Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
You’ve probably heard all about the Melbourne Racing Club’s plan to build a second track inside Caulfield, and seen the reaction from the trainers and jockeys about it. They are right of course. CEO of the MRC Josh Blanksby – have you ever heard a more perfect name? – reckons that the new track will […]
What a balls up this whole Caufield racecourse thing is, a shambles of epic proportions. We will tell you about it later. Right now we want to tell you about the great rock n roll Caulfield rort. Do you remember Mike Symons, the former Chairman of the Melbourne Racing Cluband owner of Aquanita Racing? The […]
Brendon McCoull is one of Tasmania’s leading jockeys. He only takes his saddle off the island once every half blue moon, almost always on a Saturday and only when he has a good ride in Melbourne on a horse like Bello Beau who has travelled over the straight from home to have a crack. McCoull’s […]
Has the world gone mad or have I? Aquanita Racing were running a systematic doping operation for the better part of a decade until a security guard having a smoke out the back spotted Greg Nelligan drenching a horse, and brought their whole house of wicked cards crashing down. Seven people involved in Aquanita were […]
So who is this company The Hairy Pill? The Hairy Pill is just a business name. The outfit that owns it is called The Hairy Company Pty Ltd. The private company with 2000 issued shares and three directors, that trio also being the shareholders. The non-paying bookie Noah Rose owns 7000 of the shares. He’s […]
Racing Victoria has appointed a bloke who runs the netball in NSW as it’s new CEO to replace Giles Thompson, after the latter lost the battle with Peter V’Landys and walked the plank. Netball hey? That’s interesting. Let’s hope Andrew Jones (pictured at top) does a better job that his predecessor did, for despite the […]
Deadest drive you’ve ever driven? Bettorz Beach at Mildura last night. The long standing track record at Mildura over 1790m is held by the Joe Costa trained Beachstar, who ran it in a mile rate of 1.56.2 in a fast class race on Australia Day 2016. Beachstar’s early splits that night were 11.6 for the lead […]
David Aiken trained 2 of the 6 runners in the Free-For-All at Melton on Saturday night. The pair were Max Delight and Malcolm’s Rhythm, both Grand Circuit horses. Max had won 2 derbies, a Breeders Crown and a Victoria Cup. Malcolm had run 2nd to Max in the NSW Derby – beating Lochinvar Art into […]
Am I missing something here? Kalarney Heidi has won the Victorian Square Trotters Association award for Trotter of the Year. This mare raced 43 times during the season for just 6 wins, none of that at black type level. She earned $39 180 in prizemoney in the 2021 year. Her fastest winning time was 2.02.3. […]
It’s no secret in racing circles that the former managing owner of Flash Aah doesn’t like your author very much, which is no skin off my nose, for I’m rather indifferent to him myself. That doesn’t stop me loving my favourite horse though. I’ve written about Flash Aah and how good he is many times […]
