Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
The big losers from the decimation of the Breeders Crown series are Emma Stewart and Clayton Tonkin, with the pair set to miss out on millions of dollars as a result of the wholesale cuts to stakes. Tonkin and Stewart have dominated the Breeders Crown in recent years, particularly since the change in dates meant […]
For the jockeys to stop work during the trials today to carry on this meeting, it is just so exceptionally disappointing … I just felt it showed very little care or understanding of the rest of the industry, we (trainers) are annoyed and disappointed at the situation which could have been handled outside of these […]
Four months ago Frankie was the most ferocious dude in town, every town. Everyone was scared of his legendary speed and strength, which he employed to scorch sub 1.50 miles and crush his rivals into the ground. His powers won him the Bonanza and Chariots of Fire, two of the best 4YO races in the […]
Who ever named the pacer Good Times Ahead must have been the optimistic horse owner in the world. Or at least it seemed that way coming into the last race at Gloucester Park last night. Good Times Ahead was now 11 years old, and hadn’t won a race since April 2020, the same month that […]
Just a matter of weeks after Don’t Stop Dreaming was transferred out of the Nathan Purdon barn and into Hayden Cullen’s, we are told that he is moving back into Purdon’s care. What has prompted the change of mind by the owners of the star 4-year-old is unknown, but we are told that it is […]
I will bet you an arm and a leg against a roast chook that Always Smokin suffers a problem in the next few days and gets scratched from the 4YO Championship at Albion Park on Saturday night. It’s London to a brick on. Owner Craig Whiteoak has two runners in the race, Always Smokin and […]
Saturday is the last day of the 2023/2024 country racing season, which means its the last day that the great bush hero Fabs Cowboy will ever step out in a race. The question is, which racecourse will he be bidding us all farewell from? Longreach had been the mail all week, so much so that […]
Australia’s greatest gallops trainer (self professed) Ronald J.W. (Just Wins) Johnson, aka the Brown Rice man, had trained just 2 winners in the past decade coming into last weekend. To be fair to the master multiple Hay Gold Cup winning trainer however, he had only had 26 runners in that 10 years, so his strike […]
Clayton Tonkin had three runners at Melton on Saturday night that started deep in the red. Each one the trio were regarded as being top class. All of them lost. Petracca won the Vicbred Super Series and the Victoria Derby last season. In the Derby it ran 53.98 seconds for the last half over 2760m. […]
Kiwi trainer Mark Jones had to wait a while for it to happen, but with Tempo Warrior’s win tonight at Addington he has finally cracked the 800 career win mark. It’s well known that I am no big fan of Jones, but credit where credit due, 8oo wins is a great achievement and not many […]
