Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
If the Sunshine Coast is Queensland’s premier race track we are all in huge trouble. It’s not of course. For all it’s problems Eagle Farm is, and will always be, Queensland’s number 1. Doomben is 2nd. The two coasts – Sunshine and Gold – are in the running for 3rd. It’s a mistake to think […]
I have been wondering all week why a vastly experienced trainer like Graeme Rogerson would put a jockey like Ryan Elliott on Sharp N Smart – the best horse that Rogie has had in 2 decades, and maybe his best ever – on board in a Group 1 Classic like the Thorndon Mile. Ten hours […]
King Island is not the fastest track in the world, that’s for sure. Grass gallops tracks in the middle of the Bass Straight that are only used at mixed code meetings tend not to be. But no matter how slow the grass is, you don’t see things like you saw in Race 3 there today […]
The image you see is from Trial 1 at Townsville on Monday. Isn’t that just grand? A fatality waiting to happen. Safety in racing? Sorry, I can’t hear you. And here I was thinking that the GAP program was only for the greyhounds.
Melbourne Merv Butterworth and his blushing bride Meg etched their names in Australian racing history last night by going where no owner had ever been before by taking out the elusive Cups double. No, not the Caulfield-Melbourne Cups one. Seven sets of owners had won that easy beat gimme already. We’re talking here about the […]
The W.S. Cox Plate is Australia’s greatest weigh-for-age race, and one of the top 15 races in the world. It is a national icon of racing, and the 2nd most coveted all aged prize in Australian racing behind the Melbourne Cup. The honor board board of winners of the race is a who’s who of […]
Guess who the solid lad wearing the rock star gear in the picture taken in the mountain yard at the Magic Millions on Saturday is? None other than Zaid Miller. The Butcher. Tommy Berry rode at the meeting. I wonder what the pair did afterwards? 6.00pm Mass then a bible study group session I reckon. […]
See the horse that I have circled? Do you see it wearing any blinkers? If you do, take your own off. There aren’t any. He is not wearing blinkers at all. Which creates a bit of a problem. Why? Because the official racing Queensland form guide and results says that he is. So does RISA, […]
The beach was safer than the track, and in better condition too This is the Stewards vision of the 2nd race on the aborted Magic Millions day, the last one run before they called the whole thing off. Look at this goddamn track. Those clods being thrown up could have taken out a horse or […]
Determined to avoid the hottest part of the day, Racing SA has pushed back the starting time of Saturday’s meeting at Murray Bridge by three hours. With a top temperature of 42 degrees forecast at 1.30pm and then a cool change taking effect in the evening, the first race has been moved from 12.17pm to […]
