Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
Just two days after the super horse Leap To Fame was declared a certain starter in The Race by Grins he’s out. That leaves just 5 confirmed starters in the million dollar Kiwi slot race with 5 spots to fill and only 4 weeks to do it. The confirmed runners so far are: Merlin Sooner […]
The st0ry being cast about regarding the horrible state of the Gold Coast track on Saturday is that a mistake was made whereby not enough water was placed on the course proper in the days leading into the meeting, resulting in the problems that the turf surface displayed on the day. Quite frankly I reckon […]
Fred Kersley is not generally regarded as an elite class jockey of the ilk of Williams, Zahra or Melham, but on the evidence of this virtuoso steer below that rating is very unfair. This ride was inch perfect. Kersley (in the Godolphin royal blue silks) was riding Simplicity, the $3.30 second favorite. It was one […]
Miracle Mile winning champion Leap To Fame has been announced in the NZ harness racing media as a certainty to be making the trip across the ditch in a few weeks time to compete in the $1 million Race by Grins, but not everyone is so sure he will, with speculation rife in harness racing […]
Stood down Albion Park CEO Scott Steele has been sighted recently frequenting the Gold Coast race track on Saturdays. The word is that after falling out with his Brisbane based clique of friends and supporters over issues relating to a girlfriend of one of them, and having been banned from a number of his local […]
We didn’t want to write it for legal reasons last week when we broke the story, but everyone now knows that it is jockey Sariah Champkin who has been charged with one count of assault occasioning bodily harm on a fellow licensee and another of willful damage by Queensland Police following the alleged stabbing incident […]
Is there any truth in the rumor that the recently suddenly retired Kiwi trainer Brent Mangos is living and working down in Christchurch at the West Melton stables of young trainer Hayden Cullen? He couldn’t be could he, given that Mangos is unlicensed. And given the back story about why. Surely prominent Hayden Cullen stable […]
Could the rumor coming out of New Zealand about a senior harness racing steward being involved in an intense personal relationship with a junior driver possibly be true? If it is, wouldn’t the steward have to disclose it to his employer? And wouldn’t the employer have to ensure that the steward was stood down from […]
It was interesting to observe that the Queensland based thoroughbred syndicator KO Racing didn’t purchase any yearlings at this month’s Magic Millions QTIS sale. Many are speculating that this is because they still owe $760 000 to the auction house from the January sales and with the debt outstanding couldn’t get any further credit. Far […]
