Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
Alinghi won the Blue Diamond in her 2YO season in 2003. Then she won the Thousand Guineas in her 3YO season in 2004. And the next year she won the Sangster Stakes and the Newmarket in her 4YO season in 2005. Between 2005 and 2007 Darci Brahma won the JJ Atkins as a 2YO, the […]
I am expecting Alligator Blood to be given the green light to race in the Victorian spring carnival, starting with next Saturday’s Group 1 Memsie Stakes where Damien Oliver is poised to ride. The situation isn’t quite resolved but I understand a change of ownership, with colourful owner Allan Endresz potentially selling his share in the […]
You can’t argue with numbers. Here are the number of pre-race swabs taken at the three major metropolitan meetings held on the eastern coast of Australia yesterday. No, this is not a mistake. Not ours anyway. Randwick – 37 The Valley – 25 Doomben – 5 QLD Chief Steward Peter Chadwick chaired the panel at […]
Toby and Trent Edmonds are very smart trainers. They have this smart young three-year-old gelding called Cool ‘N’ Ready. His owners picked him up for just $50 000 at the 2021 Magic Millions sale. Unlike his sire Better Than Ready, the real short distances aren’t this bloke’s go. 1200m – 1400m is his range. Cool […]
The WA Stewards took just 7 pre-race swabs at Belmont yesterday. They were all in the same race. It was race 5. This race was just an ordinary affair with nothing special special about it, except for one thing. There were 8 starters. One of the horses didn’t get swabbed. It was the favourite Crescent […]
Factual background The following factual background sets out some relevant events and circumstances that have given rise to the Commission’s concerns that are not disputed; they are acknowledged by BetEasy. Gambler was a self-excluded customer of CrownBet, BetEasy’s predecessor. His self excluded status was known to BetEasy and BetEasy’s affiliates John Dow and Jamie Myers. […]
Told ya so didn’t we? Racing NSW will begin a search for a new chairman of stewards, with Marc Van Gestel set to announce he has accepted the role of Hong Kong chief steward to replace the long-serving chairman Kim Kelly in the racing mecca. Van Gestel will confirm in the coming days he will […]
Amnesty International report Dubai The latest report from Alligator Al’s personal cheerleader Ben Dorries of Racenet is that trustee owner A. Endresz intends to race the horse that he manages A. Blood at the Magic Millions carnival in January, and then take him over to Dubai for the three month World Cup Carnival running from […]
A couple of weeks back a race meeting was abandoned at Emerald in controversial circumstances. Trainers were driving from near and far to come and race at the meeting, most from far. If they had been provided with early notice of the meet being called off they could have stayed home. Instead many of them […]
Time heals all wounds they say, but leaves the scar So I think I’ll not go back to Camooweal No I think I’ll not go back to Camooweal Slim Dusty If it’s good enough for Slim, it’s good enough for Racing Queensland. There hasn’t been a meeting held at the track up at Camooweal track […]
