook did this above to a horse a few months ago. “Whack!” a backhander to the head. The […]
Henry From Harristown Gives Us His View on Weetwood Day
Weetwood day always throws something up and this year was no different. To watch the antics of co-trainer Maddison Sears after Adelad won the Toowoomba Guinea’s was straight out embarrassing for all concerned. To virtually snatch the microphone out of the annoying Bernadette Coopers hand (worst judge in Australia & backs it up with dumb […]
Protest!
The Country Stampede – worth $105 000 to the winner – is a showcase race on the QLD racing calendar. There are 16 qualifying races held around various bush tracks in the state, with the winners meeting in the big money final run at Doomben on the 2nd of December during the summer carnival. The […]
The Definition of Wishful Thinking
This is a Facebook post published by the Ipswich Turf Club at 10.00 on the morning of the day of the races last week. The races that were cancelled. It was a hot day as predicted, and the track should have been good. No doubt it would have been too, if it wasn’t stuffed. If […]
Is Mitch Beer Kidding?
The Ric Astley of harness racing surely has to be doesn’t he? What more can you say other than 3 letters. WTF? Happy Birthday to our great mate @beermitchell 🎂 Time to launch the great man’s very own segment: BEERY BREAKING BAD NEWS – Can’t attend ya cousins wedding on Derby Day? – Need to […]
Inside the international operation using Australian greyhounds to grow China’s illegal racing industry – ABC News
ABC Investigations / Exclusive by Paul Farrell and Echo Hui Posted Thu 14 Sep 2023 at 6:07am, updated Thu 14 Sep 2023 at 6:57am Australian greyhounds are being purchased for up to $220,000 each and exported to China where they are fuelling an underground racing industry by exploiting loopholes in Australia’s regulations. ABC Investigations has […]