Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
Insiders have been puzzled as a senior racing figure left Flemington after spending a decade climbing the ranks. A high ranking racing official has departed Flemington after more than a decade to “explore new opportunities”. The Victoria Racing Club confirmed on Thursday that Peter Mineo had left his senior role, which was crucial to delivering […]
How often is it that you see Emma Stewart take four horses to the track to run in four races and come away with no wins and just two thirds? Not very often is the answer. She should have won one – and would have if Mark Pitt hadn’t made the wrong decision to pull […]
They all get treated after they work. Quote from Emma Stewart. What about if they work on race day? Unanswered question from Archie Butterfly Who is the overall commander? Clayton is. The interviewer, prompted by C. Tonkin Are the young horses the only one getting steroids? Or does Clayton just work out real hard? Unidentified […]
Breaking news out of Victoria is that the star Emma Stewart pacer Amore Vita has died in trackwork this morning. The cause of 4yo mare’s death is at present unknown . At her last start a month ago Amore Vita finished 3rd in the Group 1 Queen of the Pacific at Melton, and is not […]
Emma Stewart won 8 races from 10 last night at Melton, including 7 of the 8 Breeders Crown semi-finals and the 4YO Mares final. In fact the only 2 races she didn’t win were the 4YO Entire and Geldings Final and the second semi final of the 2YO Colts and Geldings, the former because her […]
Why on earth was the 2nd best track in Australia at Caulfield displaying such an on pace, lanes 1-4 fr0m the rail bias today during a beautiful period of fine weather? It was nuts. So are the modern methods of track managers. As a punter all you want to do other than back winners is […]
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Cherokee Jac, the pacer whose form is listed above and below, is yet another of these production line trainer Alex Ashwood specials that over the past few years we have written so often about on this site. Prior to joining the Ashwood stable last month the horse had raced 33 times and never won a […]
Um, does the Victorian chief steward Rob Montgomery ever proof read his team’s reports from race meetings? Particularly on big days? Kerrin McEvoy didn’t ride Ladies Man in Saturday’s Queen Elizabeth Stakes at Flemington. Opie Bosson did. As reported earlier by the stewards, just above their glaring error. D’oh! How embarrassment. @ethnixcomedy 𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐄𝐦𝐛𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 🤣 […]
Watching the Champions Mile live on Saturday I thought that Declan Bates had pulled his rival’s pants down, and was cursing the others jocks to the clouds. Then I watched it on replay and checked the secs and realised that Jennie’s wasn’t just a lucky win, it was a run for the ages. The first […]
