Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
The news filtering out of the Riverina is that following drug testing conducted at a recent Wagga trot meeting, two of the region’s leading drivers have thrown personal positive swabs to banned and illegal substances. Cocaine and methamphetamine (ice) are said to the drugs in question. Both men will be charged under the rules, and […]
Queensland’s once greatest trainer Ben Currie is back, as of today. The man we call the Toowo0mba Tornado has won his QCAT appeal against the QRIC decision to refuse him a stable hand license. How the regulator ever came to that decision based on the Currie no fault ruling in the End Assembly case we […]
Hi mate You just mark the G and put the ticket in the machine and when it comes up with error code, it has all the codes on the screen that there isn’t room on the ticket for. Very clunky and would mean a lot a punters would miss the race as they do the […]
Well sportsfans, it seems that poor old Billy Moore is deathly afraid of sharks, which is probably why he never played for Cronulla. What the hell is wrong with the so-called Origin hard man though? My old mate Bunger Johnson, who trained Flashing Red to win a million Group 1’s, is about 103 years old […]
A few readers have questioned our recent story in which we told you that the QLD Pacing Derby runner-up Maxo Mighty had died at the age of just three. It’s not that these readers are unbelievers, just that Maxo Mighty is still shown on the Harness Racing Records as dead, which means that either: (a) […]
What former Canberra A-Grade footballer Luke Bateman told the Senate inquiry into gambling earlier this week is 100 percent true, and I can swear to it. How do I know? Because I was there at the party on the Gold Coast canal snorting coke with them! 100% true. My mate The Eagle – who is […]
We have written on many occasions about the long-term dangers posed to racing in QLD’s country north-west by one trainer – Tanya Parry – holding such a numerical dominance in racing in the region by virtue of the sheer number of tried, failed and recycled horses she accumulates cheaply from all over the place without […]
The 7-day flight path of jockey Daniel Moor JB Cummings famously used to have a rule that his stayers had to cover 10 000 meters in their lead up runs to get them fit and ready to win a Melbourne Cup. It worked. Bart won 13 of them. Based on the famous Cummings training method […]
How do you put a tote bet on this race 14 at the Q1 Lakeside dogs yesterday? Can anyone see a meeting code F on the ticket? If so, can we borrow your glasses?
