Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
I don’t have any stats to prove it, but I would almost bet my life that this has never happened before in the entire of history of racing. In race 2 at Eagle Farm due to jump in about 15 minutes time we have two Melbourne Cup winners and the son of one, all in […]
While we are on the topic of the Parkes harness race meeting held last Friday, it would be remiss of us not to mention the madness in race three. I don’t know what experienced drivers Matt Rue and Mitch Turnbull thought they were doing in this race, or if there is some high degree of […]
Oh my goodness. I have just seen the worst injury I can ever remember seeing in my life on a racecourse, and it has happened right in front of a huge Melbourne Cup day crowd at Morphetville in South Australia. Mickey Mouse is the horse. It’s the one on the far left as you look […]
In descending order, the three worst judges of a horse’s chances in a race are: Jockeys Trainers Owners Owners usually love their horses too much to be proper judges of their chances. Trainers invest so much time, effort, blood, sweat, toil and tears into preparing their steeds that it is near impossible for them to […]
Remember the story we told you earlier in the week about the dubious drive at Parkes by young Phoebe Betts? The one in which it appeared for all the world like she deliberately steered her horse wide in the straight to allow the horse pocketed on the leader’s back through? Well the Stewards have seen […]
Incorrect. He’s hiding in Gai’s stable in Melbourne. There is only one thing on everyone’s mind today. The Cup. Incentivise either wins it or he doesn’t. I say he won’t get the 3200m lugging 57kg, so he doesn’t. Twilight Payment can’t either. Weight stops trains and it will stop him. Spanish Mission has had too […]
The world famous racing identity Ron Johnson – aka the Brown Rice Man – assures me that he has got the Cup covered. Not only has he tipped us the first four, he’s given us the speed map and the winning margin too Ronald says that the top three clear out, and that will be […]
See that land in the yellow box? Harness Racing Victoria owns it. The Melton Shire Council sold it to them for $3 million back in the early 2000’s, when Melton was still just a small semi-rural area and steadily developing low cost housing satellite suburb with 50 000 – 60 000 residents. At the time […]
Melbourne Cup horses, field, form guide: SIMON O’DONNELL is a racing commentator, the founder of Wingara Thoroughbreds and a former Australian international cricketer. I hope Channel 9 pay Simon O’Donnell cash for his tips. Judging by the website for his racing operation Wingara Thoroughbreds at the top of the screen, I suspect that a dark Derby Day […]
Gladys now says that by-elections are buy-athons. The more you throw at the electorate, the more chance you are of winning the by-election she says. Aunty Glad is adamant that the Con didn’t stand out for her as a big deal. It was just one among many by-election promises, and was also part of a […]
