Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
We are going to have a lot more to say about this case in due course, for it is unfair discrimination of the highest degree. First though have a read of the RIB decision, so you know what we are talking about. Don’t be put off by the fact that it’s an NZ trot case. […]
Take a look at the favorite Triple G in this race at Addington on Friday night, It’s in the Dunn colors of red black and white, starts from barrier 7, and is driven by Lurch (John Dunn). Have you ever seen a deader drive in your life? Lurch takes it back to last and second […]
‘Gorgeous’ George Sitek has a hurdle to get over if he is any chance of winning his matter before the QLD Racing Appeals Panel this morning, that hurdle being the the delay in the lodgment of his appeal. Under the standard operating procedures appeals have to be lodged within 3 business days of the incident […]
Take a look at the start of the Golden Slipper from two perspectives. First keep your eyes on the favorite Storm Boy jumping from barrier 2, and see how the barrier attendant seems to have hold of him just until they jumped, and how he seemed to do down on his knees and miss the […]
So Catch A Wave’s got a spot in the Nullarbor? Regency Foods, Magnificent Storm’s owners slot 2500, 3 laps, 6 turns at GP……. Off a setback and with questionable form before that A short course horse who lies down in front over a trip*, or will have to cover plenty of extra ground from behind, […]
There is a very strong rumor running through good Hong Kong racing circles that Tom Waterhouse won $2 million on the Golden Slipper. No-one is saying if was on the punt on winner Lady of Camelot, who was backed from $11.50 into $7.20 on Betfair and shorter on other agencies; or from the lay on […]
Tabcorp – the owner/operator of the TAB – would have you believe that it leads the field when it comes to responsible gambling. It shows the bet responsibly message on all its ads, it has pamphlets in all its agencies and signs on all the walls, and it operates a program allowing its customers to […]
Dr Gregory Hargreaves is a highly respected Australian equine vet who has officiated at more than 1000 race meetings. Greg shared this paper that he delivered to the 22nd International Conference of Racing Analysts and Veterinarians in Dubai in 2018 with us in response to our story about Fabs Cowboy, the bush horse whose winning […]
Rules can negatively impact on the racing industry’s ability to provide racing product. This is illustrated with the example of fourteen year old Sharon The Moment which won at Truro Raceway in Canada on the 31 December 2017 (truroraceway.ca). The next day it was no longer eligible to race, simply because it was one day […]
Using various Catastrophic Musculoskeletal Injury (CMI) rates I have constructed Table 1. Number of starts go up to three hundred as I have examined Standardbreds at the racetrack who have had in excess of that number of starts. An Australian Thoroughbred, Play David (b1978), had 236 starts and retired in Jun 1992 as a thirteen year […]
