Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
Barry Purdon has drawn first blood over Mark in the massive clash of the brothers this weekend, after his star 3yo colt Cold Chisel overcame an all blue team drive to defeat arch-rival Chase A Dream in the Group 2 Alabar Classic at Alexandra Park tonight. Zac Butcher drove a blinder to get it home […]
We often talk about trainers extraordinary winning strike rates on this site, but none we have ever seen match the numbers being recorded by English trainer Charlie Appleby and stable rider William Buick’s at Meydan racecourse in Dubai. Appleby is training winners to runners this season at the extraordinary strike rate of 44%, a figure […]
NSW trot trainers Jason Grimson and Seaton Grima are making those in the rest of the country look like mugs, with the pair currently sitting 1-2 on the national metro strike rate list of those trainers who have had more than 10 runners in the season. Here is how the list looks: Grimson 45.5% Grima […]
North-West NSW trainer Tom Ison seems to have become the Ben Yole of the boot scooting music capital of NSW, with him turning out 24 of the 89 runners at yesterday’s Tamworth trots, the majority of them owned by Summit Bloodstock and Aaron Bain Racing, and many of them having being formerly trained by Mr […]
How the hell did Sir Jason Grimson put an extra second of speed into the legs of Outside Fighter in the space of a few days, without making any gear changes. No notified ones at least. But there were gear changes, don’t you worry about that. It just wasn’t gear that you can see with […]
Jason Grimson has yet another new addition to his barn having its first start in his colors today in race 7 at Menangle. Somewhat unusually, Grimson has elected to drive it today too. The horse’s name is Outside Fighter. a seven-year-old gelding who has raced 145 times over six seasons for just 12 wins, and […]
We told you in a story published on this site that there would be further twists and turns in the Emma Stewart race day treatment saga, and if the talk on everyone’s lips at the Karaka sale is any indication, the trot world now seems to have caught up with what I was cryptically telling […]
Victorian greyhound trainer Deborah Coleman was at one stage for many years a racing Steward at the dogs in NSW before she jumped the fence to pick up a collar and lead by joining the other side. It seems that the ex-stipe hasn’t quite realised that she’s no longer in charge of meetings any more, […]
Don’t get too excited about your new yearling Jones. The enterprising lawyer’s got plans for you. After reading the news that my long time pest Mark Jones had paid $270 000 for the top priced yearling at the Auckland Standardbred sales yesterday, a mate of mine who is known far and wide as The Enterprising […]
Jason Grimson is just too good for everyone else at the moment. Last night at Menangle, Grimson had 8 starters in 6 races. He won 4 of them, training the quinella in two where he had dual starters. Grimson’s other pair finished 3rd and 4th. Both were big runs. 7 of the 8 runners had […]
