Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
Time To Turn wasn’t a very good racehorse. In fact it is fair to say that he was a rather poor one. 37 starts without a win and failures at its past four starts at Eidsvold, Burrandowan, Gayndah and Kumbia tell you the story. Now how slow he was though, Time To Turn didn’t deserve […]
Message from the Doctor. Morning. Well, we had 3 winners last week and were a bit stiff with 2 rides and mother nature. But there should be a few here we can land. Please continue to celebrate my newfound Viking heritage in your pictures that go with my tips. A bit of Norse power seems […]
You don’t see this every day do you? A jockey being suspended for careless riding in a trial. I can’t remember the last time I read about one happening. Until now. —————————– SUPPLEMENTARY REPORT Sunshine Coast Barrier Trials Tuesday 11 November 2025 Trial 7 Following the running of this Trial Stewards inquired into an incident […]
We hear a lot about humans being cruel to horses, but we don’t hear so much about horses being cruel to humans. They can be though, and at times are. Horses kick and buck and bite and stomp a person, and do so without a pang of regret. On Wednesday in the 6th at Doomben […]
Tasmanian thoroughbred and harness racing may not seem to care a great deal about the impending shut down of greyhound racing in the State, but neither code seems to realize what is about to hit them when the dogs are gone. You see greyhound racing accounts for 39.5% of wagering turnover on Tasmanian races, yet […]
Well not really. But it is highly likely that the Big O would have been if the race had been run under the modern rules. Darren Beadman went berserk with the whip on the great horse, hitting him by my count 19 times prior to the 100 meter mark, which these days would get a […]
The North West and Central West racing industry is still up in arms over a shift in heat policy. By Matt Nicholls: North-West News, 10/11/25 https://www.northwestweekly.com.au/queensland-racing-s-heat-policy-ruffling-feathers-in-bush-2025-11-10 The forecast of a “cool” 31 degrees will save today’s Mount Isa meeting from being subject to the oppressive heat policy now being forced upon Outback racing clubs. Under […]
Young rider Tyler Leslight fell from his mount about 200 meters after the start of race 2 at Cooktown on Saturday afternoon. You can’t actually see the fall because it happens behind a big blue post that obscures vision from the single camera provided by Regional Cast, but it appeared that Leslight’s mount may have […]
Former South Australian trot man turned gallops trainer Waylon “The Highwayman” Hornhardt might be in a bit of trouble. Hornhardt’s two runners at the Mildura meeting on Melbourne Cup day Sassy Angel and Mr Trafficanti were scratched by order of the Stewards on reasonable suspicion that they may have been administered medication in breach of AR249(1). […]
Is trainer Lachie Manzelmann’s dominance of the numbers in bush racing a good thing or a bad? Manzelmann had 14 of the 27 runners on the five race card at Moranbah yesterday. He had 5 of the 6 in race one, 3 of 5 in race two, 2 of 4 in race three, 3 of […]
