Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
Birthday boy Wayne Gannon (2nd from left), and on his right former trainer and gun singer Les Ross, Ron Johnson (the Brown Rice Man), and racehorse owner Mike Crooks. Apologies to the bloke on the left. We know his name but are having a blonde moment. A bit like Gannon I guess. A little birdie […]
If you were a seriously cynical type you would swear that Grant Dixon drove Tims A Trooper to get the long odds on favorite Attachment beaten in race 7 at Albion Park on Saturday night, and perhaps to set it up for the winner Dashing too. Given Dixon’s industry wide reputation as a straight shooter […]
See the bloke in the picture with the camera, standing just inside the running rail at about the 300 mark in race three at the Gold Coast yesterday? Who is he? And what the hell is he doing there? For a starters the bloke is far too close to the runners, close enough that is […]
Muppet is a 7-year-old thoroughbred mare who is very, very slow. Put simply, she is the best named horse in racing. An absolute muppet. Her form at her last 5 starts reads 00900, and she has been beaten on average more than 20 lengths per race. Yesterday at the Pooncarrie picnics Muppet, true to form, […]
We all love Warnie, but it doesn’t mean we should try to get plugs like him. Or like Greg Matthews. Peter V’Landys looks he has tried to better both, Good try son. But in the words of the great man Gus, no, no, no, no, no. Now you have to pay for hair […]
The TAB used to offer bonus bets up to $50 on the main metro meetings if your selection ran 2nd or 3rd. Now is offering ten bucks or twenty, the latter on one of the minor tier meetings rather than the Group 1 cards. Times must be tough if this is the best they can […]
Like many racing fans, I got sucked into Cruiserweight and thought he was a real horse of the future. We were all kidding ourselves, just like the Doctor (aka the Nude Tipster) said at the time. A couple of low grade wins in winter doth not a Group horse make. Cruiserweight is a cat. A […]
A new horse makes its debut for the Jason Grimson stable tonight. Serg Blanco is its name. Like most of the Grimson stable it is an older pacer who has been plenty of places before. At its past 4 starts Serg Blanco has: won an NR65 and up at Mildura finished 3rd in a race […]
Simon Marshall is proudly sporting his oversized Hawthorn scarf on racing.com today. He is embarrassing himself as much as the Caulfield track manager is. Ever seen a hawk beat a lion in a fight? I don’t think so. Lions eat hawks. Swallow them whole. They will devour Simon Marshall’s idiotic scarf too. All for one, […]
“Since I joined the Melbourne Racing Club, improving the performance of our tracks has been a clear priority. Our objective is to ensure MRC racecourses deliver among the best track surfaces in Australia, underpinned by strong internal leadership and external best-practice expertise.” – Tanya Fullarto, CEO Melbourne Racing Club Well if the MRC’s objective was […]
