Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
The track record for 2080m at Cranbourne stood at 1.55.6 until last night. Then along came the now Jason Grimson trained Kiwi mare Captain’s Mistress and turned it into dust. 1.53.7 she ran, in one of the greatest performances by a female pacer that you could ever hope to see. Champion Australian mare Eye Keep […]
I can’t really find any words to describe Leap To Fame’s win in the Cranbourne Cup last night. I’ve tried. Extraordinary, magnificent, sublime, heavenly, incredible. None of them do him justice. There are no superlatives in the English language that can. So just sit back and watch it again and savor the moment. The Thrilla […]
You have never seen a beaten horse in your life try as hard as Kingman did to beat Leap To Fame down the straight at Cranbourne last night in the Cup. Luke McCarthy’s great pacer gave it everything he had, and more. Every sinew in his body was stretched as far they could extend without […]
How great it was to see Jason Bonnington at Cranbourne tonight. The poor bugger doesn’t look to be that well. I half wonder if he hasn’t had some health issues. But he was in his usual inimitable form. Anyone who loves the trots as much as my mates and I do is alright by me […]
Hot off the press news is that Nathan Jack’s horse truck has caught fire and burned to the ground at Clonbinane, near Kilmore on the way to Melton. Kingman wasn’t on the truck because Luke likes to travel him alone. Funny that. Nudge nudge, wink wink. Eye Keep Smiling was on it though, and so […]
Kingman is a Kiwi apparently. But Larry isn’t. Work that one out if you can. Menangle must be a new province of the South Island. Queensland is strictly Australia. I can fix that. Give all the horses dual citizenship. Then they can be like me. A blooody Kiwi mate. I will even thrown in a […]
Funny things are happening tonight at the NZ Harness Racing Awards ceremony. First of all someone has put up all the results up on HRNZ website when they are only half way through the presentation. That takes the excitement and intrigue out of things somewhat doesn’t. The buck always stops at the top. Brad Steele […]
The NZ harness racing awards are on tonight. Right now they are halfway through. But I know all the winners, even for the awards that haven’t been presented. It’s not because I am Nostradamus. HRNZ have stuffed up and put all the results up on their website before they are announced by mistake. Bet N […]
The driver of the winner of race 1 at Bathurst last night escaped sanction for what looked to be repeated breaches of the whip rule. In race 2 the driver of the winner was fined $200. They both looked pretty similar uses of the whip to me. So how come only one of the drivers […]
Just had some reports from on the ground at Tumbarumba. They are all saying that the 15-year-old kid caller Vini Donnelly is slaying them. He should be calling at Caulfield the good judges assert. Apparently he is a lovely young man to talk to as well. How good is he. Very is the answer. He […]
