Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
Since the 14th of March this year there have been 31 Group Three races run at Menangle. Each of these races were worth $30 600 in total, and $15 600 to the winner. Horses trained by Craig Cross have won 25 of them. 25 out of 31! That is a winning strike rate of 81%. […]
Who is the father and son team that are staying at Victorian trot trainer Matt Craven’s place and helping to work his horses in the morning? What are they most famous for? When is Amanda Turnbull going to be charged over Nathan Jack looking after her horses in Adelaide? What possible defense can she raise […]
I am researching a story about a bum trainer from Gawler named Aaron Bain, who has come from nowhere to become one of the biggest players in four state Australian harness racing, and has a whole lot of links to horses that suddenly grow legs, and to trainers with massive question marks over them like […]
Here is my humble opinion on this debate. Natalie Rasmussen was taking care of business in coming out and forcing Copy That wider, and David Butcher made a huge error in going back to the rails to follow the leader. Even Natalie Rasmussen took three looks at him to say how wonderful that is! Maybe […]
Regular reader Nev Black sent the missive below in reply to a comment I made about Copy That being a tragedy beaten in the Great Northern Derbyt earlier in the year. I thank Nev greatly for taking the time to write in with his views – feel free to do so too at any time […]
Leopards don’t change their spots, and neither do crooked vets and cheating trot trainers. Dr Ron Lloyd is a crooked vet, wretched to the core. He is disqualified from harness racing until November 2026 after returning three positive swabs in five years as a trainer. Lloyd served a year for clenbuterol – an airway opener; […]
Pearls For Tash was what we used to call in less politically correct days a poofter. It was a terrible turn of phrase when you think about it, and totally incorrect, as Ian Roberts proved. Plus she’s a mare. So in the spirit of the day, and with all due respect, I will just say […]
EPO is Erythropoietin, a hormone produced by the kidney and liver that sparks the multiplication of the the number of red blood cells in the body, horse or human. If you have more red blood cells than the bloke next to you, then you can process more oxygen than he can. That means that you […]
The battle weary 8YO pacer Readily isn’t quite what you would call a commercial proposition as a race horse. In fact he would probably be fairly described as an absolute cat. Prior to yesterday old Readily had raced 198 times around a paceway, and hadn’t won in his last 58 of them, which you would […]
