Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
Can anyone in the world explain why Celine Gaudray elected to take a sit on Buffalo River in the Victoria Handicap on Saturday at Caulfield? It seems insane given that 6 of of Buffalo River’s 8 Australian wins have come when it has led, and the other two came when it was positioned in 2nd […]
The greyhound meeting at Sandown Park on Sunday looked suspiciously like a gallops program run on the poly track at the Gold Coast. There were 9 races run on the program. Only one of them had a full field of eight starters. One other had 7 runners. All the rest had fields of 6 or […]
The boffins at Racing Victoria very rarely get their big ideas right. For proof look at the now abandoned mandatory scanning of international runners in the Melbourne Cup; the now abandoned ‘race only 6 days a week’ policy; the now abandoned whip-free race meeting; the all but abandoned idea to build a new national peak […]
There is increasing speculation in racing circles that if Gillon McLachlan is proven to have knowledge of the AFL’s drug testing cover-up practices – and to date he hasn’t been – it may cost him the long-mooted Chairman’s role at Racing Victoria. Racing is a sport that is dependent both on being free of drugs, […]
Race 1 at Melton was the biggest boatie I have ever seen in my life, I’m not pointing the finger of blame at any particular driver and saying they were responsible, I am just saying that this race was red hot and ten times hotter again. Take a look at the fluctuations. Little Louie was […]
Many people in racing are a bit confused by the reports of the Darren Weir & ors case, and can’t really follow the play. So we’ve decided to try and make it a bit easier to understand. The rule that Weir and the others are charged with is rule 229(1)(b), which is detailed below in […]
It is very, very difficult to see how the outside horse Wolfy could have won this race at Caulfield yesterday. Sure camera angles can be deceiving, but how is that not the inside horse Furious’nose that hit the line first here? Punters are blowing up all over the country about the judge’s decision. So they […]
The Highlight Reel wasn’t the only unraced Emma Stewart 2yo to look like a potential superstar at the trials. Another colt named Apollostorm did it too. This one, like his stablemate, beat the older 3yos senseless, absolutely pulverized them. He ran the mile in 1.55.4, with final splits slower that The Higlight Reel but almost […]
The Victorian government’s recently introduced laws prohibiting betting on outcomes that relate to the outcome of the performance of an individual minor (age 19 or below) in a sports betting event has sunk the century old tradition of punting on the foot races at the Stawell Gift, with the organisers of the event deciding that […]
Victorian racing identity Jonathon Munz got a bit of his own this morning when the coup he led against the Racing Victoria board fell flat on its face, with the man who sacked Craig Williams from Giga Kick’s team winning only 3 votes out of 35, leaving them well short of the 24 votes required […]
