Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
It wasn’t a very good day to be a tomato sauce taster yesterday at Mackay. There were four odds-on favorites on the eight race card. They started at $1.55, $1.45. $1.55 and $1.65. Each of the quartet got beaten. Just to rub it in three of them ran second, and the other one third. They’re cruel […]
There are no end of ways for a punter to do their money at the races. Here is yet another. The horse that buckjumped Ivy Dextress was the $1.24 favorite. Its rodeo performance saw it take no competitive part in the race. Ivy Dextress hasd been stood down pending a satisfactory trial. The punters who […]
Failed punter Eddie ‘The Fireman’ Birchley taught the world that the fastest way to go broke in this life without trying is to chase the tomato sauce and a quick buck by backing long odds on favorites in 2-year-old races. The Fireman did at the gallops, where he splashed then astronomical six-figure sums taking the […]
Trainer Brad Abbott had a $10 bet on his horse Hy Voltage in the 8th race at Menangle on Saturday night. Or at least he thought he did, but when Abbott later checked the ticket he discovered that he had put it on the wrong number by mistake. Abbott went to try and cancel the […]
Here is the in-play odds about Antino during the Toorak. Watch them and weep.
This is Uncle Sam’s manor. Or it used to be, until he lost the farm. Bid with confidence. Motivated seller, needs the cash. Good lawyers don’t come cheap. Especially the silks. Hey it’s only a house. Jesus was born in a barn. The lowest ebb is the turn of the tide.
A mustache is A backward hat For your face by Sam Kilkenny, the poet not the punter You find out who your friends are when you fall. Especially when you fall hard. Sam Kilkenny, the punter not the poet, must be learning that right now. A word of advice to the man, borrowed from Henry […]
Dear REDACTED I am writing to let you know that in the coming days there may be media reporting of an issue that is linked to First Light Racing and other companies and individuals regarding the conduct of former Director Sam Kilkenny. Before I outline the details, I want to first personally assure you that […]
Elusive was having her first start for the Peter Rixon stable in yesterday’s 2nd round heat of the 3YO NDSW Breeders Challenge Fillies heat. Despite her excellent form including 2nds to Vic Oaks finalist Vague Beauty and to 2yoNSW Breeders and Vicbred Super Series runner-up Renewal at her past two starts, somehow the price setter […]
Team Grima pulled a beauty in the 10th race at Menangle today. Our good mate (self-declared) Seaton had 2 runners in the race, Argent Peak and Eagle Watch. He drove Argent Peak. It opened up at $1.45 and blew like a gale out to start at $3.00. Grima put Lleyton Green on Eagle Watch. This […]
