Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
Interesting owners in this galloper aren’t they? L. Steenhuis is either Luke Steenhuis or Lachlan Steenhuis, we are not sure which. Luke Steenhuis is a former harness racing trainer. Lachlan Steenhuis is a former licensee who was disqualified for 6 months backdated to February 2024 for assaulting another harness racing participant at a race meeting. […]
Trainer Trevor Rowe was questioned by Stewards about his decision to scratch Major Artie from race 3 at Cairns on Thursday. Rowe told them that upon reflection he decided that running the horse over 2100m with 61kg on its back might not be a good idea, and that he would look to find a race […]
Ringworm is a highly contagious fungal condition that it passed by horses through direct contact, such as running side by side in a race. Horse with ringworm need to be isolated while they are treated for the condition, so they don’t infect other healthy horses and cause it to spread. The primary visible symptom of […]
The naked tipster Dr Georgia Whiting is back. Last weekend she tipped us another 5 winners, including her special Shining Smile. That made it 6 winning weekends in a row and five of her past six specials saluting the judge. The Doc is confident she can do it again after spending all week naked doping […]
Two things happened yesterday that show up how differently racing jurisdictions deal with the same offence. Both involve cobalt. In Queensland thoroughbred race trainers Wil and Peter Hulbert presented a horse to race and win at Eagle Farm in late April with cobalt levels above the threshold in its system. Neither Hulbert was stood down […]
Everyone’s favorite naked tipster Dr Georgia Whiting is back by popular demand. She’s confident too. The Doc reckons she has got the program at Headquarters, as she calls Flemington, totally covered. Let’s see just how close she goes.
That’s how we feel about Mark Latham’s stinky kinky foecal fetishes too We told you many times during his demented attacks on PVL that Mark Latham was a shitman. If his ex-girlfriend is to believe he has proven us dead right. What sort of a bloke drops a turd on his girlfriend and then insists […]
It appears from the debacle we saw on Sky yesterday that the broadcast box that the race caller works from has fixed glass windows that cannot be opened. When it rains hard and the wind is blowing into the window it seems that it becomes like a car windscreen in a torrential downpour when the […]
Some people are blowing up about Ben Melham’s beaten ride on Wetumpka in race 1 at Pakenham today. Wetumpka was backed from $6.50 into $2.00 and Melham has long been said to be associated with bookmakers and big punters alike, so you might be able to understand their cause for suspicion when it gets beaten […]
The Birdsville Jigger (pictured) In March 2023, in what became known as the Birdville Jigger Affair, Todd Austin was found guilty of commissioning an act of cruelty to a horse and two charges of providing false or misleading evidence to stewards at the inquiry into the matter. Austin was disqualified for five years. That means […]
