Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
I want to tell you a story, a true one. In 1999 I took a job as a union organiser in Central Queensland. It was a step up the career ladder for me, and a foot in the door, so when I was offered it I grabbed it with both hands and off we – […]
The Balmain Boxer rang me immediately after the field passed the line in race 3 at Penrith last night, and he was blowing up big time. “Did you see that!” he screamed down the line, and then before I could say yes he started shouting even louder. “That was the hottest race in the world! […]
Racing Queensland (RQ) is a quasi government/semi independent body created to administer the three codes of racing in the state, as the name suggests. RQ receives the State’s income from wagering – or in the case of the Point of Consumption Tax revenue, 35% of it – and distributes it according to priorities determined by […]
The Toorak Handicap has always been a great race, and this year is no different. Despite there being a million chances, I reckon it is a two horse race Dice Roll v Superstorm, and they are both as delicious double figure odds. Dice Roll first. This former French juvenile star didn’t fire a shot in […]
It’s great to see the big guns back at Alexandra Park on Friday night, and you don’t get any bigger than last season’s NZ 3YO male pacer of the year Copy that the 4YO mare of the year Belle of Montana, who line up against each other from the stand in the Spring Cup. We […]
The Group 2 Stan Fox Stakes is a good race that has been won by some exceptional gallopers over the years, including names like Show County, the Big O (Octagonal), Little O (Lohnro), From the Planet, Demnan, Manawanui, High Regard, Kenwood Melody and All Chant, just to name a few. As the pop up races […]
I will remember this race for the rest of my life. The 2012 Oakleigh Plate. I had been convinced for a long time that the Robert Heathcote trained Woorim was going to win this first-up, but the market disagreed. The punters thought it was a two horse race, and had Sepoy and Bel Sprinter at […]
For the past couple of years now there has been a shortage of jockeys in regional Queensland. There were never a lot ever, but the country and provincial tracks north of the Sunshine Coast only used to race once a week, so there didn’t really need to be. Supply and demand principles worked: there were […]
There is no doubt at all that Lola Weidemann’s drive on Misty Creek at Redcliffe on the 16th of September looked terrible. No doubt at all. It was a slaughter of epic proportions. But was it her fault? That is the question. Watch the drive first before we go any further. If you don’t you […]
You would think that if you became the first horse from Southand (the lower third of the NZ South Island) to win a Group 1 race in ten years you would be a certainty to win the Southland Horse of the Year, especially if the horse that you defeated in your win at the elite […]
