Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
Winx three-quarter sister Wings of Desire adds a bit of spice to today’s Warwick Farm meeting when she resumes from a spell in race six. By Pride of Dubai (a son of Street Cry) out of Vegas Showgirl, the superbly bred 3yo filly seeks to make it three wins from six starts, after previous victories […]
This is the horse Dystopian after it ran in race 5 at Cannon Park in Cairns yesterday. The horse was fractious in the barriers and reared, hitting its head on the top of the stalls. The impact caused Dystopian to suffer a deep laceration to its upper forehead. For reasons only they can explain neither […]
Alicia Rose was once a promising mare who at the ages of three and four, when trained by Angela Davies at Narara, racked up the excellent record of 10 starts for 5 wins, 4 seconds and a third. Her connections thought so highly of the mare that they took her off Davies after she won […]
You may remember us writing extensively at the back end of last year about the Albany Racing Club’s’ financial woes and its corrupt CEO. Well the CEO is now gone, but the club’s financial problems remain. So much so that on Wednesday the control body Racing and Wagering Western Australia (RWWA) announced that it has […]
Toowoomba trainer Lindsay Hatch has been granted a stay of operation of his 12 month suspension for a positive swab. Hatch was actually suspended for 9 months after being found guilty of a presentation charge by Stewards, but the conviction enlivened a previous 9 month suspended sentence that he received for a previous positive swab, […]
Danny Russell and Sarah Danckert The Age. February 7, 2025 Trainers John Symons and Sheila Laxon have denied owing more than half a million dollars to a collapsed company at the centre of their Melbourne Cup prizemoney dispute. The trainers say they are, in fact, owed $26,000 in outstanding fees by Esprit Racing, the company they worked […]
Apprentice Cody Collis blamed the soft track for the second favorite Borisova getting beaten in the first at Ipswich yesterday. He might as well have blamed the aliens too. The track didn’t beat Borisova. Collis planting the filly four-wide from barrier 5 and then running her even wider around the home turn did. It may […]
The website of small player in the corporate bookmaking market BudgetBet, owned by WA bookie Kevin Wear, has been down for days leaving account holders unable to place bets or to withdraw their funds. Budgetbet is claiming publicly that the site is down for maintenance, and is privately telling the few customers who have been […]
Brad Hewitt and The Locomotive Brad Hewitt’s friend Shannon Wonson’s health supplements for horses really work. Forget Keayang Zahara and Just Believe. The 1.51.6 that The Locomotive ran to win the 1st heat of the Great Southern Star makes him officially the fastest trotter ever to race at Melton by 1.5 seconds. It was a […]
Tuncurry trainer Grant Jobson only has two horses, Imastruestar and No Tackle, the latter of which obviously slipped past the Registrars misunderstood. Jobson used to have three horses, but due in part to his stupidity and neglect, one of them died. She was a wee filly, just three years old. All In Writing was her […]
