Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
Liam Birchley was one of Queensland’s top trainers before the executioners from Victoria cut his career down without proper cause, and tried to grind it into dust. As you may recall, Birchley was the innocent victim of the Aquanita purge, a man accused of racing crimes that he didn’t commit and never did. He was […]
It was all happening at Tambo on the weekend – a lavish luncheon provided by the local ICPA branch for Ladies Day at the races, and the Country Queensland Premiership winners being finalised both on the track there and further north at Corfield. Both country jockey and trainer premierships went down to the wire, with […]
Step up to me, you city gentsAnd I’ll clean your shoes for fifteen centsI’ll fix your tie, you’ll look a smashIf you don’t mind, I’ll take the cash St Louis – Written by George Young of ACDC, sung by the Easybeats Mark Currie carved them up in the Provincial trainers premiership with 88 winners for […]
They say that the simmering feud between Jason Grimson and the Butts blew up big time in the Creek Bar on Saturday night, with fisticuffs being exchanged between the warring parties. Eyewitnesses to the fracas say that Grimson punched Kate Butt’s new boyfriend big time – assaulted him so to speak – while Jack Callaghan […]
1.1 Background The intention of this policy is to outline to all industry stakeholders the circumstances where the Harness Racing Victoria (HRV) Stewards require the prior disclosure of the intended tactics to be employed in a race. 1.2 Objectives The objectives of this policy are to: Protect the integrity of the Victorian Harness Racing Industry […]
Everyone’s favorite Woodend Beach based trainer John ‘Lurch’ Dunn employs the young driver Devon van Til (pictured below), or at least his father John and wife Jenna do, or anyway that’s what the registration books say. Yeah right, whatever. According to this article above, Van Til’s 1st introduction to harness racing was when Lurch let […]
I wrote a story three months ago declaring that if Queensland greyhound trainer Johnny ‘JC’ Catton (pictured at top) could win first up with his dog Little Byrnes at the age of 4 years and 2 months old, after 172 injury enforced days away from the track, he would be a miracle maker. He wasn’t. […]
Reg Fleming, the greatest trainer there never was Re: Cummings. I think Reg Fleming is a genius. Nigel Blackiston is still battling along, and Leon Corstens could never get the mix right once he departed the kennel. Never thought it had much to do with the Cummings really at all. And I grew up next […]
This is hot off the press from Lucky Lingard’s ever excellent letsgohorseracing.com.au website. Is it true? We don’t know. But we have been hearing rumors about a split in the Godolphin camp for some time, so part 1 at least seems likely. We prefer not to write about Tony Gollan at all because we don’t […]
This is the training facility of leading US trot trainer Nancy Takter. How bloody good is it? You’d cut off your left leg to have one like it. Winners win. It’s because they spend the money on places like this to make sure they do. Wow. This joint of Nancy’s is sensational.
