Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
Calculating Dancer had only been back in the Pullicino stable for a few weeks, after spending the last two years up in Newcastle under the care of the Bourkes. Gaita drove it as dead as Elvis first-up last week from the extreme outside draw, and when it started to steam home in the straight drove […]
Looking back at the Ted Caruana case with the benefit of hindsight, a few things that were clouded before become clear. One is that Caruana sent young driver Taylor Ford, who he was having a feud with, a picture of Jason Grimson and his now imprisoned accused of major drug trafficking mate Justin ‘Tatts’ Downey […]
The Menangle crew of alleged cross-state drug traffickers all appeared in the Campbelltown Local Court last Wednesday. Tatts – whose real name is Justin Ashley Downey – appeared by video link for a mention of his extremely serious drug charges and of an application made by a police officer for an order to protect his […]
1 – LEAP TO FAME 76: 59-12-3 13 x G1 + The Race BT 1.48.3 The Ali of the pacing world. Simply the best. There is not much more I need to say. Larry says it all for me. 2 – DON HUGO 57: 22-11-8 3 x G1 + The Eureka BT 1.48.4 Wins in […]
The breakdown of the sectional times from Saturday night’s Race of the Century in Blacks A Fake tells us a number of salutary tales. The first one is how truly brilliant Leap To Fame is. Larry was forced to cover 32m more ground than the winner Don Hugo and 15m more than the third-placed […]
The reforms devised by the QLD Racing Review committee and accepted by the LNP Government have met with almost universal acclaim, which is a totally unexpected result but immensely pleasing to see, for a happy racing industry is a productive and successful one, and ultimately success on and off the track is everyone in the […]
View from the starting stalls over the straight six at the new Hollywood at the Creek underwater race track Dear Sir We were interested to read your article advocating for the construction of an enclosed air-conditioned horse racing stadium to protect galloper’s welfare when racing in the QLD summer heat, and congratulate you on your […]
It was 28 degrees on Sunday afternoon at the Sunshine Coast. That wasn’t hot enough for the QRIC’s extreme heat policy to be employed. Which was a shame, because two runners in the first two race on the program were diagnosed with heat stress after they had raced, He’s Got Grunt in the first and […]
News has filtered back to us that breeders of the Eureka runners are yet to be paid their breeder bonus of $10 000 each, or the breeder of the winner their bonus of $30 000. The Eureka was run almost 3 months ago to the day, and HRNSW are not short of cash to pay […]
Do the Stewards in Far North QLD not know the rules, or is it simply that they choose not to apply them? Trainer Alwyn Bailey failed to transport his runner in race 4 Bring Me To Life to the track. Bailey told the Stewards that he left the horse at home because in his opinion […]
