Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
Coming into the final race on the Bankstown Derby card last night Caesar’s Rockstar had won 2 races from its past 52 starts in two and a half years, so to the casual observer it was somewhat of a surprise to see the seemingly slow pacer backed as if it was unbeatable from an opening […]
Here are the main contenders. Nature Strip won four Group 1’s – The Everest, the Darley Sprint, the TJ Smith and the King’s Stand at Royal Ascot. Incentivise won three – the Makybe Diva, the Turnbull and the Caulfield Cup, and he ran a great 2nd in the Cup. Verry Ellegant who beat him won […]
There hasn’t been a drop of rain in Ipswich in the past week and a half. Yet races can’t start from the 1666m chute, because the track is faulty and the surface is unsafe. We’ve said it before and we will say it again, there needs to be an official inquiry into where the $30 […]
What the hell happened here in race 6 at Mackay yesterday? The favourite was Ahooshu, the best horse in the race. It always races forward, usually in the lead, and that’s exactly where it’s rider Chris Whiteley took it, which must have been a great relief to the punters who’d backed it and then watched […]
If the rumours coming out from across the ditch are right, then Peter V’Landys has hit the bullseye in upping the prizemoney for the Spring Champion Stakes to $2 million and carding it head to head against the Cox Plate. Sharp N Smart is quite possibly the best 3yo Kiwi middle distance/stayer since (It’s A) […]
I just wanna stay in the sun where I findI know it’s hard sometimesPieces of peace in the sun’s peace of mindI know it’s hard sometimes There were five riders at Mt Isa on Saturday, and there were only ever going to be five. A simple phone call could have confirmed that. So what does […]
I don’t mean to be a smart arse, but I said two months ago that taking Verry Ellegant to France at her age was madness, and told you that she was a million to one to win the Arc. Well guess what I was right. Sadly I think that the great mare is racing lame. […]
The Hulbert stable or their supporters didn’t miss this one. It was the 6th race at Lismore. Smart Kubrick was backed from $101 into $5.50. Now that’s a go of Getting Closer proportion. The horse was first up for four months, and had been beaten out of sight at it’s only two starts in Brisbane. […]
Bowen It was a great day out at the mango capital of QLD on Saturday afternoon, with a card of good fields and competitive racing. The spoils were shared equally with no one trainer or jockey winning more than a single race. Garry Dickson – the man known the length and breadth of the land […]
In the past 118 years, only two sides that finished outside the top 4 have ever won the NRL Grand Final. One was the Broncos in 1993 who had a team list that read O’Neill, Carne, Johns, Renouf, Hancock, Walters, Langer, Matterson, Cann, Gillmeister, Hohn, Kerrod Walters, Lazarus, with Gee, Ryan and Plath on the […]
