Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
“There are three things all wise men fear: the sea in storm, a night with no moon, and the anger of a gentle man.” — Patrick Rothfuss, The Wise Man’s Fear “There is a fourth. Leap To Fame.” – Reverend Archibald J. Butterfly, Jason Without the Juice Jason Grimson has no difficulty talking a big game. […]
South Australian gallops trainer Ryan Balfour’s escalating pattern of erratic and aggressive behavior has taken a new twist after he was this week arrested and charged with serious criminal trespass and assault against his equally unbalanced estranged brother Todd, himself a former trainer who shot to national infamy this year after he pulled down the […]
On Tuesday morning officers from the QRIC Compliance Assurance Team (CAT) rocked up to the stables of trainer Ryan Tyrell to conduct an inspection of his two runners at Gatton later in the day. What they found was a pair of horses looking like junkies who’d run out of veins in their arm and resorted […]
Many good judges rate Nick Ryan back in his riding days as the best apprentice of his generation, an elite class kid in his riding days who would have been a Melham or Williams if he hadn’t grown big so fast and got too heavy. That may be well true, but to me Ryan’s just […]
These two horses that you see in the before and after pictures above are Phondle and Vampire Kisses, although we are not sure which is which in the photos. The pictures at the top are taken before they joined the stable of country QLD trainer Brendon Newport about 7-9 weeks ago, the ones below are […]
The official Stewards report seriously downplays the seriousness of the injury. It refers to the young horse breaking gait twice without mentioning why, even though it notes that Kasheeper was transported to the equine hospital for treatment, and then it goes on to say that a vets certificate is required prior to the horse being […]
Trainer Brad Abbott had a $10 bet on his horse Hy Voltage in the 8th race at Menangle on Saturday night. Or at least he thought he did, but when Abbott later checked the ticket he discovered that he had put it on the wrong number by mistake. Abbott went to try and cancel the […]
Emma Stewart has 7 of the 12 runners in the Derby. The most favored of them Best Deal leads off the gate. It’s stablemate Some American comes around it and crosses to the front. Storm Ryder, Miki To Success, and Bay Of Biscay sit 1-1, 1-2 and 1-3. Stewart controls the race and the pace […]
The Idiot of the Week award goes to NSW greyhound trainer Jason O’Malley. O’Malley was called in by the GWIC to answer a charge that he had made a false statement to Stewards about not having a criminal record. Any person with half a brain would have known that the stipes wouldn’t have charged them […]
The 6-year-old trotting mare Rush had won only 4 races from 49 starts when it was transferred to the stable of everyone’s favorite NZ trainer and fighter Mark Jones about 6 weeks ago, and its career prizemoney was just a tick over $40 000. Since coming to the Jones boy as lowly rating 40 something […]
