Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
The Longines World’s Best Racehorse Rankings have been released, and as usual they are a load of palaver. Three Hong Kong horses – Golden Sixty, Romantic Warrior and Californian Spangle – head the rankings, meaning that the trio from the tiny pool of horses on the now Chinese-owned island are supposedly the best three gallopers […]
Racing Victoria remind me of the kid who packs his bat and ball up when you bowl him middle stump in a game of backyard cricket and runs home to mummy and says Mama those boys are mean. Or they would if it were not for one thing. We are not playing in the back […]
Just when you thought racing politics couldn’t get any murkier. It was industry gossip late last year that Racing NSW wouldn’t pay rich strapper bonuses, paid to the handler of the winning horse, if the winning trainer was licenced outside of New South Wales. The common reaction was, to paraphrase, ‘surely not?’, considering that for […]
When I watched the 3rd race at Randwick on the Kenso yesterday I thought it was off, and a boatie for sure. It just shows how wrong you can be. Have a look yourself and tell me that it didn’t look like all the other riders sat off the well-backed leader Journalism, and allow the […]
Gee this was a funny ride by Brodie Loy on the topweight Deep Romance in the 3rd race at Doomben yesterday. He is the one in the black and white sitting out the back in 2nd place for most or the race. The horse – who is well in the market – starts to improve […]
Moods in costume Peter Moody is going to train the winner of the Newmarket. But it’s not the one you think, I Wish I Win is the favorite, but he’s been weighted out of victory with 56 kilos. His stablemate is the one. Chain Of Lightning. Moods’ genius has got the mare in with 52kg, […]
This might sound mad, and may well be, but with all due respect to Tony Gollan (not much), the greatest trainer in QLD is not he. It’s a young man who trains out of Rocky called Nick Walsh. This bloke is a freak. Have a look at his career stats at the top. Then have […]
It is very, very rare that you see a horse run 12.31 seconds for its first 200m, top the first quarter off in 25.41 seconds, go through the third quarter in 27.84, and still be able to sizzle home in 26.23 seconds to brain the best field of horses in Australia. In fact it is […]
A few weeks ago the NZ Oaks looked a foregone conclusion, with the super smart filly Prowess winning it. Trainer Roger James thought his girl was so good that he put her in the Derby too, and the odds makers made her a close 2nd favorite to the champion Sharp N Smart. Then five days […]
This interview by Jason ‘Richo’ Richardson with the old time singer Lucky Starr – the bloke most famous for the song I’ve Been Everywhere Man – appeared yesterday on the Racing Victoria owned racing.com website. Is it any wonder that PVL is running rings around them and has them tied in knots? Peter is good […]
