Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
Early Thursday morning at her home in Perth, Australia, Virginia Giuffre woke up to her husband shaking the bed, saying, “Wake up! You’ve got to wake up! She’s guilty.” As she opened her eyes, she was shocked to learn that Ghislaine Maxwell had been convicted of sex-trafficking charges and could face up to 65 years […]
What is really going on with Incentivise? How did a horse that is now suffering from a host of ailments, which include tears to his suspensory ligament and damage to his cannon bones and tendons, get through a Spring Carnival campaign the way he did and still run second in a Melbourne Cup? Were his […]
The Stewards thought there was something fishy about Andrew Bourke’s drive on Delightful Jazz, the horse four back the fence in the black and white as the film starts in this race. I do too. Bourke was called into the room to explain why he remained on the fence from the 400m mark to the […]
He’s a Star Man ‘That was arrogant’ caller David Fowler declared as Nash swung on the Waller trained Starman and looked around as he coasted to the post in first place, with daylight second. It sure was. Flying High Like a Rocket in the Sky Michael Costa’s rain dance worked. Sir Rocket was unbeaten on […]
Meet Akuta, the best 3-year-old in New Zealand by panels. Today, just nine days into his classic year, he picked up a FFA field that included a horse (Shan Noble) that had run 3rd to Krug in a Group 3 last start and carried them. The time he went was 1.51.9. A just turned three-year-old. […]
As you might remember readers, a mate acquired us a share in the micro-mega-minimal fractional race horse ownership rort MyRacehorse for a joke, and we decided to share it with you. We all have a thousandth each of the 10 000th share that he $150 bought us. One of our horses Tanto ran third on […]
Well they can’t afford the swabs you see Jeffrey This may sound incredible, but over the past 17 days the gallops Stewards in South Australia have gone seven consecutive thoroughbred meetings without pre-race blood testing a single horse. Seven in a row! Port Lincoln, Oakbank, Morphetville, Naracoorte, Strathalbyn, Port Lincoln, Murray Bridge. Exactly 50 races […]
The barrier stalls are to be tested prior to each race meeting to ensure they are operational and at any distance change throughout the meeting, prior to horses entering the course proper. Flashing lights for starting of races to be checked and tested prior to the meeting. Battery for start and lights to be checked […]
On New Year’s Eve a non-TAB meeting was held at Emerald, the capital town of the cluster of Bowen Basin coal mining settlements. Emerald used to be a nothing track in the middle of nowhere, but when coal boomed it all of a sudden became important, and has ever since been attracting the attention of […]
I am not sure if Voulait is the biggest racehorse in South-East Queensland, or if See For Yourself is the smallest, or both. All I know is that when they lined up against each other in the first at Toowoomba it was like David v Goliath. Quart Pot won. The bigger they are the harder […]
