Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
Leap To Fame is probably the best pacer that Queensland has seen since Black’s A Fake, and Mr Feelgood (a US import), and Be Good Johnny, and Wondai’s Mate before that. It’s esteemed company. He belongs in it. For the first 2400m I thought that Grant Dixon had driven the brilliant colt like a lunatic […]
Merv Butterworth is one of the smartest owners in the Southern Hemisphere. He has a great eye for a horse. It’s just a shame that he’s such a terrible tipster. None from thirty is Merv’s current record, but he has consistently claimed that good things come to those who wait, and the punting is a […]
Call me weird, but when I am swearing an affidavit about a major client, I try to get their names right. I believe it is both respectful and professional. My litigious friend Dean Baring obviously doesn’t share my view about the importance of the practice, for what you see above is taken from his somewhat […]
This is a missive from a reader who knows more about harness racing in their little finger than most of us know in our whole bodies, talking about our story yesterday criticising the decision to allow the maiden pacer Bear’s Best to race in consecutive days Oh well, I don’t mind being proven wrong Apologies […]
27 August 2009 Stewards today concluded an Inquiry in to an analyst’s report that the pre race blood sample taken from ‘LUCY KATE SHANNON’, which competed in Race 3 at the Gold Coast meeting held on 17 July 2009, was found to contain an elevated TCO2 level above the allowable threshold. Initial evidence was taken […]
Another daughter of Albatross! If you buy Hayley Franco just make sure that you save enough in the budget to pay for a party. She turns 21 on New Year’s Eve. Summerline threw 2 winners six and seven years ago. One of them won 1 from 38. She’s only 20 next year so you’ve got […]
Here is one for the ladies. Electric Cat. The sixth linear descendant of Dillon Hall x Aegean in a row never to race. The Chinese say that seven is a lucky number, so put her to the cream coloured buckskin stallion Arctic Cat (2 starts, no wins or placings) and you will get a double […]
Look at this one. A 13-year-old grand-daughter of Albatross! I didn’t know they still existed. This APG online sale is like a stroll down memory lane. Here is an 18YO half-sister to Bold Nello, who won 5 races at Harold Park. Remember the saucer? Nah, you probably weren’t born. Bold Nello won four at the […]
Is this a joke? I saw the filly All Eyes On Me win the Gold Coast Oaks at Parklands in the year that Brew won the Melbourne Cup, the same year as the Sydney Olympics. Peter Greig drove her I think, the same as he did when she ran 3rd to Tupelo Rose in the […]
These are genuine photograph’s of Ben Yole’s training establishment in northern Tasmania. How on earth do the Tasmanian welfare authorities allow him to get away with treating racing standardbred horses like this? It’s shameful.
