Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
The NSW breeding industry is the big winner from the announcement, with breeders given the incentive of $2250 for every live foal bred from a NSW-based mare and an Australian or New Zealand stallion based in the state. The breakdown of payments starts with $250 for a 42-day positive test for mares located in NSW, […]
Oh dear. What sort of drive was this by Greg Sugars on the $1.35 favourite La Captain in the 8th race at Ballarat last night? It was all pretty early, with the Candy Man popping the 3’s on shot off the rail into the running line, and then shooting it around the field toward the […]
The world famed Neighbours soapie is soon coming to an end. Let’s hope the spirit of the trots isn’t. This is how it used to be, and is some places like Knight Street, Redcliffe still is. They say Ellis Street is still hanging on too. That would be good. This is what the trots is […]
You have to be above fifty to remember Vinnie Knight, and understand what a rock star he was in a sport that never really had them before, and hasn’t really since. Vinnie was a wrong gee, a doper, horse hooker and gambler, a bloke who was tied up with all the wrong people and trapped […]
How good is the Million Dollar Chase? I’m not just talking the race, which is an absolute cracker. It’s the whole concept and the promotion that really pushes my buttons. Fox Footy are going to flick straight to Wenty after the main match on Saturday night to cover the race. When’s the last time you […]
What the hell was Sofia Arvidsson doing here? She is on the $1.33 fave Dance Secret in a very weak 7 horse race. It gallops out for no seeming reason at all. Arvidsson is out the back and there is nothing to her inside or outside, or anywhere around. Instead of just steadying it back […]
The last at Globe Derby last night was a weird one. It’s a three horse race. There were six, but Gaita Pullicino scratched one of hers, and Shane Loone pulled out two of his. That gave them both a run in a race that wouldn’t have been one of their scratched horses hadn’t accepted to […]
I’m on a mission to dig up the truth You think we’re stupid and there’s no proof Well let me tell you that the time has come To pull the trigger on the smoking gun Lies lies lies lies lies lies lies I’m on a mission to bring out the facts You got your stories […]
I cannot believe what I am reading here. This is a message to harness racing from the Chairman of the Board (pictured above). If HRNZ were fair dinkum it would be John Coulam’s farewell note as Chairman as well. The depth of his lack of understanding of the realities of modern racing are astounding. What […]
This is the time my Uncle Jimmy’s horse ran over the mile on the grass track at Warwick in 1926. It was flying for those days. He held the track record for years. I’ve still got the ribbon. It was passed down through the generations as a family treasure, and remains one of my most […]
