Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
Captain Ravishing’s transfer to the Jason Grimson barn is not the only change for the star pacer. He has a new owner too. A lucky one at that. According to the form guide cricket tragic Mick Andreadis has taken over ownership of the Captain from Hass Taiba, which comes as somewhat of a surprise given […]
Back in April last year we wrote a story about country trot trainer Dwayne Brown’s horse Princess Remi having thrown a positive swab to a painkiller. The story was correct that the Stewards had summoned Brown to explain why the anti-inflammatory painkiller Naproxen had been found in his horse’s swab. That they did indeed. The […]
Franco Tyson was backed for plenty to win the 3rd race at Penrith last night, firming from $4.40 into $1.90 with plenty more money coming for it on Betfair. The flood of money for it seemed strang, given that the Brian Portelli trained pacer had raced 23 times for just 2 wins, and had at […]
The QLD Racing Integrity Commission (QRIC) makes some very strange decisions from time to time. In fact they make them all the time. The recent case of Ronald Ryan is yet another example. Ryan got sprung administering boost paste to a horse named FIVE BULLS by the QRIC flying squad when they drove up the […]
Watch the ride of jockey Michael ‘Big Mac’ McDonald on board Acclimatise in the first race at Cluden Park today. Acclimatise is the horse on the inside in the lime green and black or brown stripes. See Big Mac drop his hands and sit up with about 20m to go in the race? Did it […]
Winx three-quarter sister Wings of Desire adds a bit of spice to today’s Warwick Farm meeting when she resumes from a spell in race six. By Pride of Dubai (a son of Street Cry) out of Vegas Showgirl, the superbly bred 3yo filly seeks to make it three wins from six starts, after previous victories […]
A week ago we told you that we didn’t quite believe the official reason for a trotter named Tedesco blowing from odds on out to $4.40 and getting beaten. Our view was that it got rolled because of the David Moran drive. I reckon we were right too. Last night Tedesco was backed from $2.50 […]
Remember our story The Sussest Race in the World, in which we told you a couple of weeks ago about the rort the Reece Moore stable pulled to get their odds-on favorite beaten by one of the stablemates in a race in which Moore had four of the six runners? The odds on fave that […]
The former King of the Brisbane rails ring turned professional trot punter Lindsay Gallaher has been banned from the birdcage by QRIC Stewards. Gallagher – who many believe is the ringleader of a cartel of trickiness at the trots – has been regularly seen in the authorised persons only area at both Albion Park and […]
This is the horse Dystopian after it ran in race 5 at Cannon Park in Cairns yesterday. The horse was fractious in the barriers and reared, hitting its head on the top of the stalls. The impact caused Dystopian to suffer a deep laceration to its upper forehead. For reasons only they can explain neither […]
