Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
You could tell very early on in the Victoria Cup tonight that Leap To Fame wasn’t quite right and might struggle to win. It became apparent when shortly after the start Grant Dixon pushed off the fence and came around three-wide looking for the death. Luke McCarthy on Kingman half-kicked up but he was only […]
A picture tells a thousand words. Some say two to the Valley. Like this one of todays crowd at Randwick says to Peter V’Landys knockers. Have you ever seen so many young people at a race meeting in your life? I’ve been goin to track for half a century and I haven’t, not even at […]
What a great night of harness racing we have ahead of us at Melton tonight. We will try to give you a few winners to make it even better. Couple them up in exotics and quaddies and you will finish the night happy. RACE ONE A tough race to kick off the glittering night of […]
Dr Whiting discusses the form with the famous French punter Marcel Duchamp The Man in Black doesn’t handle Caulfield so we have him aside until the carnival. You’ve got the Nude Tipster Dr Georgia Whiting instead. I know whose tips I prefer. And she doesn’t wear a suit.
Anyone who thinks greyhound racing is on its last legs should have been at Wentworth Park last night for the Million Dollar Chase, and then they’d realize how mistaken they are. There were thousands on Wenty, and all of them from the young starter with the big smile to the old lady sipping a glass […]
There were unusual scenes before the second race at Ipswich yesterday when Stewards hauled trainer Mark Currie into the room and demanded an explanation for his stable runner Successismagic having been backed from $19.00 into $6.50* given it’s god awful form. It was a fair question too. Successismagic had raced twice previously, finishing 1oth of […]
In among all the excitement about a great night of racing at Melton tonight, something is missing. The Emma Stewart/Clayton Tonkin stable domination of the fields. Last year Stewart and Tonkin had seven runners in the Victoria Derby, more than half the field. This year they only have three. Then they had six in the […]
The MRC parted ways with two CEOs in 12 months. It cost the club $2 million ByDanny Russell and Cameron Houston October 17, 2025 — 7.30pm Melbourne Racing Club forked out almost $2 million in severance payments to cut ties with its past two chief executive officers in a turbulent 12 months that saw former chairman John […]
Stephen Stanek wasn’t much of a horse trainer, leading in just 2 winners from 75 runners in the decade between 2010 and 2020 that he held a license. Stanek doesn’t seem like much of a bloke either according to the report below that appeared in the Toowoomba Chronicle today. There are bad eggs in every […]
Show Me The Money While the debate continues about which of The Everest and Caulfield Cup day meetings are the best, the jockeys are talking with their feet as Craig Williams, Ethan Brown, Ben Melham, Declan Bates, Damien Lane and Michael Dee make the pilgrimage north to ride at Randwick in preference to the big […]
