Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
We see things through the eyes of the person who pays for racing. The punter. As such, we are usually hard on jockeys whose actions result in a horse finishing in a lower position in a race than it should, our stories yesterday about Jamie Kah’s ride in the McNeill being the perfect example. Some […]
Bookies have a long way to travel to Betoota, and expenses are high. But they’re no cheaper for punters either, and they don’t have the benefit of claiming the exes as business deductions on their tax. So there is no excuse for the bookmakers at Betoota to be setting their markets at 175% like they […]
You don’t often see a win like this down the short home straight at Gloucester Park. Wow. Whooshka! Take that.
All week we’ve been hearing people bag out the Caulfield mounting yard. The connections of Pinstriped didn’t look too unhappy with it yesterday. I guess it’s just a matter of perspective. That and a Group 1 win.
Congratulations to Victorian trainer Aftab Shaikh, who after40 months and 52 starts of trying finally cracked it for his first career win yesterday when Kilmister took out third race at Warracknabeal. I don’t know much about Shaikh, other than that he had his first runner as a stand alone trainer on the 3rd of May 2o21 […]
Some are saying that Jamie Kah’s reluctance to push Let’sfacethemusic through a mile wide gasp in the McNeill Stakes was symptomatic of a recent trend of the star jockey being hesitant to place herself in a position of potential personal risk. I vehemently disagree. J. Kah is as brave as any jockey in the land. […]
Jamie Kah would have to have been kidding with her ride on Letsfacethemusic (yellow, pink sleeves, blue cap) in the McNeill Stakes wouldn’t she? You could have driven a semi trailer through the gap that presented to her in the middle in the straight. But I guess you’d have to want to. The Melbourne Stewards […]
What do you make of the decision in the 2nd v 1st protest in race 3 at Rockhampton on Thursday? The QRIC Stewards said dismissed, ruling that the margin of 1 1/4 lengths was grater than the ground lost by the 2nd placed horse as a result of the interference caused to it by the […]
The whisper on the Kiwi streets is that former harness racing participant Brent Mangos, who earlier this year relinquished his licenses in circumstances that are known but must never be spoken about, is soon to be seeking approval to be relicensed as a stablehand. It is said that licensees Ken Barron and Hayden Cullen are […]
Ben Sarina has been warned off since the 25th of January 2013, almost 12 years. His warning off is indefinite. That doesn’t mean that its forever, despite the way it’s currently being applied. Indefinite means lasting for an unknown or unstated period of time. Which means it can end. The Special Stewards Panel (SSP) that […]
