Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
90 horses went through the auction ring at yesterday’s Nutrien Sunshine Stars sales (91 if you count Dean Barings disappeared Lot 90 filly). Only 50 of the 90 (or 91) were sold. That’s a clearance rate of just over 50%. Meaning almost half of the yearlings went home with their breeder. I always thought sales […]
Lot 90 was sent into the sale ring at yesterday’s Nutrien Sunshine Stars auction. The filly attracted bids up to $8 000 but didn’t reach its reserve. Then it disappeared. She is not in the catalogue anymore. On the results list (photo at top of story) she is shown as having been withdrawn. It’s not […]
There are a million ways for a punter to lose their money. Here is yet another one. This is race 7 at Alexandra Park on Friday night and the horse we are watching is Run Forrest Run. It has had a comfortable sit three back in the running line in a weak race, and when […]
What a wonderful success the Ultimate Drivers Championship was on every level. The crowds came back to Albion Park, the series gained free publicity around the world, and the buzz around the UDC was palpable. This was reflected in the most important statistic of all, the betting turnover. For the sake of the exercise we […]
In a week of trading places and musical chairs, we can add one more. Albion Park CEO Ken Rutherford (pictured above in his cricketing days) resigned from his job yesterday too. Unlike Peter Gleeson’s departure from the top job at the QLD Greyhound Racing Club, Rutherford’s forthcoming departure will be on excellent terms and he […]
Captain Ravishing’s transfer to the Jason Grimson barn is not the only change for the star pacer. He has a new owner too. A lucky one at that. According to the form guide cricket tragic Mick Andreadis has taken over ownership of the Captain from Hass Taiba, which comes as somewhat of a surprise given […]
Back in April last year we wrote a story about country trot trainer Dwayne Brown’s horse Princess Remi having thrown a positive swab to a painkiller. The story was correct that the Stewards had summoned Brown to explain why the anti-inflammatory painkiller Naproxen had been found in his horse’s swab. That they did indeed. The […]
Franco Tyson was backed for plenty to win the 3rd race at Penrith last night, firming from $4.40 into $1.90 with plenty more money coming for it on Betfair. The flood of money for it seemed strang, given that the Brian Portelli trained pacer had raced 23 times for just 2 wins, and had at […]
A week ago we told you that we didn’t quite believe the official reason for a trotter named Tedesco blowing from odds on out to $4.40 and getting beaten. Our view was that it got rolled because of the David Moran drive. I reckon we were right too. Last night Tedesco was backed from $2.50 […]
Remember our story The Sussest Race in the World, in which we told you a couple of weeks ago about the rort the Reece Moore stable pulled to get their odds-on favorite beaten by one of the stablemates in a race in which Moore had four of the six runners? The odds on fave that […]
