Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
We had a rather good day yesterday. And an even better night. Melbourne Merv did too. He copied our bets in the Group 1’s, and then switched to the Godolphin blue. He’s Sharp and Smart that Butterworth. The crafty young bugger will be a whole lot richer after the Derby on Saturday too. Not that […]
STEWARDS REPORT – RACE 8 8 There’s A Shadow – Shortened stride and appeared injured in the back straight. and lost ground around the second turn. A post-race veterinary examination revealed a nearside front stopper bone injury and stood down from racing for 42 days and will need to perform a veterinary clearance trial. This will […]
Sally McManus (below), the Boxer Boys (above). From left to right, Australian amateur lightweight champion Jack the Ripper, former NSW Heavyweight champion the Balmain Boxer, and weight trainer extraordinaire, great Australian larrikin, gold merchant, and all round top bloke Digger Dave. The little prick on the left backed 3 out of 5, at odds too. […]
Have it win and place. Doubles, trebles and all four. You can’t go wrong. And you won’t. The Kiwi form eats the Australian. And neither Legarto or Prowess will be running in the Oaks. Even if they did they wouldn’t get the distance down a well. Savacat will run the 12 furlongs on her ear, […]
A few weeks ago the NZ Oaks looked a foregone conclusion, with the super smart filly Prowess winning it. Trainer Roger James thought his girl was so good that he put her in the Derby too, and the odds makers made her a close 2nd favorite to the champion Sharp N Smart. Then five days […]
It’s not often we share the same space these days. Had enough of that in our early days, but fate did just that last night. Archie made a pit stop on his way to the Apple Isle for the wedding of his good friends Steve and Chelsea. And I was in Melbourne for a court […]
Did you see the flucs on race 5 at Cranbourne? You’re a bloody idiot if you didn’t. But hey Cracker, I’m just a mug. So is ‘Honest’ Robert Walters. That lawyer bloke standing in front of you yelling out “Ben Yole and his Henchman are C**ts” wasn’t kidding Honest Rob. You know, the fella shouting […]
If there is, I haven’t found it yet. Neither has Chelsea, the owner of the winner. What a shame she’s marrying my mate Steve this weekend. And is madly in love with him. Bugger. Oh well, a five figure win softens the blow. What was that about Archie Butterfly being a mug Cracker? How much […]
No, not the referendum, although in a way it’s related. This one. Anyone who hung around Brisbane bookmaker’s rings when they had one will recognize it for sure. It used to boom out at loud volume, particularly around the stand of rails bookie Lindsay Gallagher (more on him soon). Certain Melbourne bookies who ended up […]
It’s not easy to beat Lloyd Williams. Frank Hudson did. Good bookies never lose, or not in the long run anyway. Not on the book anyway. Cards are different story. He doesn’t know it yet, but I am taking Frank on in a quite probably weekend long game of 7 card stud starting Friday night […]
