Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
They’ve taken my career and life away from me. There’s no easy way to put it, I’ve been filthy at the world. I haven’t really shown up to work or been dedicated because I feel like I’ve got nothing to do in racing any more. Baily Wheeler No-one took anything away from Bailey Wheeler, except […]
We are looking for international trackwork riders to join our team at Ballarat, Australia. We can offer an amazing learning experience, great working conditions, flexible hours, on-site accommodation, generous remuneration and the ability to travel. In the first instance, we are seeking potential employees who are eligible for a 417 (Working Holiday) visa. Basic conditions […]
There is a real curious case that the NZ Racing Integrity Board (RIB) are dealing with right now. It involved the former Commonwealth Games weightlifter turned one time jockey cum trainer Cody Cole, who quite amazingly it transpires has almost 100 horses under his care. Cole took a bunch of horses to trackwork at Matamata […]
See the horse buried five back the fence in second last place coming to the turn in the Group 2 Premier Mares Championship last night? That’s General Jen. You wouldn’t have backed her with someone else’s money right there. At the 15o meters mark N40 owner turned trainer Josh Davine must have thought we was […]
The Tony Gollan trained gelding Dranitzelle incurred a proximal spiral stress fracture to the R radius (a long bone) on or about the 12th of May 2025. We don’t know how it happened, because the unacceptably brief Stewards Report into the matter – hidden away in the official report of an unrelated race meeting – […]
COMPULSORY REPORTING OF MAJOR FRACTURES, ORTHOPAEDIC SURGERY AND APPROVAL OF AFFECTED HORSES TO RETURN TO RACING This policy is intended to help identify and manage racehorses that sustain major fractures or undergo major orthopaedic surgery and manage their return to training, galloping, trialling, and racing. Where a horse has sustained a major fracture and/or undergone […]
It was only a trial at the Gold Coast on Tuesday, but gee this 2YO looked good. And with a name like that why wouldn’t he? How gracious of Jay Bellamy was it to name his horse after this website? After all, we named the site after the horse that beat his family’s great champion […]
John Symons and Sheila Laxon had to fight like hell to get their circa half million dollar share of Knight’s Choice’s winning prizemoney for the Melbourne Cup, after RISA and/or Racing Victoria stuffed up and paid it to their old business partner, who trousered the cash. Fortunately for the blissfully happy couple they followed our […]
Read your story about Liam Birchley with interest and agree he was badly done over by a steward who was obviously a complete dictator. Agree Liam was always a master 2yo trainer and winning the Karaka Millions for the 3rd time is a brilliant achievement. One of his best 2YO wins in the last 12 months […]
Liam Birchley is a great trainer, and an even better bloke. He is true Australian too. The wannabe coppers at Racing Victoria back in the day took him without any evidential basis for everything that he had, and kicked him out on his own. Liam was down, but he never bit the dust. Men of […]
