Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
Heidi Whalley is a passionate young horse thoroughbred owner, strapper, and mother who is happily married to jockey James Orman, and madly in love with him to boot. Or she was until Saturday anyway. A strapper that is. Now Heidi is a horse trainer, and she will become a damn fine one too. Reachforthestars – […]
ROSEHILL – Wednesday 17 November 2021 RACE 7 – XXXX Handicap 1300m: Rubamos – The Stewards today continued an inquiry which was opened at Rosehill Gardens on Wednesday 17 November 2021 in relation to the tactics adopted by rider A Adkins on Rubamos, particularly in the early stages of the race. Evidence was taken from […]
I was talking to an encyclopedia of Australian racing and world breeding last night, and he told me about the day that Surround won the Cox Plate, and only minutes later the world turned black. It was a solar eclipse. I remember it. It was the biggest thing that had Geebung since the polo game. […]
Better late than never. We’re in for a big night. MELTON Race 3 no 2 – Tough Love NSW’s best 2YO female trotter takes on Victoria’s best fillies Just A Bit Touchy and Aldebaran Vera. It beats them too. Peter V’Landys v Giles Thompson. It’s no contest at all is it? Race 4 no 11 […]
Rule 198 is the most stupid rule in racing, for two reasons. The first is that the rule places the absolute onus on jockeys to have their mounts placed in the barrier stalls correctly, with no responsibility for checking them put on the starter or assistant starter at all. Why not? Surely these officials have […]
Harness Racing NSW has a huge problem. The new CEO of the Riverina Paceway that HRNSW brought over from Canada with the future view of assuming John Dumesny’s job when he retires is an avid anti-vaxer who refusesto get the jab. But the rules are that if you are not vaxed you can’t go to […]
History Fagging originated as a structure for maintaining order in boarding schools, when schoolmasters’ authority was practically limited to the classroom. Thomas Arnold, headmaster of Rugby from 1828 to 1841, defined fagging as the power given by the authorities of the school to the Sixth Form, to be exercised by them over younger boys.[1] Fagging was a fully established […]
This is race 2 at Gatton on Monday. If Michael Hellyer wasn’t a good horseman and jockey he might well be dead or in a wheelchair for life as we speak. There was a hole in the track where his horse fell. You can’t see it in the videos, but multiple trainers and jockeys have […]
Watch this. It is race 4 at Gatton on Monday. Keep your eye on the grey. It fell didn’t it? The reason that it fell is that the riders of the horses in front of it were coming off the fence in advance to avoid the hole in the turf just before the 400m mark […]
The Apprentices Cup was held at Gatton yesterday. This time honoured race is a big deal for the kids, who get to pit their skills against each other head to head in a race unencumbered by senior jockeys, in a battle against their peers. It’s a bit like your own child’s school graduation ceremony. It’s […]
