Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
The 2nd placed horse in this race at Riccarton last week was in the black and white, and the 3rd placed horse on its inside in the red. The rider of the red horse protested against the one in the black. It was upheld. I don’t reckon it should have been. What do you think? […]
On the 23rd of February 2022 the license of Dalby based trainer David Reynolds was suspended indefinitely until the hearing of serious criminal charges against him, and his seeming inevitable sentence that appears likely may involve a term of imprisonment. Reynolds was given seven days to amend the bona fides and to arrange a transfer […]
The CEO of TASracing Paul Eriksson arrived in the Apple Isle three years ago with much fanfare. Eriksson was going to be the saviour of Tassie racing, we were told. He was going to fix the broken down tracks, and fix the finances while he was at it. He was going to restore integrity to […]
Taranaki Racing run the racetrack at New Plymouth on New Zealand’s north island, a picturesque course in the shadows of the mighty Mt Taranaki (formerly Mt Egmont), and the lifetime home ground of the great Rough Habit, an 11 time Group 1 winner who was a hero across the ditch, particularly in Queensland where he […]
Eye See Things When questioned regarding his riding on the mare in the early and middle stages and in particular the reason why he elected to position his mount towards the outside rail along the backstraight, rider N Rawiller stated that his instructions were to ride Eye See Things in a prominent position, however no […]
For the second day in a row a race meeting on the indestructible ‘all weather’ poly track at the Sunshine Coast has been abandoned due to the weather and the state of the track. When Racing Queensland paid the Martin Collins company nearly $10 to build the poly track we were told that we would […]
I was speaking to a well known jockey of my acquaintance this morning, a man who has ridden a couple or three Oakleigh Plate winners in his time , and after the customary greetings, salutations, follow-ups and sly slags, the subject turned to Europe and the Balkan regions. No, were not discussing Russia’s invasion of […]
Do you reckon this race was a fix? It’s the 2nd at the Valley, and Ben Melham rides the winner. I don’t. But a couple of well connected readers say that it was a welcome back Benny benefit, a charity event put on by a few jockeys to show their colleague that they think he […]
