Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
We saw it with Deauville Legend in the Melbourne Cup. Some idiot in the media who hasn’t studied the UK form any closer than looking at the printed results of it’s career form sees Group victories in England, Googles its sire Sea The Stars and realises that it’s the dad of the world’s greatest marathon […]
Can anyone tell me exactly how the wins of the offspring of Captain Treacherous, Downbytheseaside, Sweet Lou and Shadow play afford a timely boost to the Australian standardbred breeding industry? Always B Miki does, because he stands the southern hemisphere season in Australia, but the other four? Give us a break. Captain Treacherous stands all […]
Sometimes when I spot a blatant cheat in a race, my deep but healthy dose of cynicism about all things punt and racing leads me to look for the immediate dollar outcome rather than the one next week. That’s what I did when I wrote that Rod Lakey must have taken a First 4 when […]
https://www-harness-org-au.akamaized.net/vic/ECC31052209.mp4 Ben ‘Chainsaw’ Yole brought two horses all the way from Tasmania last night to race in the 9th at Echuca. One was Machavelli, a 7-year-old rating 37 mare who had won 5 of her 43 starts in the Apple Isle over the past 2 seasons. She was drawn in the one gate and driven by […]
Well I have to say that I have enormous trouble believing this one. Mach the Knife is an 8-year-old retired light bay gelding that was stood down from racing in February, and hasn’t graced a track since. Steeven is a 4YO darkish bay gelding. The don’t look a whole lot alike. Or at all really. […]
Have a look at this race will you. In particular have a close look at the drive on the horse 3 back the fence in the black. Watch it closely over the last 100m, and keep one eye fixed firmly on the driver Rodney Laker. Why did Lakey do that? There can only be one […]
Last night at Hobart the State’s leading trainer Ben Yole had 37 runners across 5 races on the 10 race card. He won just one of them, in a race in which he had 9 of the 12 starters. Ben Yole is a brilliant trainer they say. Some people say Elvis is still alive and […]
The Monday between Derby Day and the Cup is always super slow, and somewhat boring. You can liven it up and build your bank betting on the Kaikoura trots. For those of you unfamiliar with the place, Kaikoura is in the South Island of NZ, north of Christchurch, and it is the most beautiful trot […]
In the past 14 days, Emma Stewart trained horses have competed in 38 pacing races in Victoria. Stewart has won 27 of these 38 races. Her winning strike rate is a barely believable 71.1%. During this two week period the Stewart stable has won $445 310 from these pacing races alone. She has won every […]
The Jean Feiss owned Kiwi 2YO Beckham was huge in his first campaign, finishing 3rd to the smart Seve on debut and then running the unbeaten juvenile superstar Merlin to a half neck at his second run. Trainer Mark Purdon put him away after that, and while he was out in the paddock the then […]
