Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
The Apple Isle racing industry is in shock today following the news that the chief of the Office of Racing Integrity has been stood down from his role. Or it would be if anyone still had any confidence in the integrity of Tasmanian racing anyway, but after a series of blatant rigs, pulls, fixes, hooks […]
An executive with a Nicholasville, Ky., company that sells “preventative and regenerative therapies” for horses was named in a federal indictment March 9 of 19 people involved in an alleged systemic and covert administration of illegal performance-enhancing drugs to racehorses. Michael Kegley Jr., director of sales at Medivet Equine, and veterinarian Dr. Kristian Rhein were […]
Sucked. Don’t tell the kids. Enjoy what you have got. It’s a long time gone.
JOCKEY OF THE YEAR Glen Boss Enigmatic pain in the arse who goes like a busted one outside of carnivals time, and then steps up and slays them. Bossy will never win a consistency award or a popularity prize either, but gee when you have a horse who is a sneaky chance in a Group […]
The ride in a sense lacks competition, lacks competitiveness – Wade Birch Snyder: There are some things I can just smell. It’s like a sixth sense Giles: Well, actually, that would be one of the five – Mutant Enemy, Buffy the Vampire Slayer The Wade Birch tough stewarding mania train rolls on this Friday when […]
When you are assessing a racehorse’s performance or a jockey’s ride, it is always instructive to look at the form guide first. Let me tell you a little about Greek Hero’s form. It is an English galloper that has won three races in its life. All bar one of them was on soft ground, which […]
Well just as we predicted earlier in the week, acting NSW Chief Steward and former Steve Fletcher employee Wade Birch’s attempt at slotting Brenton Avdulla for a perfectly acceptable ride on an unwanted 40-1 shot has collapsed into the nothing that it always was. Birch went out talking tough. Had those surrounding circumstances not have […]
This story is so bizarre that you could hardly believe that it was true if you hadn’t seen the proof with your own eyes, and had a colleague check to see that you hadn’t gone mad. I have, and it’s confirmed that it is not me or the life-long punter and racing fan Col Elliott […]
