Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
There were four TAB gallops meetings held in Queensland yesterday, at Caloundra, the Gold Coast, Toowoomba and Roma. So the QRIC employed its full resources and sent the Integrity Investigation Team to do surprise inspections at Gympie. It was time and money well spent, They caught one trainer who put mineral salted mud on its […]
It was only a couple of days ago that we told you about veteran driver John ‘the Russian’ Stariha being outed for a month for running crazy stupid sectional times on a leader in a race at Albion Park. Well he did it again in the last race last night. The Russian was driving It’s […]
The boom 2-year-old filly Honey Pot missed the start 5 lengths in the 1st race at the Sunshine Coast yesterday afternoon. Despite this massive insurmountable handicap the Gollan trained filly somehow managed to run 5th beaten just half a length in a 1000m race in which the winner came home its final three furlongs (600m) […]
Emma Stewart trains six out of the ten winners on Breeders Crown night. Her strike rate is 67%, for she only contests nine races. She lands three quinellas too. More than $630 000 worth of prizemoney her horses win. 7.5% she gets as a minimum. A tick under 50 grand. It’s not bad for a […]
You have got to be good to let a field go without telling the riders, and do it while one of them is not even on their horse. I’m not blaming Larry Lewis, the starter at Clermont who did it in the 3rd race yesterday afternoon. He’s just a race loving bloke who works at […]
This is recent CCTV camera from a Rockhampton pub. The bloke who gets whacked is Nathan ‘Grubby’ Day. He’s the good guy here. The bad guy is trainer Jamie McConaghy, the fella who hits him, gets ejected, and then comes back for a second crack while the bouncer’s back is turned. How it unfolds is […]
Better late than never. We’re in for a big night. MELTON Race 3 no 2 – Tough Love NSW’s best 2YO female trotter takes on Victoria’s best fillies Just A Bit Touchy and Aldebaran Vera. It beats them too. Peter V’Landys v Giles Thompson. It’s no contest at all is it? Race 4 no 11 […]
Adelaide race caller Brett Davis was a plumber before he picked up the binoculars and the mike. Perhaps he should think about going back to the dunnies and pipes. This call was a shocker. Sometimes certain people just try to be too clever, and they fall flat on their face. Splat!
The Port Pirie trots in South Australia were cancelled at the last minute tonight, supposedly because of rain. It was only raining lightly, nowhere near enough to flood a track. The first race was scheduled for 4.40pm. HRSA Stewards called the races off at 3.47pm, and announced it on Facebook. Many participants whose horses were […]
Tim Paine is a terrible husband, an unsuitable captain of Australia, and an absolute bloody idiot. Why blokes get married if they don’t want to be is totally beyond me. It’s not as if it is compulsory or anything. It is what it is though, and the whole country feels for his wife and kids. […]
