Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
This is the public stand at Alexandra Park, photo taken today. It’s about to be knocked down and turned into apartments, developed by an Aussie mob. The money received by the Auckland Trotting Club will hardly be enough to put a dent in the $200 million debt it owes to the banks. I sat it […]
Darren Binskin drove a very weird drive on the odds on fave Wolf Stride in race 5 at Menangle last night. I didn’t like it one little bit. Binskin is in the yellow colours, going back off the gate at the start when he should have gone forward. Watch what happens next, and look at […]
It is a great mate of mine’s birthday today. His ever loving wife has taken him to Uluru for the weekend. He will love it. Britt and Daz gave him an early birthday gift. He will love that too. Tis a Sizzler is a real good horse. My friend is a real great bloke too. […]
We are looking at race 5 at Albion Park last night. Pete ‘Noddy’ McMullen is on the fave Dance In The Sun, in the light blue, white with little red stars colours out the back. It blows from evens ($2.00) out to the $3.50. There is a very good reason for that. Noddy’s not trying. […]
Multiple Inter Dominion winner Natalie Rasmussen is a volunteer at All Stars Stables now is she? Really? I find that very hard to believe. Just as I find her close friendship with the alleged rapist and stood down Albion Park CEO Scott Steele repulsive. Perhaps she would like to explain that one too.
I’m still dirty about this race 35 years later. I had 10 grand on Gay Adam, which as an 18-year-old uni student on Austudy allowance of $100 a week at the time was an absolute fortune. When the Pacesetter’s disco that used to kick off after the last race closed at 3.00am, I was forced […]
A few weeks back we wrote about our concerns that a man named Matthew Peden was both the co-owner of standardbreds with certain people known to be punters or connected to punters, and at the same time employed in a position with the NZ TAB that afforded him managerial responsibility for setting and/or approving the […]
The hot off the press news is that HRV CEO Dayle Brown has resigned from his role, and is moving on to greener pastures. He will be replaced by Stephen Bell, HRV’s Executive General Manager, Racing and Wagering. There will of course be a faux advertisement, application and interview process first. But take it from […]
Dayle Brown is going to rejoin his former close colleague in Hong Kong. All of those who told me that Brown was leaving HRV refused to tell me where he was going. Another source that I contacted overseas told me, but swore me to secrecy. Bloody coppers and coppers sons hey? There were no restrictions […]
Just have a look at this drive at Bathurst on Wednesday night by Blake Micallef on Mister Haywood. It’s the horse in the chocolate brown and lime colours. The one whose head Micallef swings from side to side as he refuses to take the runs that could have won the horse the race. This wasn’t […]
