Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
A few readers have been asking why all of Kiwi trainer Chris McDowell’s team have been scratched from Addington today. It is nothing nefarious or controversial. Apparently the McDowell became aware that the horses had eaten something with their paddock feed that had the potential to send the horses over the top and record a […]
I am old enough to remember when the Call of the Card night before Melbourne Cup day was a huge event jam packed with wall to wall punters and bookies, including all the biggest names in the game. How times have changed. This year only four bookies are fielding at the Call of the Card, […]
Former QLD Racing Minister Grace ‘GeeGee” Grace didn’t know a whole lot about the Sport of Kings, but she did come to the job with a deep understanding of arbitration after spending decades as a union official, and her initiative to create the Racing Appeals Panel will stand forever as one of the greatest decisions […]
Belle From Burnie reckons the US 3-year-old Louprint is the best pacer in the world. After the superstar son of Sweet Lou ran 1.46.6 to win a division of the Grade 2 Tattersalls Pace at the Red Mile on the weekend most US pundits agree, with all 35 judges unanimously voting him no 1 in […]
They say that everyone has a Doppelanger somewhere in the world. John Kanga’s is just up the road in Sydney. His name is Malcolm. He used to be the PM. Kanga and he have more in common than looks. Malcolm didn’t last very long either.
If there is one bloke in the world I would not like to be it is the Protected Witness giving evidence at the committal hearing of nine men charged with the murder of career criminal and ex-Mongol bikie gang member Shane Bowden. The reason that I wouldn’t like to be Protected Witness is not just […]
Many still believe that the recently and quite mysteriously departed Melbourne Racing Club Chairman John Kanga was the best thing ever to come along for the club. The 2025 MRC financial report tells a different story. Under Kanga’s first (and as it turns out only) year of leadership the club lost $17.3 million, something that […]
It seems that it may not only be the 1100m start point at Emerald that is more than a few meters short of where it should be. Based on times the 1000m start appears to be about a dozen strides short of where it should be as well. Sunnycoast won the 1000m Open at Emerald […]
The Stewards at Emerald on Saturday expressed concerns about the winner of the maiden running a time of 1.00.7, which was just outside the track record, and upon investigation discovered that there was no fixed marker to denote the 1100m starting point. They ordered that one be placed before the next race meeting at the […]
Barry mate it’s late 2025, this is not the breed that Handos and Dumesnys were breeding at Peak Hill a hundred years ago….. These are modern bred horses who are are high or fast class horses under the ratings system and are going to have to go to Menangle and be “on the bunny” from […]
