Happy Birthday Nathan Jack
Everyone deserves a cheerio on their birthday. Even Nathan Jack. Happy Birthday Nathan. Many happy returns.
The NSW Breeders Challenge Final is Shaping as the 2YO Race of the Century
The 2YO Colts and Geldings NSW Breeders Challenge semi-final fields are starting to taking shape, and so far all the best horses have won their heats. The Queenslander Leap For Fame is out. Had he finished 3rd in his heat yesterday at Menangle behind Smaltese he might have made it on a countback due to […]
I Wonder if the Hobart Farriers Can Plate the Horses in Gumboots?
Tasmanian thoroughbred racing’s principal track at Elwick, Hobart has been a cluster duck since the wholesale reconstruction a couple of years ago that saw the ‘old fashioned’ grass grown in dirt course proper that had worked reasonably well for almost 200 years dug up and replaced with a ‘modern’ Strathayr sand-based track It has been […]
The QRIC’s Year in Brief – It Was a Cracker – Just Ask Them, They’ll Tell You
Engagement, Education, Enforcement. The QRIC loves its E’s. The much-loved, highly effective and widely admired as hard but fair Queensland Racing Integrity Commission (QRIC) released it’s Annual Report today. The headline story is that they came in on budget with a little bit left, and are spending it on a celebratory function (i.e. big lunch […]
Lisa Curry Will Stop This – She Knows Some Secrets About What Happened in the Girls Squad Too
BY now you have probably heard the Shane Lewis story, or one of the terrible bit of it anyway. Former Olympic swimmer. Abused by a Swimming Australia funded elite performance coach. Told the peak body of the sport. They did nothing. Killed himself. Young kids left without a dad. It is tragic but all too […]
An Open Letter to Mr R. Callendar, C/- PVL’s Pocket, Randwick, NSW
Dear Richard As you know I am very fond of you, and when you are in peak form hold you in high esteem as a racing writer. Sadly however mate you have been going about as good as Kubrick lately. Remember him? He won the first edition of that ridiculous million dollar wank of a […]
Hope Springs Eternal in the Human Breast – But it Springs a Lot Larger and Longer in a Trot Man’s Tit
Queensland harness racing trainer Wayne ‘the Ningi Butcher’ Waltisbuhl is a man who believes in hope. The Ningi Butcher believes in the power of sons of Somebeachsomewhere as sires too. Who can knock him on either count? Somebeachwhere is the greatest or (if you are a Bettors Delight man) the second greatest pacing sire of […]
The Race of the Year is On Today – State v State – 2YO Great v Great – Bring It On
I have been raving about Kevin Seymour AM’s 2-year-old colt Leap To Fame for about six months now, and talking up his chances against the big guns of the south. Well today the moment has come. In race 6 at Menangle today, the second colts and geldings heat of the Breeders Challenge, Leap To Fame […]
Can You Lip Read?
Dani Hill had just kicked up in the death inside David Smith’s horse, and looked like going to the lead. Smith eased. When he did, Hill did too. David Smith couldn’t get in, so when Hill eased he came around again. Hill kicked up once more and held him out. D. Smith was not happy […]
Man v Spida in a Battle For the Fly
https://youtu.be/5MLKDSMP0f8 Have you ever seen these videos on the Neds blog? This is one above. They are an absolute cracker. You can find them all here www.neds.com.au/blog/