Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
Jack Bruce is a new trainer on the Brisbane scene who many don’t know, but they will soon. This young Deagon based trainer is a gun. He won the Weetwood yesterday with Axe, It was worth $87 000 to the winner. That makes it over $400 000 in earnings for Bruce just 8 weeks into […]
Race 6 at Goulburn today is a maiden worth $13 950 to the winner. Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum is worth $4 billion dollars. Or that’s what they say anyway, although I am starting to wonder. If he’s worth that much, then how come he is racing a horse in the maiden? He is, […]
These Hayes boys are Adelaide bred, which makes a man lack confidence, so when Hayes J.D. says he ‘thinks’ Mr Brightside can win the Underwood, just ignore him. Anyone who stands up to sing God Save the Queen and wears a top hat at Ascot lacks confidence, it’s clear. Any Australian who believes in themselves […]
I wrote a story a few months back declaring Verry Elleegant no chance to win the Arc. I stand by it. Here are some extracts from that piece to remind you why. ——————————————————– Verry Ellegant will be seven years old by the time the Arc is run. Do you know how many 7YO’s have won […]
Former bush jockey and trackwork rider Lauren Abbott has been training for six seasons. Her winning strike rate in the first five of them never climbed above 10%, and 41.7% was best place rate. The most winners that she has ever trained in a full season is 13. Her sixth season – this one – […]
Racing animal welfare remains our top priority Former QRIC Commissioner Ross Barnett, 2019 This is an extract from the belatedly released official Stewards Report from the Morven race meeting at Saturday at which three horses died, in unrelated circumstances according to the QRIC. As you can see, it is clear from the report that the […]
BOB Bentley readily admits to a “my way or the highway” management style. The chairman of Queensland Racing since April 2002 has managed to upset a good portion of the industry – and makes no apologies. Shortly after he took the reins, he was even the target of a rally attended by race club members […]
The famous writer Mark Twain was famously reported as being dead long before he actually was. Trommelschlagen was too, by us. We were wrong thankfully. The 8-year-old is alive and well. He was only beaten by the literal length of the straight at Morven because he got bumped at the start and then shortly thereafter […]
No horse deserves to die at the races. Imagine the outcry if it was punters dropping dead like flies. What the hell is wrong with this track?
