Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
Maestro QLD bush trainer Bevan ‘Billy’ Johnson may not have affected the weights for the 1450m Country Cups qualifier at Mt Isa by putting in a dummy nomination for Han Dynasty (see story here), but there is more than one cat to skin at the races and more than one way to skin it. Billy […]
Toowoomba trainer Mark Currie realized a long-held dream this afternoon by winning the Weetwood Handicap at his home track with Tavs, and then made it a feature race double when Cryptolini took out the Toowoomba Guineas. Both were outstanding training performances. Tavs, a NSW restricted grade galloper when he joined the Currie stable, was first-up […]
CHAIRMAN’S REPORT Dear NSW Racing Industry participants, Unfortunately, there has been much misinformation relating to the Australian Turf Club (ATC) and why Racing NSW has issued a Show Cause Notice as to why the ATC should not be put into administration. Racing NSW wanted to take the opportunity to reassure all participants that this action […]
Put the name Zourosa in your little black book and get on the filly next time she appears in a Maiden. The form guide will tell you that Zourosa finished 6th at Mornington yesterday beaten 4 lengths, but it was a much better run than it looked given that rider Jamie Melham didn’t give it […]
What’s going on with all these horses formerly trained by Brett Cavanough out at disqualified participant Todd Austin’s property at Barcaldine? At least three of the Cavanough horses – two of them part-owned by Austin’s wife Toni – have been transferred according to Racing Australia’s records, but to who? The records don’t show the horses […]
I will come straight out and say it. It looks to me that Harness driver Tom Callaghan cheated in race 3 at Albion Park on Saturday night. Cheated in a most egregious way. Callaghan deliberately steered his drive, the odds on favorite Major Hot, out off a straight line in the straight so he could […]
Victorian trainer Rhonda Mangan was on Facebook yesterday bemoaning the fact that owners won’t give her horses even though she sends out updates on their horses 2-3 times a week, saying that instead they prefer to send their gallopers to big trainers whose communication is nowhere near as good. That’s Mangan’s story and she is […]
Anyone watching the last race at Mackay on Thursday afternoon could see that something catastrophic had happened to the Phillip Pengelly trained Thunder Mania, which was pulled up at around the 700m mark after clearly going amiss. The horse had been sweating up like a pig before the race, which was unusual for it (my […]
