Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
Isn’t it just great to be taught racing history by people who don’t know it? The picture above is number 2 in the so-called Mr Racing – aka Mr Prior Knowledge of the Fine Cotton Ring In – Bart Sinclair’s top 5 Ipswich Cup winners, as related by ‘racing writer’ Nick Tucker in today’s Courier-Mail. […]
Bonno got 11.1% of the early quaddie. It paid $71.00 for a dollar, meaning that he collected $7.90. I hope he didn’t spend it all in one place. He had $10 each way on Something Bettor which ran 2nd and paid $2.10, so there is another $21.00. Running total $28.90. And he got the trifecta […]
Max Presnell is like many old men who have seen plenty of it starting to live in the past. It shows in his article today bemoaning the lack of quality in the past 25 Straddies, and his yearning for imagines days of yore when the top liners were just so much better than they are […]
We have been telling you for a month that Robert Dunn was going to be appointed to the board of Harness Racing New Zealand haven’t we? Well bingo is it. Yesterday Dunn’s appointment as a Director of the Kiwi control body was formally announced. In making the announcement HRNZ’s spin doctors did a lovely job […]
Bonno got the early quaddie for 83.33%. It paid $40.10, which gave him a return of $33.42. He had $20 a win on Aureus for a return of $70. Current balance $103.42. And he got an $8.80 trifecta ten times, for a return of $88.00. Closing balance $191.42 Win/Loss = LOSS $8.58 ROI = Nil […]
I reckon I can return you more money off a $200 bank than Jason Bonnington can 48 weeks out of every 52. Let’s put it to the test at Melton tomorrow night. Bon Bon’s tips can be found at the link below. https://www.thetrots.com.au/news/articles/bon-takes-aim-at-tabcorp-park-melton-with-200-game-plan/ Here are mine. May the best man win. EARLY QUADDIE 2,3,8/6/1/F : […]
https://www.racing.com/news/2022-06-01/news-industry-a-new-crypto-era-in-horse-ownership Racing.com featured the above story on its website on Wednesday. about the so-called revolutionary crypto currency racehorse ownership opportunity called CRYPTOJOCK being offered by an electrician from Ipswich named Matai Noble. A real racing media outlet would have had a little bit of a closer look at the scam/scheme before they dived in and […]
Damon Runyon was, to people like you and me, one of the greatest writers of the 20th century. As a journalist he covered everything – racing, sport, gambling crime, life, the lot – and he did it all with aplomb. Sport, the punt and horses aren’t modern day writer Matthew Condon’s thing, but crime is. […]
Yesterday The Australian published a commentary piece written by a woman named Dr Muriel Newman. You can read it here. https://www.theaustralian.com.au/commentary/this-is-what-makes-the-ardern-government-so-dangerous/news-story/602acabba81dbfaba1adb83192123bd7 In the article, Newman inferred and all but stated that NZ Prime Minister Jacinda Arden was Josef Stalin, and her government were leaders of a repressive, totalitarian regime that ‘destroyed’ lives of unvaccinated people. […]
“It’s $9000, race clubs keep punishing owners so that’s what it will be,” Price said. “All they do is punish owners, I know it is a revenue raiser for them, but it makes you wonder what horses don’t nominate because they missed the early nomination. There have been nomination deadlines for big races in Australia since […]
