Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
There is no such place in Queensland as McKinley. The town where they raced on the weekend – the one that is home to the Walkabout Creek pub that featured in Crocodile Dundee – used to be called Mackinlay after the first white man to discover the local river, but since a change of name […]
Brittany Graham stepped up to the world stage on the weekend with her coverage of the North American Cup, and she did herself, her family and Queensland proud. I was going to sat what an honor it was for Britt to get North American harness racing’s biggest gig, but that would be painting it all […]
I was watching the channel 7 coverage of the races on TV on Satuday, and just before the Doomben Cup the comperes Jason ‘Richo’ Richardson and Emma Freedman were interviewing Annabelle Neasham when the National Anthem began to be sung. Instead of stopping and either standing silent or singing along with the anthem, Richardson and […]
Many readers have been asking where former trot broadcaster Jason Bonnington has been since he lost his job with Harness Racing Victoria, and now we have the answer. He’s been away for a long while, but Bonno’s back! Direct to you from his lounge room doing a podcast called Tongue Tie Off with his fellow […]
There is a curious glitch in the video of a hurdle trial at Warrnambool racecourse on April 19 – less than a fortnight before the coastal town’s famous three-day jumps racing carnival. The footage shows a six-horse field start the 2800-metre event on Warrnambool’s inner track. But only five of them finish. During the trial, […]
Footy writer Paul Kent was clearly the aggressor in this altercation in Rozelle on Saturday night. He was the one who was mouthing off, he was the one who wouldn’t keep walking, and he was the one who pushed past the bouncer and chased after the other party, and he is the one who threw […]
I will be making an optometrist appointment first thing in the morning, after I pen this apology for questioning Adman Hamilton’s judgement of a race and form. Adman you don’t glasses, I do. You were right and I was wrong, and Andy Gath was spot on. Catch A Wave’s run was slashing last week, I […]
David Fowler is the principal thoroughbred caller for Radio TAB, taking the position upon Wayne Wilson’s retirement last August. David, who is a keen form student and punter, has enjoyed a lifetime involvement in the racing media. His personal blog, ‘My Call’, appears exclusively on HRO. I think the penny has finally dropped and I’m […]
WHAT a disastrous weekend it’s been for the sport in Queensland and if Racing Minister Grace Grace hasn’t heard the increasing calls for the removal of QRIC Commissioner Shane Gillard (pictured above) she must be living under a rock. Former Sunday Mail Editor and Sky News boss in Queensland, Peter Gleeson, in a stunning expose […]
This is is what the wowsers from the ABC broadcast tonight about the NRL Vegas round and the punt. The hypocrites. How quickly they forget. I remember watching the Miracle Mile on channel 2 as a kid, and seeing the ABC presenters spruik the race, the odds and a bet. To some extent I reckon […]
