Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
It’s bloody amazing isn’t it? Jason Grimson has only 26 horses in work, and among them are three of the fastest twenty ever to race over the mile at Menangle – Rakero Rocket (1.47.3), Himynameisjeffn (1.48.4), and Swayzee (1.48.6) – another who no doubt will shortly be joining them in Captains Mistress (1.50.0), and a […]
Hey Archie I can understand why WA doesn’t want to use the national ratings system. It’s an absolute joke. The worst thing I have seen enforced on the industry in my time. Not one trainer likes it or wants it. It’s killing the industry. Written by a World Famous Trainer
We made a horrible and very much regretted error in a story published overnight. In writing the story I somehow mixed up and mistook Lance Holberton for another licensee, and in error attributed to him that licensee’s past problems with substance abuse. That of course was both totally incorrect and utterly untrue. Mr Holberton has […]
This coming weekend’s Paleface Adios Stakes is named after the most popular pacer that Australia has ever known, a legend of the sport that I used to sit on my dad’s shoulders at the fence near the winning post and cheer when he came to town. The race named after him at Menangle is a […]
RACE 1:BOSS BUILDING MAINTENANCE QTIS THREE-YEARS-OLD MAIDEN PLATE 1800 M Correct weight was delayed to allow stewards and T. Brooker to view the patrol footage of the start and to ascertain whether ROCKING FROCKS had been afforded a fair start. After viewing the official footage, it was established as the start was effected ROCKING […]
This is the 2025 Blacks A Fake. It’s one of the greatest races that you will ever see. A number of things fall out of it. Chris Barsby – the Accurate One – couldn’t pick the photo. Who could to the naked eye at real time speed. Luke McCarthy is a n absolute and utter […]
Once upon a time the Miracle Mile was the race that everyone wanted to win. It was the Shangri La, and owners and trainers used to fight to get in. Until recently it still was, and maybe it still is, But it doesn’t look like it. Clip Clop Kev^ and Moses* are skipping the Mile […]
That’s the final resting place of Kiwi, the last to first winner of the 1983 Cup who was bought as a stockhorse by gumboot wearing farmer, and was trained mustering sheep up and down steep hills. Kiwi is the horse who put The Pumper J.A. Cassidy on the map, and showed the whole world the […]
Don’t be fooled by the name, you’re just being sexist. Ohope is a beautiful little coastal town in the Bay of Plenty. In the space of 4 starts this Kiwi filly Ohope Wins has gone from running 2nd in a 1600m Maiden at Waikato to winning the Group 2 Sir Patrick Hogan over 2000m at […]
As we used to shout in the dressing room at Emerson Park after footy games, James Herbertson didn’t win the Ultimate Drivers Challenge. He sh*t in. Herbie won 6 of the 20 races in the series, and finished more than 50 points ahead of his closest rivals, who all finished clumped in a bunch. His […]
