Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
POSTSCRIPT ● Pedisnap didn’t win another race for O’Brien after the cobalt violation. Hillyer’s investigation of the trainer was not intended to catch a cheat, but to cover-up for a cheat. ● In addition to the intelligence the Black Horse Newsletter received about the case in Australia, we have found out the name of the […]
Keep looking Joe. We are too. One thing that seems to have flown under the radar on Saturday is the appalling performances of the trio of Joseph O’Brien runners. His three runners weren’t bad, they were awful. Baron Samedi had great staying form in Europe and in the USA. He had won the Vintage Crop […]
I know he pulled up lame, but you have to ask yourself the question. Did Ciaron Maher put Gold Trip in the race to hook the weights for his stablemate Explosive Jack? It is hard to escape the conclusion when you look at the facts. Explosive Jack was a triple Derby winner in the 2021 […]
Remember those stories we wrote a few weeks back about the Stewards in QLD who were hauling in trainers for bringing bottles of tomato sauce to the races to whack on their sizzled sausages? The ones in which the stipes were claiming that the trainers with the sauce bottles were in possession of an instrument […]
You’d love to view the high priced contract between Racing QLD and Regional Cast wouldn’t you? Does it say that the company can broadcast whatever country non-TAB meetings they like, and ignore all the rest? Or that it can only show the punters a few of the ones left over live, and whack the replays […]
It is not often that you see 2 demonstrations of genius in 2 different codes in just 2 minutes. I just did. David Moran’s drive on Soho Historia to win the $100 000 Riverina Champions Mares final was pretty as you ever see. Willie Pikes winning ride on Weaponson in the Old Comrade at Ascot […]
There are 12 race meetings being held in Queensland today. Twelve. What are the chances of their being enough jockeys to ride all the declared runners at them? Um, zero. What’s the hope that all the horses that do have jockeys are ridden at their handicap weight? Um, zero. What sort of nous and common […]
Some great champions have won the QE2. Which ones are the best. First among them has to be Winx, who won it 3 times. She’s the greatest horse in Australian racing history. 2nd is Phar Lap, who won it once before he went to America. Once was enough. The immortal Carbine is third on the […]
Sydney Race 3 no 4 Ethereal Star You don’t see many Kiwi 2Yo’s win in Sydney during Autumn Carnival’s, let alone fillies, so trainer Andrew Forsman’s girl Ethereal Star has a bit of a mountain to climb if she is to win the Percy Sykes, but I don’t see that as a problem. The Kiwi […]
During an interview with Racenet this week James Cummings was asked where Anamoe fits among the topliners that he had trained. “I guess I haven’t had a chance to weigh those things up yet,” Cummings said. “But I don’t enjoy comparing horses as I only have one Anamoe, I only had one Bivouac.” Bivouac? Sure […]
