Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
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 […]
See how the Australian TAB had race 1 in New Zealand scheduled to run after race 2 at Te Aroha? It would have been a good trick. The only NZ races held that day were the ones at Te Aroha, and the first race definitely jumped before the second. I saw it with my own […]
Thestraight.com.au reports today that a 2.5% share in the superstar US racehorse turned stallion Flightline has sold for A$3.8 million, placing the value of the unbeaten galloper at A$15o million. At that price he is the bargain of the century. Flightline stands at a fee of $A225 000 in his second season and will serve […]
As strange as the news that HRV is looking to move the trots back to Moonee Valley sounds, I am assured by well-place insiders that its true. Call me a cynic if you will, but I still have extreme doubts that it will happen. For a start the Moonee Valley Racing Club have been planning […]
Take a look at this ride of Noel Callow in the 4th race at Doomben yesterday, and tell me how he avoided a suspension for either not giving his mount every possible opportunity to obtain the best finishing position, or alternatively for failing to ride the horse out to the finish. Callow is on Who […]
