Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
The problem with mug lairs like Adam Hamilton are that they are corrupt and take bribes, they can’t tip, they punt like imbeciles, have massive egos that are totally unjustified, that half-talented competitors scare them so much they revert to unsupported sledges to assert their self delusions of superiority, and that the truth is such […]
At least we have the excuse of not having an editor to check our spelling and grammar. What’s Richard’s? https://www.racenet.com.au/news/richard-callanders-weekly-australian-horse-racing-column-20230228
I agree. A thorough examination of cash payments made into the bank accounts of Adam Hamilton and/or those closest to him would make for a fascinating case study into the ethics of race writing and ‘alleged’ mainstream journalism too. Being Petty am I Ad-man? Ten ton per ain’t petty to most, if you know what […]
So this is how Ben Dorries, the golden boy of QRIC and supposedly Queensand’s premier racing writer – neophyte is a better word – sees racing. A jockey stops riding and sits up without any cause whatsoever at the 50m mark on a horse and costs his horse – and the punters who backed it […]
I don’t mean to pick on Jason Bonnington, for I have never met the bloke and have nothing against him personally. It’s just that he speaks utter crap with such authority that I fear that unsuspecting punters might start to mistake his elevated levels of self-confidence for competence, and start believing the rubbish he spouts, […]
“Upon further investigation it was established that the vehicle towing the barriers was in contact with an electric fence which may have been sending a small current through the metal sections of the starting stalls. “Stewards ordered club officials to rectify the issue and were satisfied to proceed with the meeting. “Upon further review of […]
We will set the issue of the self-proclaimed ‘expert’ sporting analogist Jason Bonnington’s utter humiliation of himself by wrongly declaring the Hagler-Hearns 1985 world middleweight title bout a 12 round slug fest in the Sun-Herald yesterday aside (it actually went 3 round, and ended in a TKO), and instead focus on the nonsense he spouted […]
If a harness writer is going to employ boxing metaphors to try and tell a story about the trots, then it would help greatly if they actually knew anything about boxing, or checked their facts. Marvellous Marvin Hagler and Tommy ‘the Hitman’ Hearns didn’t trade blows for 12 rounds in their 1985 fight – immortalized […]
I like taking note of quotes from smart men too. In racing, they are generally men who can count. After all, it’s a game of numbers and percentages isn’t it? A reduction in turnover from $160 million to $60 million isn’t a loss of 60%. It’s a drop of 62.5%. A 60% reduction would have […]
