Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
HARNESS RACING VICTORIA, 400 Epsom Rd, Flemington, 03 8378 0200, askhrv@hrv.org.au FROM HRV CEO MATT ISAACS Moonee Valley On October 28, The Age published a report advising of talks between Harness Racing Victoria, Moonee Valley Racing Club, and the State Government regarding the potential return of the trots to the Valley. Any talks are in their earliest stages, and […]
2 Units latest video release for brain dead morons. If you can work out what the hell they’re on about you’re doing better than me. 2 Units is a company owned by David Strehlau, who calls himself the Sultan, and Nicholas Foote, a pair of 30 something self-styled form experts who dress and act like […]
For many years in racing the female riders were forced to change in the toilets, because tracks didn’t provide any facilities for the minority to do so in comfort and privacy. The wheel’s turned full circle in Queensland now since Pam O’Neill first broke through the glass ceiling and set the ball rolling. 25 of […]
The feedback we received from the story we published earlier in the week about the TAB’s wording of the bonus offer was mixed, with some readers believing we were correct in our interpretation of the offer and others saying we were a bloody idiot who misunderstood what it said. That the verdict weas split only […]
Mark Zahra had to sweat blood to ride Estriella at 55kg in the Robert Sangster in April, and said at the time he couldn’t remember the last time he’d ridden so light. After accepting the mount on Circle of Fire in the Melbourne Cup yesterday, the top jockey now has 96 hours in which to […]
We questioned yesterday whether the Auckland Trotting Club (ATC) would still have a liquor license today. Well further investigation has revealed that the answer is yes/no/maybe. The club’s license to sell alcohol expired at midnight last night. It had submitted a renewal application in September, but it did so under the wrong name. The current […]
I’m not sure whether it’s just me, or whether I am being unduly influenced by the price fluctuations when forming my suspicions, so I will ask you for your opinion. Did the ride on the 2nd horse over the concluding stages look a bit odd? The winner had been backed from $5.50 into $1.85. The […]
The 10-year-old mare Zoemagic hadn’t won a race since January, and in her 26 starts since had managed to fill a place on just three occasions. With form like that then it came as somewhat of a surprise when she was heavily backed from $12.00 into $4.20 to win the first race at Tamworth yesterday. […]
What can you say about next month’s Mike Tyson v Jake Paul promotion? This not a fight, it’s a farce. Tyson’s no longer the Iron Mike that hordes of ignorant people believe he still is, the marauding beast of a man with the brute strength of a buffalo and the sublime skills of Sugar Ray […]
