Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
The good news from the Ricky Vale yard is that Namazu’s surgery went as well as could be expected, and the big bloke is comfortable and well. If Namazu gets through the next fortnight of post-op recovery without any concerns he will be in the clear and soon will be picking straws of grass in […]
The Stewards weren’t happy about Doug Hewitt’s drive on Mach Assassin in the 1st race at Albion Park last night. Neither were the punters who backed the horse from $17.00 into $7.50. Both had very good cause, for Hewitt’s steer was a shocker that cost Mach Assassin any chance of probably winning the race, and […]
Breaking news out of Rockhampton is that the QRIC have raided the stables of trainer Nick Walsh after one of his horses threw banned steroid Stanozolol in the trainer’s possession. Older readers might remember that drug, it’s the one that the cheating sprinter Ben Johnson was using when he ran 9.79 seconds for the 100m […]
The reports of my death are greatly exaggerated – Mark Twain Namazu is not dead! Praise be for that. Trainer Ricky Vale and owner Pav Cheimrdinov have separately contacted us this morning to let us know that although their great galloper suffered a serious and career-ending injury during the race at Rockhampton yesterday, they are […]
This above and below is what happens to a horse when it suffers a heart attack during a race. Ancient Style did not do this. Its off-forequarter gave way and it plunged head first into the turf. There is a cover-up going on here in an attempt to hide the fact that the Stewards had […]
We’ve just watched a replay of the fall at Innisfail last Saturday. The one that the Stewards said may might have been caused by the fallen horse Ancient Song having a heart attack. I’m not at liberty to share the film with you, out of respect for the injured kid, but trust me when I […]
I just watched Namazu die. Or I think I did anyway. He broke down all over the place, or maybe he had a heart attack, one or the other, or maybe both, I’m not sure. I just saw him run sideways like a crab to the outside, and then he crashed to the ground, and […]
Who is the 50 something former Brisbane jockey seen chasing a much younger woman around the Cairns RSL and Rattle and Hum one recent night? Was his eventual success in the saddle due to the yarn he spun about the romance with his also much younger girlfriend having cooled off, when in fact she was […]
You have to wonder whether the NZ Government has properly thought through the knock on effects of the shut down of greyhound racing on the gallops and trots? I doubt it. The Wanganui and Manukau dogs race on stand alone tracks, but the other four greyhound venues all race inside either trot tracks (Cambridge, Palmerston […]
We warned you over a month ago that Cluden Park would become the centre of controversy over its handling of the finances, and now here it is. There are a lot of untold stories here. Maybe one day we will tell them. First though let the Townsville Bulletin bring you up to speed with the […]
