Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
Chris Alford has just produced the drive on the year on the last day of 2021. What the Puppet just did on Amore Vita in the Vicbred 2YO Fillies Super Series final simply takes your breath away. Up and out there all on his own against five Emma Stewart runners and a multitude of different […]
It is entirely fitting that on the last day of the strangest year anyone under the age of 76* has ever seen, a trot track in wee little town called Cumberland, Maine in New England, right at the northernmost point of the United States of America except Alaska, is it putting on the weirdest race […]
With only a day to go until the end of the season, it appears certain that for the first time in memory the super-sire of the 21st century Bettors Delight will not make it into the top 20 US two-year-old sires by average earnings list. Bettors juvenile progeny this year have earned just $7 669 […]
FROM: The Handicapper RE: Prize Money Increases at Albion Park Trots SUBJECT: There Aren’t Any We are pleased to announce that Queensland owners will not have to pay either the additional 2.5% trainers commission being introduced on Saturday, or the 1% animal welfare levy. That’s the good news. The bad news is that you don’t […]
Race 4 – Northern Juvenile Classic It’s not often that I will tip a quinella in a race with the two horses starting the outside of the front row, but I reckon the Big Ba pair of Major Perry and Montana DJ have lengths on the rest of this field. Which one wins? Flip a […]
Do you notice something missing in this Stewards Report from race 3 at Ballarat on Sunday above? The penalty. That’s because there wasn’t one. Not a fine, not a suspension, not even a reprimand rap on the knuckles. That’s outrageous. Craig Demmler came over and in on the leader here when he was clearly not […]
Don’t ever say that little Al Ashwood is not a kind and caring guy. He may have a few issues with anger management, and a lot to learn about how to respect and treat women, but to his owners both current and former he is generous to fault, or so it seems anyway. Little Al […]
In 123 starts for its previous trainer Terry Powter, the 8-year-old pacer Mister Rebel had never won in a faster time than 1.59.6. At the time he was sold to successful Victorian owner Mick ‘Mr Lucky’ Falvo a couple of months ago the old gelding had been out of luck for 24 starts straight, and […]
How many leaders actually win at Gloucester Park? One mate of mine says 80%. Another says 70%. We didn’t think it was that high, so to see if we could settle the debate we thought we would take a look at the December results and see what we could find out. It’s not very scientific, […]
Do you remember the story we wrote about the rumoured return of the fence jumpers last week, and how we put forward the proposition that to eradicate any doubt about whether horses well in the market who perform like mules were got at, any horse who is given a big chance in the betting then […]
