Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
From mid-December until near the end of February team Sears went 38 starts without a win, but then the drought broke and the father and daughter combo trained 30 winners in less than 3 months. They were flying, flying so high that they almost reached the sun. Did you ever hear that story about the […]
A qualified veterinarian with a Master of Business Administration degree, Dr Forbes has a deep interest in animal welfare This is what Steve ‘Whirlwind’ Wilson, the barely seen Chairman of Racing Queensland, said about former CEO Eliot ‘ET’ Forbes when he appointed him to run racing in the Sunshine State in 2016. Dr Forbes – […]
The Concreter claims to have been the pioneer of video recording of jump outs held at South-East Queensland race tracks, and despite the competing claims made by at least one other well-known racing identity turned trot-devotee, we believe the big man from the foothills of Mt Tibrogargan’s assertions, not that it matters a jot to […]
Meramist is the company that runs the glue factory at Caboolture that featured on the ABC last year, the one where the horses got absolutely brutalised prior to being murdered. The one that caused outrage around the nation, and indeed the world. It’s little known, but an absolute fact, that the company was a sizeable […]
Did you manage to catch the win of a maiden named Family Star at Townsville last week? If not, have a look at this. Now let me tell you the time. It was a 1000 metre race remember. 55.99 seconds. The horse was second last out, and won with it’s head on its chest too. […]
Race one at Toowoomba yesterday, a 3-year-old Maiden Plate run over the unusual distance of 870 metres, was one of the strangest races I have seen for quite a while, a really, really queer one. There were four horses in the betting. The topweight Calculated Risk, trained by Craig Smith at Roma, was steady in […]
On the 14th of January this year Gold Coast trainer Maryann Brosnan bought the tried Wamwarra Bay for $3850 in an online sale on bloodstockauction.com.au. Most people thought that Brosnan had paid overs, for in his eight lifetime starts on country NSW tracks the gelding had only run better than last, 2nd last or 3rd […]
How on earth did Hugh Bowman escape a suspension for this push out job on Kinane in the 2nd race at Warwick Farm yesterday? There was no run there between the horse in front of Kinane and the one ridden by Kerrin McEvoy on his outside, but Hughie decided that he was going to force […]
