Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
Look at all owners! It’s great to see so many young people! – Bernie Cooper, after Shezgottheboom’s win in $300 000 Jewels at the Gold Coast Bernie obviously didn’t see the great John ‘JC’ Catton, greyhound trainer extraordinaire, there among the winning owners. How could you miss him in that hat, jumping up and down […]
Well whoever would have thought it could happen? Tasmanian racing has turned the corner. Against all odds, they’ve kicked huge goals. Wagering turnover on the gallops has skyrocketed from $203 million to $343 million, an increase of almost 70% in a single year. Trots turnover is up 65%, from $73.5 million to $121.4 million. Turnover […]
On the 25th of February trot drivers Brad Williamson and Tim Williams decided for no reason at all to go war on each other in a race at Methven. Williams had the lead, and Williamson decided he wanted it, so he took him on. Tim Williams wouldn’t give it up, and Brad Williamson wouldn’t give […]
2,870 Ukrainian soldiers have been killed, 3,700 injured and 572 captured, Russia had also said in its March 2 statement. On the other hand, Ukraine, backed externally by the US-dominated military alliance Nato (North Atlantic Treaty Organization), said only 1,300 of its soldiers had been killed by March 12. The Russian invasion of the Ukraine […]
The University of Kentucky in the USA is working on the development of a thing known as a biological passport of a horse, a marker of what a non-doped racehorse looks like in it’s natural state. The purpose of the biological passport is that it can be used to identify horses that have been doped […]
Positions Available Apprentice/ Trackwork Rider Above award wage. Greg Hickman is not a top ten Sydney trainer, but he is one who always seems to have a horse in his stable that provides him with a lucrative earn, a galloper like Private Secretary, or Royal Purler, or Murjilisa Lass, or more recently the $2.9 million […]
162. (1) A driver shall not – (c) once on the track speak, communicate or signal to any person other than an authorised official Australian Rules of Harness Racing As you can see in the rule above, in Australia trot drivers are not permitted to speak to other drivers during a race to communicate or […]
Isn’t is ironic that the man employed by the Queensland Racing Integrity Commissioner as the ‘independent’ internal reviewer – the one person appeal court – who determines whether convicted wrong doers sentences are sufficient, is a sinner himself? Kane Ashby is his name. The punting jockey in the story. The same man who would have […]
The controversial NZ bloodstock agent John Curtin – the Don King of the tried trot sale industry – is right when he rails against the logic of standing start races in the modern age. Stands are a relic of a a bygone era and an age long gone, a 20th century affectation that derived from […]
We spoke to Copy That’s part-owner Merv Butterworth tonight, and in between sips of Johnnie Walker Blue (me) and Glengoyne Legacy Series Single Malt (him) he gave us an update on he and Meg’s great horse that was robbed of the New Zealand Pacer iof the Year Award. Merv was philosophical about the award heist, […]
