Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
These are the Racenet ‘experts’ tips. Only 3 from 9 turned a profit. Mark Guest got 2 from 4, and made 1.25 units. Tony Brassel was 0 from 2, minus 2 units. The Armchair Punter should stay there. He got 1 from 4, at $3.00, for a loss of 1 unit. The Oracle got 2 from […]
How does a hitherto healthy six-year-old gelding get beaten 30 lengths in a race, get examined by the vet and show signs of colic, return to it’s stable, collapse and die? Oakfield Hiawatha did last Saturday afternoon at Home Hill. The Stewards reported that samples were taken from the horse while it was dead. I […]
One of my half a dozen bets on the good thing. Got the price. Form ‘expert’ Shane Ciurlio declared the favourite it in the Cup a moral. He ended up with more egg on his face than a bloke lying on the floor in a battery hen farm. Now it’s my turn. But I don’t […]
Glenda Markwell went to the Pearly Gates track on Friday after reaching the finishing post in her incredibly brave and stoic battle against the terrible disease that kept trying to kill her. Nautical Lass in race 1 at Randwick just run was the last ever horse to carry Glenda’s name as trainer in the race […]
“I’ve got plans in place to expand my racing interests into Brisbane throughout the course of 2019, and have a number of private clients keen to expand into Queensland. “The recent increase in prize money levels has been great for Queensland and we will be trying to get some nice QTIS yearlings in the upcoming […]
The car you see here was driven by Kyle Maskiell, a former Tasmanian jockey turned trainer. He drove through this unsuspecting person’s fence the Saturday before last. Word is that the police came he crashed the vehicle and both drug and alcohol tested him. They say he tested positive to both, and now faces police […]
APG Chairman <APGChairman@hotmail.com> Jun 7, 2020, 2:21 PM to me, archiebutterfly Dear Brenden Thanks for publishing my letter to Craig JUDD – I didn’t realise you were on my mailing list. I do have one concern: you insist on spelling ‘Benstud’ as ‘Benstead’ in your editorial comments. I would be grateful if you would make the change, […]
At first glance, revenue for the Club appears to have remained relatively consistent with the prior period. However when we investigate further, the reality is that catering, gaming and wagering revenue all decreased during the year. The impacts of the Covid-19 lockdowns and forced closures due to flooding reduced patronage and associated revenue. To compensate […]
Ben Cleary is a wrong gee. The son of highly respected Queanbeyan trainer Frank Cleary of Clan O’Sullivan fame, and brother of equally well respected trainer Joe Cleary, is a seed that obviously fallen a long way from the tree, for he is a con-artist, a scammer, a fraudster, a thief, and just plain no […]
For a long time there I was a lone voice in the wilderness shouting about how Sharp ‘N’ Smart was a champion, and it took until Saturday for the ‘experts’ in the mainstream media to wake up and realise that I was telling the truth. Now they have they are all over him, with some […]
