Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
A picture sometimes tells a thousand words, just like this one of Luke Tarrant A year is a long time in the life of a jockey, a decade can be forever. Just ask Luke Tarrant. Ten year ago he was winning apprentice premierships and riding 57 winners in a season in town.64 rides since his […]
There’s a horse running around at the moment named All Shot which recently ran 2nd at Murray Bridge on 28 January. Now I remember a fair dinkum horse called All Shot who used to run around with the likes of Gunsynd, Taj Rossi, Scotch and Dry and Leilani. It held its own and beat them […]
In 2023 the land and buildings at Callaghan Park were worth $3.7 million. Or at least that’s what the Rocky Jockey Club said anyway. Now days they say its worth $6.8 million. I didn’t know that the value of land in the beef capital had doubled in two years, did you? Somehow I doubt that […]
Everyone I talk to wants to tell me that the Rockhampton Jockey Club is broke. The club says something different. Or at least the financial accounts in their annual report do. Are they right, or are the critics? I dunno. I’m not sure the club’s auditors do either. Their opinion is somewhat guarded. And they […]
QLD apprentice Violet Soulsby spent 6 months out of the saddle last year after suffering a horror fall down south at Wagga. Violet resumed riding at just after Xmas, and then didn’t have another mount for a month. She returned with a winner at Thangool a week ago. Then yesterday she went to Bundaberg and […]
The track record for 2080m at Cranbourne stood at 1.55.6 until last night. Then along came the now Jason Grimson trained Kiwi mare Captain’s Mistress and turned it into dust. 1.53.7 she ran, in one of the greatest performances by a female pacer that you could ever hope to see. Champion Australian mare Eye Keep […]
Funny things are happening tonight at the NZ Harness Racing Awards ceremony. First of all someone has put up all the results up on HRNZ website when they are only half way through the presentation. That takes the excitement and intrigue out of things somewhat doesn’t. The buck always stops at the top. Brad Steele […]
What a great call by a fifteen year old kid. Bet you couldn’t do this. I know I cant. This kid Vini Donnelly is a genius. An out of the box superstar, and a real humble one too. Vini will be calling at the Tumbarumba picnic meeting today. If you can, you should get there. […]
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It was only a trial at the Gold Coast on Tuesday, but gee this 2YO looked good. And with a name like that why wouldn’t he? How gracious of Jay Bellamy was it to name his horse after this website? After all, we named the site after the horse that beat his family’s great champion […]
