Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
I think I might have seen a good horse at Melton on Thursday, and it’s the ugliest thing I’ve ever seen. Thesting it’s called, all one word. A two-year old bay colt. By Sweet Lou out of a Holmes Hanover mare. Trained by John Yeomans, a canny 83-year-old who doesn’t ever have huge numbers, but […]
A million magic crystalsPretty pure and whiteA multi-million dollarsAlmost overnightTwice as sweet as sugarTwice as pure as salt And if you get hooked babyIt’s nobody else’s fault – Grandmaster Flash, White Lines QLD jockey Amy Graham has been cleared of a charge conduct prejudicial to the image of racing under Australian Racing Rule 228(a), after […]
Gaita Pullicino (right) with husband and ‘trainer’ Frank In a letter we published by Ted From Tooleybuc (the letter was real, as is our usual practice only the name was changed) about Gaita Pullicino’s drive at Globe Derby on Sunday, Ted made certain statements that are not quite accurate. Ted said that: Its interesting that […]
You see some bullshit claims in your life when you are as old as I am and have spent your whole life at the track, but this statement of supposed facts about racehorse ownership put out yesterday by Tom Magnier takes the cake. Magnier claims that 1 in every 201 Australians owns a share in […]
The top ten richest races in Australia list tells a story. Sydney hosts six of them. The Everest, Golden Eagle, King Charles III, Golden Slipper, Queen Elizabeth and Doncaster. (Note that 2 of them are named after foreign based monarch, 2 after gold, one after a mountain in Nepal, and the other after a racecourse […]
Here is a little Xmas gift for Peter McMullen and Chantal Turpin. A six horse race where they have five of the runners, and the other one is classes below most of theirs. Why does there need to be a 3-Year-Old race programmed on the third last Saturday of the season anyway? These horses are […]
Albion Park’s new starting method – walk up starts behind the clerk The trot Stewarding circus rolled on at Albion Park on Saturday night, and this time it featured a comedy act. Race starter Mr J. Suli pushed the wrong button as he released the field in Race 6. Suli turned the red light on […]
The QLD Stewards have determined not to penalize jockey Dylan Turner – aka the Kiwi Koala – for sitting up on Chasing Time at the 50m mark and costing it the race at Toowoomba a couple of weeks ago that we told you about in our story. Dylan Turner’s a Sit Up Sally Jockey Turner […]
Hello Peter Profit Regarding your story on Auntie Gaita pulling off a plunge on Sunday Night at Globe Derby. A Lesson From Auntie Gaita About How to Pull Off a Plunge Everyone was in on it. Facebook followers around the nation were applauding Gaita Pullicino’s win, including incredibly Melanie Kittel, the trainer of two of […]
South Australian harness racing trainer Lane Johnson’s property was the target of a fire-bombing attack last night that the family believes was deliberate and perpetrated by someone or ones connected to the harness racing industry. Petrol bombs were launched at the Johnson’s property in the attack, with Johnson’s partner Pay Hayter posting on social media […]
