Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
The winner of the last race at Addington yesterday Roger That looks like a nice horse. Both figuratively and literally. It’s very well bred too, being a relation to Cyclone Jordy, Sanchez and multiple Group 1 winner Don Hugo. And it is a good sort. But there is a back story to it. Graeme Rogerson […]
Wodeton must be the most frustrating horse in the world to train. He certainly is to bet on, which I have done more times than I care to admit. I got sucked in after backing him when he ran 2nd in the Slipper, and kept following him every race thereafter. Yes I should have known. […]
Everyone’s favorite woman disrespecting former Albion Park CEO and convicted criminal offender Scott Steele (pictured at bottom) returned to his old stomping ground at Redcliffe last night to team up with his long time trainer mate Shane Graham for a winner in the last race. Diamantina Daisy was its name. which would have come as […]
SUPPLEMENTARY REPORT TOWNSVILLE Turf Club – Friday 16th January 2026. Race 2: Hygain Benchmark 70 Handicap Stewards have concluded a review of the wagering on this race, which revealed that betting activity across the totalisator, corporate wagering operators and the betting exchange (Betfair) was unremarkable and disclosed no irregularities. While the race was run in […]
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 […]
