Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
Archie What was Grant Dixon doing with his left arm in the Rising Sun clip you published in your last story? It was moving well outside the confines of the sulky. Isn’t that an offence too? Or is if you’re not in QLD and your name isn’t Dixon I thought…. Belle From Burnie
Night one of ID25 promised to be a team driving extravaganza, and it was. Here are some of high/low lights. Race 1 Tom Callaghan is drawn the inside of the back row behind the favorite and likely leader Captains Mistress on the Chantal Turpin 3rd stringer Checknoutthetalent. The obvious thing for Callaghan to do if […]
I wrote this the morning of the Rising Sun, but I never finished it. The “Dele Row leads easily and The Janitor follows it across” spruikers got into my head because there were so bloody many of them, including a number whose opinions I admire and respect. So I chickened out instead of backing my […]
The Naked Tipster Dr Georgia Whiting is back by popular demand and is chasing her 4th winning week in a row after finding us Flamin Romans at top odds of $1o last week and another winner at $5.00. As many an owner of a horse trying to protect a picket fence will tell you, the […]
We have found you six winners with our top tips at each of the past two Saturday night meetings in QLD, including Fire Raiser at $10.00 last weekend. Here are our selections for tonight’s big meeting at Albion Park. We have risked our record by selecting a couple of roughies on top. It will pay […]
If you’ve never seen a team drive before you have now. Race 1 at Newcastle last night. Darren Elder trains the 7 and the 9. 7 is driven by regular stable driver Blake Hughes. 9 is driven by Elder’s son Brad. Darren Elder’s daughter Melanie Elder trains the 3. Her mum Nicole owns it. It […]
The agenda for the Special General Meeting of the Auckland Trotting Club to held on 23 July has been released to members,a and it will come as no surprise to readers of this site that it contains no offer to buy the Franklin Training Centre at Pukekohe for $100 million, or indeed any offer at […]
Dear MEMBER, NOTICE OF SPECIAL GENERAL MEETING In accordance with Rule 17.7 of the Auckland Trotting Club Inc (ATC) Constitution, Notice is hereby given of a Special General Meeting (SGM) of Members of ATC to be held on Wednesday, 23 July 2025 at 6pm in the Tasman Room, Alexandra Park, Epsom. BUSINESS: Welcome. Apologies. Update on intended change to voting process for […]
I always thought that I was pretty au fait with the rules of racing, but this one has me baffled. Apprentice Montana Philpott replaced now senior rider Dan McGillivray as the rider of Star Chance in the last race at Ipswich yesterday. Now it was weird that McGillivray was able to accept the ride in […]
First we had the selectors deciding that pacers like Birkirkara, which has never won a Group or Listed race; Hesitate, whose best performance is a second in a Group 2 at Bathurst; and Betterthancash, whose only black type victory was in a Listed country championship series; in the field ahead of Captains Mistress, last years’ […]
