The Huge Crowd at Flemington
This picture was taken at Flemington at 1.00pm today. It’s a huge crowd isn’t it? A few bookies, two men, and a dog. Looks cold too doesn’t it? No wonder the punters all stayed at home.
The Eagle Farm Debacle – What Caused It?
There are a number of theories floating around about the reason for the fall in race 7 at Eagle Farm and the subsequent abandonement of the meeting. Some say it was a reflection from the construction site at the 600 mark shining in riders eyes. Others say it was the shadows cast by the new […]
There’s a Different Way to Get Beaten Every Day
This happened at Killarney in Ireland the other night. How cruel is the punting life? Let me count the ways ….
Tips and Rumors From Around the Tracks
Is the rumor true that Todd Austin has had his sentence for the Birdsville jigger slashed in half? If so, why? Are the whispers right that the KO Thoroughbred Racing syndicates will soon be managed out of Barcaldine? What chance are Inglis of getting paid their outstanding accounts? Now that the prosecution has dropped the […]
KO, KO, Where Did the Sunshine Band Go?
Is the rumblings we are hearing out of Brisbane are correct, strange things appear to be afoot within the walls of everyone’s favorite thoroughbred syndicator KO Thoroughbred Racing. The last time we wrote a story about them, KO Thoroughbred Racing’s website advertised its team as being founder Kobie O’Brien, partner Kurt Cockburn, Racing and Bloodstock […]
This Protest Decision is a Joke
Watch the replay of race 3 at Grafton on Sunday. Keep your eyes on the horse on the inside in these colours and the one on its outside in these ones . See how they jostle in the straight? The finish is a close photo but the one in the red black and yellow flashes […]
All a Duck Needs to Win a Cup is a Top-Shelf Trainer, and Whole Lotta Rain – Just Ask John Symons, the Man on The Mission
Where’s that Archie hiding now? A few years bacl I remember laughing at John Symons when he told me that he’d paid $120 000 for a colt by then first season sire The Mission at the March Yearling sale at the Magic Millions Gold Coast March Yearling Sale. “The Mission?” I snorted. “That cat could […]
The Starter Who Can’t See
The bloke in the picture is the starter responsible for the disaster at Doomben yesterday in race 6. We don’t know the flash Harry looking fella’s name, but we do know one thing. He should take get a white cane to match his dark sunnies, and maybe a guide dog too. How else could you […]
From Fiasco to Farce – Only in Queenland
Have you ever seen a stuff-up like the start of race 6 at Doomben yesterday in your life? The rider of Glorious Ruby gets hurled out the back of the stalls. There is shouting and commotion everywhere, and the official behind the gates raises their hand to alert the starter, but it doesn’t work. Somehow […]
The Madness of Michael Rodd – And Why He Should Have Been Given Time
Michael Rodd’s ride on the leader Fifth Position in the 5th race at Eagle Farm yesterday was sheer lunacy, a misjudged steer of such magnitude by the senior rider that he should have been given time. The times say it all. Rodd took Fifth Position through the first 1200m of this BM78 class 1800m race […]