Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
Is trainer Lachie Manzelmann’s dominance of the numbers in bush racing a good thing or a bad? Manzelmann had 14 of the 27 runners on the five race card at Moranbah yesterday. He had 5 of the 6 in race one, 3 of 5 in race two, 2 of 4 in race three, 3 of […]
While the cats were all away watching the Cup week races, the mice came out to play at the Redcliffe trots. The mice in this case being crafty Peter Greig and his group of punters, who pulled off the most daring plunge all week, with virtually no-one noticing except the bleeding bookies. The Real Vanessa […]
There are rumors floating around in Queensland racing circles that a greyhound trainer in the south-east corner was yesterday caught live baiting. We don’t have the trainer’s name or the full details yet, but the whispers are very strong. One can only hope for the good of the game that it’s not true. Time we […]
There were eight acceptances for the Open Handicap at Cairns yesterday. Five of them were horses owned by Tom Hedley. Two of the Hedley horses were scratched on Thursday shortly after it became clear that there were enough acceptances (min 5) to run the race. Another Hedley owned horse was pulled out of the race […]
(a) The Opening Night Ghost Town Gee that’s a great turnout for the opening night of the World Drivers Championship isn’t it? Brad Steele has done a fine job of drumming up interest and excitement about the series. Not. Brisbane’s Ultimate Drivers Challenge puts it to shame. Not because its a better series with better […]
They do things a bit different in Sweden don’t they? This is how they train them at Hall of Famer Bjorn Goop’s place. Goop trained 501 winners in a season once so the method obviously works. I’m not sure the Stewards in Australia would approve. Or that local trainers would try it. They should. Good […]
Jockey Andrea Atzeni (pictured) Horse trainer Graham Begg comes across as an affable type of bloke, always calm and polite. He seems like the type of bloke who would take a lot to upset. UK jockey Andrea Atzeni managed it. Take a listen to Beggsy get stuck into him. Stamp his card NEVER TO RETURN.
Archie What know for the ex-trainer Austin who is at the track every morning training out of a car hiding behind the steering wheel? It will be interesting to see what or who takes the horses that are still at Austin’s property without a trainer officially attached to them. Or maybe just maybe the Stewards […]
We are back and the Panel is about to hand down its decision. Judge O’Brien delivers the verdict. First he steps us through the history of Todd Austin’s disqualification. We learn that Austin’s penalty was reduced from a 5-year DQ until a 3-year DQ after discussions between the parties, which appears a most unusual agreement […]
Jim Murdoch KC is not a quitter, even when handicapped by a cold, which the Magic Man sounds like he might be at the moment. He regroups, changes track, and tries again. Murdoch can’t remember the Price matter. That is because he didn’t write Price’s submissions, we did. It was a shy at the stumps, […]
