Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
Have you ever noticed how many good horses trained by Luke McCarthy hang in? Kingman does it. Don Hugo does it. King Of Swing used to do it. Captain Bellasario did it last night. It’s weird. Leap To Fame runs as straight as a die. So does Merlin. Paleface used to too. But Luke’s horses […]
I could have sworn that trot trainer Clayton Harmey said he was quitting the game after he got done for a positive swab to Levamisole about 18 months back. In fact fact after he was DQ’s until August 2025 I am certain that he did. Harmey even went as far as selling all his sulkies […]
They’ve taken my career and life away from me. There’s no easy way to put it, I’ve been filthy at the world. I haven’t really shown up to work or been dedicated because I feel like I’ve got nothing to do in racing any more. Baily Wheeler No-one took anything away from Bailey Wheeler, except […]
We are looking for international trackwork riders to join our team at Ballarat, Australia. We can offer an amazing learning experience, great working conditions, flexible hours, on-site accommodation, generous remuneration and the ability to travel. In the first instance, we are seeking potential employees who are eligible for a 417 (Working Holiday) visa. Basic conditions […]
There is a real curious case that the NZ Racing Integrity Board (RIB) are dealing with right now. It involved the former Commonwealth Games weightlifter turned one time jockey cum trainer Cody Cole, who quite amazingly it transpires has almost 100 horses under his care. Cole took a bunch of horses to trackwork at Matamata […]
See the horse buried five back the fence in second last place coming to the turn in the Group 2 Premier Mares Championship last night? That’s General Jen. You wouldn’t have backed her with someone else’s money right there. At the 15o meters mark N40 owner turned trainer Josh Davine must have thought we was […]
The Tony Gollan trained gelding Dranitzelle incurred a proximal spiral stress fracture to the R radius (a long bone) on or about the 12th of May 2025. We don’t know how it happened, because the unacceptably brief Stewards Report into the matter – hidden away in the official report of an unrelated race meeting – […]
COMPULSORY REPORTING OF MAJOR FRACTURES, ORTHOPAEDIC SURGERY AND APPROVAL OF AFFECTED HORSES TO RETURN TO RACING This policy is intended to help identify and manage racehorses that sustain major fractures or undergo major orthopaedic surgery and manage their return to training, galloping, trialling, and racing. Where a horse has sustained a major fracture and/or undergone […]
It was only a trial at the Gold Coast on Tuesday, but gee this 2YO looked good. And with a name like that why wouldn’t he? How gracious of Jay Bellamy was it to name his horse after this website? After all, we named the site after the horse that beat his family’s great champion […]
John Symons and Sheila Laxon had to fight like hell to get their circa half million dollar share of Knight’s Choice’s winning prizemoney for the Melbourne Cup, after RISA and/or Racing Victoria stuffed up and paid it to their old business partner, who trousered the cash. Fortunately for the blissfully happy couple they followed our […]
