Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
As we reported last week, Cairns trainer Bodine Bailey jumped on Facebook and encouraged one of his friends to bash a jockey about the same height as the one with him in the picture, or perhaps even a little smaller. What sort of bloke does that, especially one his size? Behaviour like that’s pretty piss […]
We lost two stalwarts of the sport this week. Denise Gath was the great Brian’s wife, but she was a whole lot more than that. She was mother, lover, grandmother, great woman and Brian’s rock. I only met Denise once, in passing, but I immediately sensed her strength and kindness and warmth, and knew then […]
Sent to me at 11.02 am Friday by a man in the know The pacer Suzanne was a pretty ordinary mare until recently. She had raced 14 times at the bottom end of the South Island of New Zealand for her then trainer Robbie Swain, who is a pretty fair horseman, but the best she’d […]
Picture: Jess Webber/Bradley Photos: Racenet https://www.racenet.com.au/news/pony-club-to-group-1-jockeys-siena-grima-mollie-fitzgerald-get-chance-to-cap-meteoric-rise-in-2026-epsom-handicap-at-randwick-on-saturday-october-3-2026-20261002 If you didn’t know any better you would swear that jockeys Siena Grima (top) and Mollie Fitzgerald (below) were sisters. They are not of course. But the likeness is uncanny. The pair could almost be twins. They say that everyone has a doppelganger somewhere in the world. They are […]
Globe Derby Park Incident – 28 September 2026 Harness Racing South Australia (HRSA) Stewards are conducting an Inquiry into an altercation which occurred in the stalls area at Globe Derby Park following Race 2 on 28 September 2026. Pending determination of the Inquiry: Stewards have directed Mr C Johnson, under AHRR 183(b), not to drive […]
The big news out of the north is that long time Cairns Jockey Club powerbroker Tom Hedley (above) is facing a challenge in the coming weeks for his position as club president, and it’s a formidable one too. Prominent local business woman and high achieving club committee member Rebecca Conlan (pictured at top) has thrown […]
Well Archie So Corey Johnson punches the top driver in the State in the head 3 times & he is chosen to represent South Australia in the Australasian Young Drivers Championship in NZ. You are kidding aren’t you HRSA! Billy from Bungendore —————————- EDITOR’S NOTE The incident involving Wayne Hill and Corey Johnson occurred on […]
This was race three at Albion Park on Tuesday. Look at the 4 horse Natty Pager, in the blue saddlecloth. The one on the inside that goes up in the air. How much of a free start did it get? The Starter didn’t see it. None of the Stewards did either. They all must be […]
Those of us watching the first race at Doomben live yesterday saw the $4.60 third favorite in the betting Crazy Eights go down in the stalls at the start, and expected it to be backed out and vet checked. Race caller David Fowler obviously did too. But the horse wasn’t pulled out of the gates […]
Australia’s favorite punter David ‘Baldy Frolley’ has been to almost every race track in Australia, and declares that he will do them all before he dies, which gives him plenty of time to make it. But he will have to do it in new wheels. You see sadly Baldy’s old chariot carked it just before […]
