Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
Mister had been with trainer Garry Bignell for about a month coming into race 5 at Birdsville yesterday. It had been beaten more than ten lengths in both starts that it has had for him. The most recent drubbing was 6 days ago at Betoota over the 1200m, the same distance as yesterday’s race. Birdsville […]
Don’t you just love the way the Victorian stewards are hearing evidence in the Jamie Kah running and handling inquiry? They talk to Kah. The premiership winning 14 time Group 1 winner and one time no 1 female jockey in the world says variously that she’s had an off day, that the horse is difficult […]
The fences weren’t the only obstacle the runners had to deal with in this race at Craon in France yesterday. You see something new in racing every day. The car in the middle of the track is one.
We see things through the eyes of the person who pays for racing. The punter. As such, we are usually hard on jockeys whose actions result in a horse finishing in a lower position in a race than it should, our stories yesterday about Jamie Kah’s ride in the McNeill being the perfect example. Some […]
All week we’ve been hearing people bag out the Caulfield mounting yard. The connections of Pinstriped didn’t look too unhappy with it yesterday. I guess it’s just a matter of perspective. That and a Group 1 win.
Congratulations to Victorian trainer Aftab Shaikh, who after40 months and 52 starts of trying finally cracked it for his first career win yesterday when Kilmister took out third race at Warracknabeal. I don’t know much about Shaikh, other than that he had his first runner as a stand alone trainer on the 3rd of May 2o21 […]
What do you make of the decision in the 2nd v 1st protest in race 3 at Rockhampton on Thursday? The QRIC Stewards said dismissed, ruling that the margin of 1 1/4 lengths was grater than the ground lost by the 2nd placed horse as a result of the interference caused to it by the […]
As you can see Tasracing has given gallops trainer Tanya Hanson warm plaudits and a fond farewell upon her retirement from the racing industry, with the principal racing authority’s tribute to her published on its website. That says everything you need to know about the regulators of the sport in the Apple Isle, and their […]
Which commission agent with a reputation for being more gabby than a fishmonger’s wife went seeking tips from trainers of runners in the Cairns Cup, only to be told by one that their horse was sore and the other that their bloods weren’t right? Is it true that the lippy one then relayed the tip […]
See that smallish chap in the picture working behind the barriers at the Home Hill races yesterday? That’s jockey Scott Sheargold. He had three rides earlier in the meeting, then swapped out of silks and into civvies and took up duties as a barrier attendant for the rest of the day. Where else in the […]
