Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
Zac Purton reckons that if he had remained in Australia instead of going to Hong Kong to chase the gold he would today be the James McDonald of the Sydney scene. What a tosser. The closest that Z. Purton ever got to winning a Sydney Premiership was in seasons 2005/06 and 2006/07 when he ran […]
Anthropomorphism is the attribution of human characteristics or behaviour to an animal. What Rob Waterhouse is saying in posh wank language is that horses aren’t people, so stop treating them like they are when it comes to heat stress. The issue Waterhouse and his wife Gai are referring to is Racing NSW’ announcement that it […]
See the advertisements above and below that popped up on my Facebook feed today? These ads are illegal in every State of Australia. Offenders can be prosecuted. They should be too, for these are absolutely deliberate breaches of the law. Note that neither advertisement offering the inducements for punter to open an account has a […]
The NSW Greyhound Welfare Integrity Commission is taking a hard line against trainer who make their dogs disappear without trace into thin air, and quite rightly too because we all know where dogs that disappear go, and it ain’t any place where they are still barking or breathing, and that is no good at all. […]
There is no better example of the vagaries of the National Ratings system employed in harness racing and its inherent unfairness than the first race yesterday at Menangle. It was trotters race for square gaiters rated up to NR 55, and the field it threw up was a dog’s breakfast. At one end of the […]
South Australian reinsman ‘Super’ Mario Borg has had a wretched luck in the cart this year, with the horses that he has driven seemingly being checked or galloping or managing to find some other misfortune every time that Super’s gone around. It’s that terrible run of luck that saw him line up behind the mobile […]
Apprenticeships were for five years. All apprentice jockeys were males and described as he, him and his. There were no female apprentice jockeys, or female jockeys at all. The trainer was called the ‘Master’. The Master was required to teach the apprentice the business of a groom, jockey and trainer. They provided the apprentice with […]
An ancient apprentice-master agreement uncovered by archaeologists digging up the site of Winx’s four Cox Plate wins. Agreements like this don’t exist anymore. That’s because in the 21st century they are illegal, just like wage theft is illegal Last week we wrote a story explaining our belief that the 25% of apprentice jockeys earnings from […]
It’s a tough gig betting on the dogs There are no jockeys to get you beaten by bad rides, but you don’t need them. The dishlickers can do it to you all by themselves. If you were on the 1 in the third race at Nowra tonight you were headed for the queue. The dole […]
Racing.com have posted the results of The Jericho Cup as the race being run over 4600m too. Funny thing is that I could have sworn that racing.com is owned by Racing Victoria, which employs the Stewards that decided to shorten the distance of the race. One hand at RV doesn’t seem to have a clue […]
