Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
Was it really the Macbet tipster Tom Henjak who took top pre-post odds about the Nick Walsh horse Oakleigh that stayed in the Mackay field last week, before Walsh pulled his other two runners out? If so, how did Henjak know in advance what was going to happen? Had he got the gift of foresight? […]
Clayton’s Tonkins team of two-year-olds have only been racing for 3 months. In that time he had 18 juveniles race. 14 of them have won a race. That gives Clayton Tonkin a winner to starter strike rate of 77.8% The team of 18 have had 40 starts between them for 22 wins and 12 placings. […]
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has issued a warning letter to the web-based business Toltrazuril Shop, informing the company’s management that “introducing or delivering” their toltrazuril products into interstate commerce is prohibited under a portion of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act. The warning letter is dated May 16 of this year and […]
I popped into AP for a couple of races earlier this afternoon…. The first person I saw? Scott Steele, the stood down former CEO. Doesn’t he go on trial next week for sexual assault or something? This is a really bad look, just my opinion… He was wandering around the stable areas freely and taking […]
In the 13 editions of the NZ cup run since Art Major progeny have been old enough to start (5yo – now 4YO under the revised age dates), the all time champion Bettor’s Delight has won 6 cups and provided 15 placegetters. In contrast Art Major a well compiled 4 placegetters (1 x 2nd & […]
It’s easy to see why Gillon McLachlan chose the Tabcorp CEO role over the Chairman’s job at Racing Victoria. Just take a look at the basic terms of his contract. LENGTH OF CONTRACT Unlimited. Gil has scored a never-ending gobstopper of a contract, a job for life with no fixed term. This is highly unusual […]
In the quest to try and find a story during a drought we decided to take a look at the jockeys around the nation with the top metropolitan winning strike rates (10 wins or more). The search results threw up the usual suspects, with a couple of Territorians thrown in. Thanks to his 18 wins […]
I wonder if the crowds in the Caribbean acted like this back in the days when Scobie Breasley trained four Barbados Gold Cup winners? These maniacs wouldn’t have wanted a horse to run off to the outside on the turn would they? Bloody idiots.
So Nick Walsh scratched his horse Hell from the suspect race in Rockhampton in which one of his other runners Fine Shot was heavily backed because Hell hadn’t recovered from a virus that struck it down a month ago did he? The same illness that resulted in the so claimed elevated temperature that caused the […]
Two years ago we told you that the then 2-year-old Merlin was the best pacer in New Zealand. Want to See the Best Pacer Since Lazarus? We weren’t whistling Dixie were we? Here we are being provem right. Look out Mr Seymour AM and Larry in the NZ Cup. The Wizard’s going to take Australia’s […]
