Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
There are superbly bred blueblood thoroughbreds everywhere you look at Royal Ascot, but none have as fine a pedigree as the winner of the Kensington Palace Stakes for fillies Doha. This filly by Sea The Stars out of Treve would have been worth an astronomical sum at the yearling sales had her breeder the Emir […]
I wonder if the crowds in the Caribbean acted like this back in the days when Scobie Breasley trained four Barbados Gold Cup winners? These maniacs wouldn’t have wanted a horse to run off to the outside on the turn would they? Bloody idiots.
Remember Oakleigh, the nag with form of a dray cart donkey until its trackword rider hit it with a jigger at the instruction of the trainer to spark it up? Well those devices may be cruel and inhumane but they obviously work, for yesterday in Longreach the horse whose form before being jolted read 35: […]
The Stewards at Rockhampton yesterday questioned trainer Nick Walsh about a number of significant bets that had been placed on his runner in the 2nd race Fine Shot when the early markets went up on Thursday. You might ask so what, but the reason that they asked the question is because the bets were placed […]
14 June 2024 , Punters Info By Michael Guerin John Dunn wants to achieve something that hasn’t been done in modern times, but even if he pulls it off he won’t get his name in the record books. Dunn dreams of winning both the trainers and drivers’ premierships this year, with the harness racing season running […]
In short: A Victorian harness trainer has been blocked from fielding runners at Tasmanian meets this weekend. Robbie Walters took ownership of several horses from the Ben Yole stable, raising concerns of domination of the field. What’s next? Amidst industry backlash, an Office of Racing integrity panel will convene to determine whether Robbie Walters should […]
I have a question about the Stewards Report from Townsville on Thursday. How do you swab an emergency like Extra Free that didn’t get a run and had been scratched out of the race in the morning? It would be a neat trick wouldn’t it? Just like getting a Stewards report right.
This is the low camera shot of the finish of race 2 at Mt Gambier yesterday. How do you reckon they finished? Inside 1st, middle 2nd, outside 3rd? Wrong. Try again from the replay. The inside? Wrong again. The angle at Mt Gambier is a shocker. It was a dead heat inside and outside, with […]
On Monday we published a story titled Jigger Me Timber – Is It True That … In this story we posed the questions about whether it was true that …. a tool of a trainer turned up at his local track to work his horse the other day accompanied by a work rider who doubles […]
How hard is it to read the number on a ball drawn out of a barrel? When it comes to QRIC Chief Steward Josh Adams, the answer is obviously too hard. What you see above and below are extracts from the official barrier draw for the Stradbroke Handicap conducted last night outdoors in the chill […]
