Yes Thumper, You’re Right
Well, Well, Well – Yin’s Turned Into Yang – And the Boy is Back in Town
We have written a number of times expressing our frustration that earlier in his career talented young Queensland rider Michael Murphy seemed to lack the desire to fulfil his potential as a jockey, and that he seemed to be wanting be somewhere else working in a different job. Well we were right, as for a […]
Little Al’s Fashion For Passion Puts a Bit of Old Spice in Talcum’s Powter – It’s the Mark of a Man
Don’t ever say that little Al Ashwood is not a kind and caring guy. He may have a few issues with anger management, and a lot to learn about how to respect and treat women, but to his owners both current and former he is generous to fault, or so it seems anyway. Little Al […]
Little Al Turns Misters Lucky and Rebel’s Worlds
In 123 starts for its previous trainer Terry Powter, the 8-year-old pacer Mister Rebel had never won in a faster time than 1.59.6. At the time he was sold to successful Victorian owner Mick ‘Mr Lucky’ Falvo a couple of months ago the old gelding had been out of luck for 24 starts straight, and […]
How Much Are We Going to Win by Jumping in With Ray Cross and Ants in the Group 1 Trot on Friday Night? – Whos Countn?
Ray and Janelle Cross – as in love as the very first day they met, or more. How long ago was that? Whos Countn? Ray Cross was old when I was a kid. He still is. 82 years of age Ray is. I remember him racing my Mum and Dad and Uncle John’s horses at […]
How Can Ben Currie Be a Pin-Up Boy For Queensland Racing if They Won’t Give Him a License?
So if, as the QRIC so publicly state, the former State champion Benjamin Mark Currie is not a fit and proper person to hold either a trainer or strapper’s license in Queensland, why does Racing Queensland continue to prominently display his image on it’s website? Either Ben is totally unfit to participate in the sport […]
It Always Sunny at the Sunshine Coast, Except When It’s Not
Brisbane trainer Lindsay Gough doesn’t like it when on the rare occasion we write about him, so we won’t. A picture tells a thousand words. Here is one from the Caloundra races yesterday. To save me the late night abusive phone calls, will someone tell Lindsay that the Stewards published it, not me. Thanks. It […]
Someone Join the Dots For Cam Jones Will Ya – The Bloke Who Only Yesterday Was Telling Everyone That He Was Untouchable is a Wee Bit Slow in the Work it Out Stakes – But DJI Mavic 2 Isn’t – Bzzzzz!
Of all those New Zealand trainers or training combinations that have trained 15 or more winners this year, there are only really three that have recorded winning strike rates of better than one winner in four. They are: The first is the All Stars Stable, which over the course of the season have trained variously […]
Jill’s Genius Shines Through Again – Grimson is the Greatest Trainer That the World Has Ever Seen
Egodan was, until yesterday morning, a washed up veteran 10-year-old pacer who for the past 18 months had been seeing out the final days of his racing career in the back block town of Mildura, up near the NSW/Victoria border where the oranges grow and the green grass and the ice cold glass flow. In […]
Heidi Whalley Kicks Off Her Training Career in the Cannonball
Heidi Whalley is a passionate young horse thoroughbred owner, strapper, and mother who is happily married to jockey James Orman, and madly in love with him to boot. Or she was until Saturday anyway. A strapper that is. Now Heidi is a horse trainer, and she will become a damn fine one too. Reachforthestars – […]