Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
How does this make any logical sense at all? LL Cool J is drawn in gate 3 off the front row. Deus Ex is drawn 2 off the back row. The first time they score up LL Cool J gallops and interferes with the horse drawn behind it Colt Thirty One, and with Deus Ex […]
Terry French was just a no-name battling trainer with a poor strike rate until young trainer Alex Ashwood – the man with the highest strike rate of runners to winners in Victoria this season – started dating his daughter. In the four seasons between 2016/17 and 2019/20* French trained just 21 winners in total, at […]
Alex Ashwood at 34.8% has the best winning strike rate of any trainer in Victoria, better than Emma Stewart, better than David Aiken, better than Andy Gath, better than Anthony Butt and Sonia Smith, better than anyone at all. In fact Ashwood’s win rate is so impressive that he would damn near be a certainty […]
Line Up was very plain at Menangle. Some fair judges I know were talking this dual Derby winner up as an Inter Dominion chance only a week or two ago. I hope they didn’t back him pre-post in the all in market, for on the strength (or more correctly, weakness) of this run I reckon that if […]
James McPherson is one of the Turbo Trainor associates who had his phone seized at Menangle recently. He is not having a very good month. In fact when it comes to appearances in the Stewards room McPherson is not having a very good year at all. I won’t regale you with the finer details of […]
Sorry I forgot to mention that James McPherson also appealed against a 14 day suspension he received three days later at the Riverina. Once again he didn’t show up or lodge any material, but this time Mr Armati and Mr Ellis elected not to increase the penalty when dismissing his appeal. I would have. The […]
James McPherson was recklessly indifferent to both his rivals and to the Racing Appeals Tribunal, and he deserved everything he got, and probably more. That’s coming anyway, it is only a matter of time now (watch this space). But gee he was harshly done by in comparison to two other drivers in the race, Todd […]
If the barrier draw procedure for the $50 000 Peak of the Creek final tonight seems mad, that is because it is. Fancy letting the heat winners select their own draws. It is almost as silly as allowing the fastest hear winners first pick. What hope do the horses that didn’t win a heat have […]
Am I the only one who holds huge questions about Jack Laugher’s drive on the $1.25 favourite Captain Bellasario in the 7th race at Yarra Valley yesterday afternoon? If so, then in my view the world is drunk and the people are mad. Jack Laugher is a top class driver, number three in Victoria, the […]
Remember this story we told you a fortnight ago? Well it wasn’t wrong. The horse that Dick drove against to dig in a hole was Asterism. Last night with no rival reinsman trying to murder it Asterism came out and won easily at Tamworth. Funny that. Or not. Good on you Dick. You are a […]
