Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
Prior to last night Cool Night had won three races over 2030m at Newcastle in the past 14 months. On each occasion it ran very similar time – 1.55.3, 1.55.3 and 1.53.7 – suggesting that around 1.55.2 and a bit was its mark at the track. That was before Clayton Harmey came back from yet […]
Tokyo Rose was flown across the ditch to joint the Jason Grimson stable last Monday. She was an MR56 pacer when she arrived. Five days after landing she comes out at Menangle last night and wins in 1.48.7. The mare had been trained by Mark Jones in NZ, who for as much as we think […]
Santa is watching Dr Georgia Whiting do the form for Caulfield today. The man in red is confident that the naked tipster is going to fill out Xmas stockings today.\ Ho ho ho!
Have a look at this race at Rockhampton during the week. The track was a slow 5. It looked it too. This race was a mixed Maiden/Class 1. They didn’t look to go that hard. But the winner broke Chinny Boom’s track record. Smashed it in fact. Or so they say. If this race was […]
The appointment of Mary Collier to lead the implementation of the racing review reforms may have surprised some, but I reckon she is a fine appointment. Collier is one of those rare beasts in racing, a prominent person without any enemies. People just like her, because they respect the way she does business and know […]
The Australian Turf Club won the first battle by securing a temporary injunction preventing Racing NSW from moving forward with its plan to install an administrator to manage the club’s affairs, but they are far from winning the war. The next battle takes place on Friday morning. It will be interesting to see what the […]
The list of the top 5o earners in racing history tells a tale about where the wealth is in the racing world, and in particular the top 20. Hong Kong has the top two earners in Romantic Warrior (1) and Golden Sixty (2), and a third horse in the first 20 in Ka Ying Rising […]
There is a lot of confusion and spin about the true state of the Australian Turf Club (ATC) finances, so we thought it would be useful to refer back to the club’s latest annual report to find out exactly what the situation is. As you will see the ATC’s auditor KPMG believes that a material […]
Racing NSW this week issued an Industry Notice about the discovery of industrial grade solutions of the substance dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) in racing stables, and of its administration either intravenously or via nasogastric tube to horses in training. This is a concern for a number of reasons, because DMSO: (a) is a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID), […]
