Dreams Are Made of This
I don’t know who Troy Sturt is. All I do know is that he is one lucky bastard. Super Smirk won too. For a $12.50 investment Troy Sturt has won $48 434.10. Dreams of made of this. Good on him.
Can These Eagle Farm Times Possibly Be Correct?
Have the Brisbane Racing Club got their distance markers in the right place? I suspect not, but if they have then I suggest they check the calibration of the clock, because the incredibly fast times run all day at Eagle Farm just cannot be correct, Can they? According to the BRC website the 1200m track […]
Prominent Melbourne Harness Racing Identity Arrested Over Alleged Drug Lab
Hass Taiba (pictured above with the horse) is best known in racing circles as the former owner of one-time star pacer Captain Ravishing, which was sold to one of Mr Brightside’s part owners earlier this year and transferred to WA. It seems Hass will be having Christmas lunch inside this year. What a terrible way […]
Message to the Rockhampton Jockey Club – Yeah Good
See that thing the man is sitting behind at the non-TAB meeting as Esk today? That’s a tote machine. It’s fully operational and in work today too. We thought that the Rockhampton Jockey Club CEO told punters that no race club has TAB terminals at non-TAB meetings. Yeah good Rocky. It’s just you.
More QLD Jockeys Behaving Badly
The mail out of Roma Street is that two Queensland jockeys have fallen afoul of police in the past week, one of whom at least a person you would have hoped would be living life on the straight and narrow given their well publicized legal travails over the past year. We speak here of Justin […]
Cameron Hart Should Get 12 Months
Until tonight I have never had cause to doubt Cameron Hart’s honesty as a driver. But after what I just saw in the 2nd race at Newcastle tonight, I do now. Hart was driving the $1.75 favorite Our Ultimate Jessy, the winner of it past two and the highest rated horse in the field. Jessy […]
They Should Build Statues of Peter V’Landys at the Entrance to Every Racecourse in NSW
We are unabashed huge fans of Peter V’Landys, as a person, as a leader, and as quite possibly the greatest racing administrator that the world has ever seen. The reasons for that latter statement are borne out clearly by the information and financial accounts published this week in the 2025 Annual Report. Racing NSW’ success […]
The Only Peanut at This Party Was a Dirt Tracker Yank
The good Doctor’s legion of supporters were quick to spring to the defense of her selection Parchment Party’s performance in the Cup, with the above letter to the Editor of the Winning Post landing in our inbox about sixty seconds after we published the Nude Tips. Well I hate to tell Ross Worth from Ferntree […]
Nude Tips – The Doc Says We Are in For a Big One This Weekend
The naked tipster had a quiet Cup day after her Yankee selection Parchment Party found the turf track a bit too grassy for his liking, but she is supremely confident of roaring back to pre-two mile Tuesday life with a self-predicted record swag of 6-8 winners this weekend. Dr Whiting has gone the Graham Begg […]
Don’t Knock Each Other Over in the Rush
This is a public release by QRIC. Don’t knock each other over in the rush. When their racing careers are over, greyhounds are commonly adopted into loving homes by dog-lovers keen to embrace the gentle breed. But for those not-yet-adopted, a new temporary home via fostering is the ultimate gift. This festive season, the Greyhound […]