God Bless the Punter
They say should pray for the dead. I say the living are few, but the dead are many. Just look at some of the rides and drives we have seen lately. There is no need to pray on Derby Day. We’ve got it covered.
The Best Horse in Australia is in New Zealand – You Can Be Self-Assured of That – Just Don’t Forget the Little Pretty Girl Sitting Quietly Out the Back – FIRST PUBLISHED 3 OCTOBER 2020
Is there a harness racing fan in the Southern Hemisphere who isn’t looking forward to the three-headed clash between Ride High, Lochinvar Art and Self-Assured? Oh man, how good is this going to be? The three best pacers of their generation – perhaps the greatest generation ever – going e mano a mano in a […]
You Can’t Get Blood Out of a Stone – Or Cash From a Waterhouse
NOTE: This summary is not a substitute for the published reasons for judgment of the Court, nor may it be used in any later consideration of those reasons. The only authoritative pronouncement of the Court’s reasons and conclusions is that contained in the published reasons for judgment. Today Judge Barlow QC, in the District Court, […]
Racing.Com Kick Cox Plate Day Off With a Shocker – But Not Us – A Glass of $19 Semillion Anyone?
Having a camera truck blocking the vision of the race was not the greatest start to Moonee Valley’s biggest day of the year. Give yourselves an uppercut racing.com. Not all of us started the day so badly though. A glass of $19 Semillion anyone?
A Quick Tip
Put an English galloper named SAREEHA into your black book. The next time it appears in the UK – which I suspect will be in 3-6 weeks, and in a race over a distance of between 1300m and 1600m – back it with extreme confidence, and load up. Just make sure that you back it […]
All Horse Players Die Broke
Jim Pike, rider of Phar Lap, horse player. Pike was once the richest man in racing. He died in a rented room of an apartment building that he used to own, before he knocked it off on the punt. It is during the last race meeting at Saratoga, and one evening I am standing out […]
You Can Only Hope That Corey Johnson Copped a Good Sling – He’ll Need It For His Unplanned Holiday – FIRST PUBLISHED 25 JUNE 2021
The South Australian stewards aren’t happy with the drive of Corey Johnson on the Frank Pullicino trained Ghent in the first race at Globe Derby, and have convened an inquiry into it. I don’t blame them. The last time Ghent led in a race was 20 starts ago, back in December last year. On that […]
Doug Unplugs – The Plunge of the Year Misses
The Graham Dwyer stable punters dropped out of trees to back Doug to win the last at Albion Park last night. $10 into $3.40 he firmed on Sportsbet, and was even shorter at the end with other agencies. God only knows what inspired the plunge, given that Doug was racing two of the best three […]
The Drive of the Year, The Only Bookie in Town, and the Rising Sun – Copy That?
For near on 2 years I have been telling you and anyone else who will listen that the Kiwi pacer Copy That is a superstar. After his win in the Wondai’s Mate at the Creek last night I won’t need to say it anymore. You saw it as well as I did. (If you didn’t […]
It’s Only a Bloody Shark Billy – There Are Plenty of Them Out There – Just Ask the Boys From Pointsbet (First Published 13 February 2020)
Well sportsfans, it seems that poor old Billy Moore is deathly afraid of sharks, which is probably why he never played for Cronulla. What the hell is wrong with the so-called Origin hard man though? My mate Bunger Johnson who trained Flashing Red to win a million Group 1’s is about 103 years old, and […]