Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
Former bush jockey and trackwork rider Lauren Abbott has been training for six seasons. Her winning strike rate in the first five of them never climbed above 10%, and 41.7% was best place rate. The most winners that she has ever trained in a full season is 13. Her sixth season – this one – […]
Ray Thomas on Racenet reported yesterday that James Cumming is mentioning Anamoe in the same breath as the legendary English champions Nijinksy and Dancing Brave. Cummings has got to be kidding hasn’t he? Anamoe is a great horse to be sure, and potentially a champion, but at this stage of their respective careers he wouldn’t have […]
Danny Bougoure has been in the wars lately, after being kicked out of his infield stables at Eagle Farm to make room for Annabel Neesham to have some. Matt Rudolph from the BRC that run the track reckoned that D. Bougoure’s strike rate was not good enough to justify him keeping barns there, and as […]
We are two thirds of the way through the harness racing season, and some Premierships appear already won, while others are being closely contested and remain anyone’s to grasp. James Herbertson on 153 is 24 wins ahead of second placed Greg Sugars in the Victorian State Drivers Premiership, with the Candyman 3 wins in front […]
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 […]
