Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
As country racing has kicked off in western Queensland in recent weeks, momentum is building for a “jockey school” – or mentoring program – to recruit more jockeys and track staff to offset crippling shortages. Amid claims that the North-West had only five or six locally-based jockeys for the 2023 season, which prompted scratched horses […]
For those that missed the first race at Warrnambool… 🎥 @Racing pic.twitter.com/SWhJRZCcJb — SENTrack (@SEN_track) May 2, 2024
Is that a big bad sail sticking up there? Matches the message I guess. There are 10 000 people inside the gates of Warrnambool having a ball of a time on the fang, punt and piss. Standing outside are 10 middle-aged people being uptight, sipping Kobucha water, and telling them that they are bums. Anyone […]
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The word out of northern NSW is that a third slot in the Protostar has been filled, even though Racing Queensland are yet to announce it. Apparently the slot runner is a Group 1 winner from NSW, circa the Bathurst region. They say it’s filly, and a real good one too. Four from four and […]
Bailey Wheeler’s riding just goes from bad to worse. He is on the horse in the Heathcote colours here displayed at the top. It’s the $1.75 favorite to win the race, but has been laid heavily on Betfair. Remember what I told you the other day about riders being paid by someone unidentified to get […]
If this isn’t the most uncontroversial protest in history, then I don’t know what is. Cejay Graham on the horse in white with blue sleeves and green cap comes in and cuts the horse in all blue with a little white in half . It cost the beaten horse at least a half to three-quarterds […]
If you’re a favorite backer with a death wish, Mt Gambier is just the place for you. Five of the six at the top of the market went down last night. The $2.25 fave in race 2 Starzinhereyes, trained by Marnie Bibby, led but then lost all rhythm at the bell and wobbled off the […]
New Zealand harness racing is quite distinct from that in Australia, in that the Kiwis put on races restricted to amateur drivers at TAB meetings, whereas over the ditch the amateurs are confined to driving in non-TAB races at the carnivals and shows, which given their skill levels – and with no knock to any […]
Now trainer Nick Walsh, pictured with Alfie back in his days as a young gun rodeo star Nick Walsh is a young Rockhampton gallops trainer and horseman in his mid-twenties, who in the few years since he started training has been leading winners in at an average strike rate 3 in every 10 starters, and […]
