Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
It is probably apropos of nothing after the horse’s abject failure in its second row heat, but the question still remains. How did the QLD Stewards allow the transfer of Captain’s Knock from trainer Brad Hewitt to Jason Grimson half way through the ID26 series? They say it was because Hewitt notified them of transport […]
The mail is that leading Rockhampton trainer Clinton Taylor was riding one out at trackwork on Friday morning (assuming young horse) and it wouldn’t go out on to the track, so he’s got these spurs on it and it was jacking up and carrying out and it’s flipped over on the concrete, cracked it’s head, […]
Premiership winning Townsville trainers Aiden and Georgie Holt have announced that they are moving their racing operation south to Corbould Park on the Sunshine Coast at the end of the year. The partnership has provided a number of reasons for the move, including less travel, greater work-life balance, and more opportunities to work their horses […]
Eligibility for Nomination 119B. Unless the Stewards otherwise approve, a horse shall not be eligible to be nominated for a race unless for a period of at least twenty eight (28) days immediately prior to the date fixed for nomination the horse has been trained by a licensed trainer and that trainer has lodged with the Controlling Body a stable return for that horse. In all my years of watching the trots – and there have been plenty of them – I have never before seen a horse switch stables mid-series in an […]
Captain’s Mistress brains them in the Rising Sun and runs a mile rate of 1.50.3. Leap To Fame holds the track record for the 2138m distance at 1.51.0. Or did until a few minutes ago anyway. Not anymore. Grimson’s mare is better than Larry? Puh-lease. Get out of here. How does that happen? I don’t […]
Luke McCarthy trained the pacer Hesitate until a couple of days ago. Now all of a sudden it is trained by South Island NZ mentor Regan Todd, who just so happens to train the Kiwi superstar Marketplace, which has been staying at Luke’s place for the past month. Marketplace is a huge chance in the […]
Trainer Ben Yole and his driver brother Tim’s appeals against their 3-year-disqualifications have finally been determined. The result? Protest dismissed, Stewards placings confirmed. In other words the Yole’s lost. We don’t know why, because the decisions haven’t been published yet. Our guess is because they were as guilty as sin, and not even Damian “The […]
Leading Perth gallops trainer Grant and Alana Williams were charged with presenting the horse Starry Heights to race in the 2025 Kalgoorlie Cup with the prohibited substance Ritalinic acid in its system. Ritalinic acid is how Ritalin, the stimulant given to kids with ADHD, breaks down in the mammalian body. Horses like humans are mammals. […]
Jason Grimson is not renowned as a trainer of 2-year-olds, and in the past has never trained many before. That may be about to change though if the win of Hes A Dancer on debut yesterday is any indication. Hes A Dancer had trialled 4 times for its previous trainer Michael Hardy, three of them […]
Spirit of Anarchy has had 50 starts both in New Zealand and Australia, and won 10 of them. The horse was trained until a few weeks ago by Victoria’s 3rd leading trainer Brent Lilley, and before that across the ditch by Cran Dalgety, one of the Kiwi’s fined. The fastest winning time he could run […]
