Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
William Kamara Cull – the soldier in the picture – is my wife’s little brother. I am real glad that he is too. Like Maggie, Will is the descendant of a blackbirded slave. Kamara is the slave family’s name. Will is fucked up, but he is no slave. He did three tours of Iraq, to […]
There are 5 sires in Australia that have an individual starter to winner ratio, and a 6th one that misses by a whisker. I bet you can’t guess even 3 of the 6. The answers are in the story below.
The answers are. The answers are. Drum roll. Drum roll. I hope that was long enough so that you couldn’t see the answers in the preview. The answers are: Frankel – 27/50 Scissor Kick – 38/75 Maurice – 52/103 Brazen Beau – 55/110 Star Turn – 67/119 Real Impact – 54/110
It’s the protest that has the South Australian racing industry buzzing – and cost one punter a $30,000 windfall. The controversial decision by Racing SA stewards to uphold an objection in the opening race at Balaklava on Wednesday has a few layers and divided opinions. The Gordon Richards and Damien Moyle-trained Call Me Al beat […]
Jason ‘Stubby’ Holder is South Australia’s leading jockey. He is also a liar, a trickster and a cheat. And he is a koala too, a protected species. On the 9th of December, after he had ridden trackwork at Morphetville, the Stewards asked him to come to their office at the track and provide them with a […]
88 Laying totalizator odds or dealing in totalizator tickets an offence (1) A person— (a) who makes or enters into a bet, or who offers to make or to enter into a bet, on the result of an event or contingency, by which the person agrees to pay to the other party to the bet, if the […]
Rejoiced went for home, Moreton Bay can’t get it … David Fowler, race caller, Ipswich r10 Until it did. Kingston Town couldn’t win either Bill Collins said. Oops. The Rooster does it again. At least he runs true to form.
Dear Mr Hensler Thank you for email yesterday alerting me to the error of my story, with regard to TRNT not publishing rehoming statistics. I apologise for that. Since reading your email I have studied the Off The Track website and pages intently, and greatly admire the program and its operation. If of course what I am […]
Have a look at this. It’s a story from 3 years ago broadcast by the ABC. The bones of 300 horses were found out in the bush west of Palmerston, a ‘planned’ housing commission slum town where long before the Teals ever came along I once ran a madly successful independent election campaign for my […]
This is the slo-mo of the critical part of Noel Callow’s ride in race 1 at the Gold Coast that has led to his license being suspended under a provision of the rules that doesn’t allow such a suspension to be imposed. It looks pretty reckless on this angle. Below is the slo-mo from the […]
