Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
I imagine that Mark Pitt was someone surprised to learn that he trained Shez All Rock in Tasmania when this article by Dave Di Somma was published a few years back. The people at Shepparton where the mare was actually trained would have been too. You can’t blame Dave. He’s from Christchurch. Cantabrians can’t see […]
1 – Troy Walsh, trainer Nick Walsh’s dad 2 – Nick Walsh’s horse Age of Innocence 3 – Trainer Nick Walsh’s brother Nick Walsh is a baby faced kid in his 20’s, who has been training for less than 3 years. He is the new Ben Currie, a genius who can turn a slow horse […]
There is now very strong mail floating about suggesting that ALL of Todd Austin’s gallopers that had trackwork gallops at Birdsville on Tuesday morning were hit with a jigger. In the absence of any photos or footage it is not possible to prove these claims to be true, at least not without a witness statement. […]
What you see above is Todd Austin’s strike rate this season. This below is Austin’s career strike rate. Do you reckon the jiggers work? Yeah, we all do. It because we are not stupid. Only cheats who use jiggers in front of cameras are.
This picture was taken at trackwork at Birdsville this morning. The horse in the picture is ridden by Ric McMahon and trained by Todd Austin. I don’t know which horse it is, but it won’t be hard to identify, for the brand is clear. Look closely at McMahon’s hand, just above where he is holding […]
The horse that Ric McMahon is riding with a jigger in his hand is Hemmerle. Todd Austin is the trainer. It is the topweight in the Birdsville Cup. Or was. All Todd Austin’s horses must be scratched from the meeting, and stood down from racing until the Stewards sort this whole thing out. Hemmerle is […]
https://www-harness-org-au.akamaized.net/nsw/PCM27082208.mp4 When the 15 time Group 1 winner Anton Golino was training the trotter Parisian Artiste it couldn’t go a yard. The horse had 14 starts for him without cracking a win, and ran just 3 placings. Toward the end it was getting beaten in Maidens at Ararat. Yabby Dam Farms sold the gelding as […]
Toby and Trent Edmonds are very smart trainers. They have this smart young three-year-old gelding called Cool ‘N’ Ready. His owners picked him up for just $50 000 at the 2021 Magic Millions sale. Unlike his sire Better Than Ready, the real short distances aren’t this bloke’s go. 1200m – 1400m is his range. Cool […]
Liam Birchley is a great trainer who had it all ripped away from him, or so many thought. He got tangled up in a peripheral association with the Aquanita operation, and on the basis of a couple of innocuous text messages the authorities crucified him, even though he was later found to have nothing wrong. […]
Robert Heathcote pleaded guilty to administering, or causing to administer, a product that is well known to contain cobalt to 23 horses in the space of just 2 months. His disciplinary history showed that he had been convicted of like offences before, and was thus a repeat offender. Many trainers with no disciplinary history at […]
