Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
How do I say this without painting myself as a hypocrite, or pissing people off? There is no way do it, so I just will. I love Swayzee. He is my sort of horse. Tough, gutsy, versatile. Heart like Phar Lap. Yeah f0r sure he races on, or has at stage raced on, something that […]
Last week we told you about the absolutely incredible and amazing performance improvement of a mare named Shes A Warrawee since it came to QLD and the Mitchell Dawson stable. This Shit Ain’t Real – But it Is We told you that what had just happened by the mare wasn’t real. Horses don’t get that […]
A stud quarterback is the best playmaker in the NFL, someone like Joe Montana, Tom Brady, Peyton Manning or Brett Favre. The best of the best. When it comes to harness racing drivers Luke McCarthy is the stud. He showed it again in the Shepparton Cup last night. McCarthy didn’t just out-drive Grant Dixon, he […]
Dean Chapple is a drug cheat. We all know that. I wouldn’t give two cents for the bloke. He’s a plucky little rooster though, that I gave to give him. Chapple came back last night from his long spell for giving a shot horse painkillers. Bang. A winner from his first drive. Buddy Perfect. That […]
Paleface winning the 1973 NSW Derby, run over 2300m What the hell is the go with all these top class races around the country being reduced to miles? First we had the Bendigo Cup cut back to 1609m, although they ended up running it over 1720m at Melton when the meeting got moved because of […]
The word out of Victoria is that the reason that the Shepparton Cup isn’t the race of the year that it was going to be if Swayee was in it is because either the Victorian or NSW authorities – we don’t know which – refused to grant Jason Grimson an A-Grade license that would allow […]
Back to Jason Grimson’s incredible 5 for 5 record at Menangle last Saturday night, and I want to talk again about Rakero Rocket’s amazing win in 1.47.3 at his first start for the master trainer’s stable. I heard last night that it was the second fastest time ever run in Australia, behind only My Field […]
Saturday night’s Shepparton Cup is not the clash of the Titans that it was talked up to be, but gee it’s going to be a good race. Leap to Fame v Kingman. Forget the rest. Kingman is drawn 1, Larry is two outside him in 3. The nation’s pre-eminent trot writer Adman Hamilton wrote during […]
The word out of the land of the J0hns brothers is that a horse trained by popular young Hunter Valley trot trainer Grace Panella has thrown a positive to methamphetamine, aka ice. It’s a real shame, because young Grace is not known to be a drug user, but obviously someone who has touched the horse […]
The case of NSW harness racing trainer Michael Osborn is an unusual one. Osborn’s horse Reasonably Sweet threw a positive swab after win at Tamworth to, of all things, nicotine. Now I have never heard of a horse being doped with nicotine before, and to give one it in the volume required to improve performance […]
