Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
The biggest plunge seen at the WA trots for a long time landed last night on race 7 at Gloucester Park. Rolling Fire was the horse’s name, and it was backed from $81 into $10. It should have been too. This race was a boatie. For the uninitiated, a boatie means the raced was fixed. […]
De La Tourbie gave ground from the 600m. It underwent a post-race veterinary examination which revealed no abnormalities. A warning was issued in relation to it’s performance. Bullshit. Absolute and utter bullshit. De La Tourbie won the race, on its ear. It didn’t lose ground it made it, and there was no vet exam or […]
So without even looking at the betting records, or hauling the suspect drivers of the horses involved into the room and grilling them, the RWWA Stewards headed by the recent law graduate Chris Courtland (pictured above) decide that everything about the most blatant boat race in living memory run last night is all just tickety […]
I have no Guinness Book of Records at hand, and the 50 years worth of harness racing yearbooks are stored over at the clubhouse at the long closed track, so I can’t be sure, but I reckon Ben Yole might has set a world first in harness racing last night at Launceston. The first trainer […]
Today at Menangle we saw the inaugural running of the heats of the Nutrien sale race series. All of the now 2YO’s that competed in the heats were sold at the very first Nutrien standardbred yearling sale ever held in this country, which was in Melbourne last year. The juveniles sold at that sale are […]
Movement at the Station 1? There is talk that Mark Purdon might take a step back from race driving, and leave it to the youngsters. The word is that Blair Orange may be becoming the no1 stable driver, and Zac Butcher the no2, with a license to roam as a freelancer when not required by […]
After a horrid run of 34 tips that failed, Marvellous Merv has finally broken the drought. Granted he did it with an odds on pop, but as my old mate the Poo always used to say, any price a winner. Merv’s got another one for you on Thursday night at Auckland. His great pacer Copy […]
South Australian trot lover Dom Barbaro was a very close friend of Vinnie Knight’s. In fact he gave the eulogy at Vin’s funeral. A few months ago Dom went to join his great mate at the great paceway in the sky. This was his funeral. Rest in Peace.
$320 000 – Erupt Stride (Emilio Rosati) I am not quite sure why Emilio paid a third of a million for this colt by Bettors out of an American Ideal mare. The family’s good, but gee it’s hard to win $400 000 to get your purchase price, the flight over to Australia, and your training […]
If you run the song from the 3 minute 30 second mark it might just remind you of Sydney, or Melbourne even. The song’s a big hit at Woodend Beach too I hear. A Grammy Award surely awaits.
