Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
All the ‘experts’ on racing TV are making excuses for Thomas Stockdale’s ride on Chief Altonus in the 5th at Caulfield. There is no excuse. Stockdale has been riding long enough not to be excused for this slaughter job from hell. He was weak, that is why he lost the race. He stuffed up the timing […]
Jockey James Baker felt ill when he arrived at the stalls on Champagne at Dawn for the 3rd race at Mackay on Thursday, so poorly that he advised the starter and asked to be inspected by the medical staff. They gave him a quick once over and passed him fit to ride, which is a […]
Yesterday’s meeting at Rockhampton was a run of the mill Friday afternoon provincial affair, nothing out of ordinary at all. Yet five Stewards worked on the card, including Daniel Aurisch, the Brisbane based no 2 stipe in the Sunshine State. Why? It is decidedly odd, especially given that the very next day was the last […]
So jockey Brad Pengelly comes back to scale on Kasinova Kid, the winner of the last race at Rocky on the 13th of December last year, and on his way to weigh-in he slips his mount’s girth to the horse’s trainer Nick Walsh. Walsh hides the girth behind his back. The pair get sprung. Pengelly […]
Anyone recognise his this former police officer from around the Queensland race tracks and the traps? They say that he used to practice his speeding ticket writing skills by filling out lotto forms. Apparently he became so good at it that he ended up writing two (speeding tickets) over the course of his two decade […]
Adelaide trainer Chris Bieg is set to face court in October after he was granted bail at Christies Beach Magistrates Court on Friday. Bieg, who is facing 12 serious charges which are not related to racing, had been remanded in custody earlier this week, but was successful in his bail application on Friday morning. His […]
A well-known horse trainer is standing trial accused of strangling, kicking, punching and stomping on a former partner he initially met via an online messaging application to pay for sex. Christopher Bieg, 37, of Camden Park first met the woman in mid-2019 before the pair became “exclusive” in about August of the same year. Opening […]
$30 million had been spent on redeveloping the track and surrounds at Ipswich. It hadn’t rained there for 18 days. And the track does this, on the club’s biggest day of the year. Something has gone very, very wrong here, and it has nothing to do with this so-said water table running under the course […]
Allan Endresz – Alligator Al – has just lost his wife, and is yet to bury her. Racing authorities and the mainstream media should leave the poor grieving man alone at this sad and difficult time, and I would too except for the fact that they haven’t, and instead of flicking their calls he has […]
Listen to this short 33 second excerpt from David Fowler’s widely listened to weekly AM racing radio show (total audience 237, based on 4 listeners per household including 2 kids in each with headphones on watching YouTube videos) a month ago. After yesterday’s no rain for 18 days and a half heavy track debacle, I […]
