Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
Gilbert Joseph Cullen ‘Gil’ Dyett was a great Australian, a Gallipoli war hero, a passionate advocate for the rights of returned soldiers from WWI and the driving force behind the organisation that later became the RSL. He was appropriately honoured with a knighthood for his work, and deservedly so. But should he have been included […]
Humbletonian race day is supposed to be a celebration of the little Aussie battlers who love the trots. It is a satire of the great American million dollar Group 1 classic the Hambletonian, named after Hambletonian 10, the father of the modern trotter and pacer, and won over its 98 year history by such luminaries […]
Well, the storm keeps getting worse, and it is sleety and cold all around and about, and the sea is running higher than somewhat, and now one night off the Jersey coast when I am sleeping as peacefully as anything, I am awakened by a great to-do and it seems that the Castilla is on fire. Naturally, […]
4 June 2021 The Hon. Robert Borsak Parliament House Macquarie Street SYDNEY NSW 2000 Via Email Only: CC: Ms Abigail Boyd The Hon. Louis Amato The Hon. Wesley Fang The Hon. Samuel Farraway The Hon. Mark Pearson The Hon. Walter Secord The Hon. Michael Veitch The Hon. Mark Latham Dear Mr Borsak, RE: SELECT COMMITTEE […]
Melbourne racing can at times be a joke. Saturday was one of those times. I guess it was always going to be really. After all, how can you run the Sandown Cup at Caulfield and expect people to take you seriously? It’s impossible. Working out how Dragon Storm managed to turn its form around from […]
Why are Racing Victoria and the Melbourne Racing Club continuing to play ducks and drakes about Sandown, when it is obvious to Blind Freddie and his companion dog that the secret plan is to sell the track? The pair of gay deceivers signed a Memorandum of Understanding yesterday that says in effect that any sale […]
Caulfield are going to get 10 000 people to the races on Saturday week are they? Oh yeah. How? A real good crowd on a pre-COVID Caulfield Guineas day only 22 000. Outside of Cup and Guineas days the average attendance at the track is about 3 000 – 4 000 tops, and those numbers […]
You may be wondering why the Melbourne Cup death of the horse Anthony Van Dyck is all over the racing news again, and why trainer Aidan O’Brien has come out and pointed the finger of blame at the Racing Victoria vets. It is because of the unrelenting research and work of a former top journalist […]
The Racing Victoria report into the death of Anthony Van Dyck in The Cup is a total and utter farce, a sick joke played upon everyone in the sport of racing. The simple fact is that this horse should never have been allowed to race, either of his connections or by the vets employed by […]
Two days ago we told you our views about race 1 at Terang on Tuesday night. The Stewards report is now out. Here is what we said, what the stipes found, and our comments. Not much of it is good. RACE 1 – REID STOCKFEEDS 3YO PACE (1680 MS) Alex Ashwood has 2 runners in the race, […]
