Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
There is yet another cracking – as in breaking, not good – meeting at Gloucester Park in Perth on Friday night. Yet again just five horses have entered for the open class Free For All, and we’ve been lucky to get that, as one of the runners Minstrel has recently been sold to the US, […]
If you look at the latest decisions of the Victorian Racing Tribunal you would swear that greyhound trainers are the only licensees in any code that cheat. They aren’t of course. They are just the poorest and the dumbest. Most of the dog trainer’s cases that have washed through the tribunal involve prescription drugs and […]
1. The wisdom of crowds is very real “My experience of gambling taught me to understand that the wealth and prestige that I grew to possess had very little to do with my talent. I didn’t gain wisdom by standing on the shoulders of giants. I gained wisdom by surfing the crowd,” says David Walsh. […]
Being fixated on closing sectionals (the last 200m / 400m / 600m for example) is not the way to go. Far too little importance is placed on the early sectionals and pace through the first two-thirds of the race. Some horses that go far too fast early can be forgiven for puncturing late, but are often dismissed […]
We’ve mentioned before the troubling trend of many micro-bookmakers, who seem to be arbitraging the regulations and taxation situation. Another story, we talked about operators giving people the run-around for deposits. It appears that whilst Victoria might give a bookmakers licence to my cat if I could get it a suitable ID card, NSW on […]
Nootropic also known as ‘cognitive enhancers’ are drugs that some people use in an attempt to improve memory, increase mental alertness and concentration as well as boost energy levels and wakefulness. While nootropics may help mask fatigue, procrastination or boredom, they do not make people more intelligent and their effects only last as long as […]
The Wave is a WFA race this Saturday at the Gold Coast over 1800mfor 3 and 4-year-old gallopers. It is worth $250 000 in stakes. The winner also gets a wildcard entry into the $1 million Magic Millions Subzero race a week later. It’s also somewhat of a joke. The field for the race is […]
I must say I am impressed with your optimism = how do you manage to retain any hope? Yole would be gone long ago in any normal world. But this is harness racing. Stewart will continue and I bet she doesn’t serve one day. And as for the Murrihy report? Still no sign of it. […]
Jilliby Jetpack was a seemingly healthy just turned 4yo mare when she lined up to race in the last at Terang on Tuesday. She had won 3 of her past 6 races coming into this one, including an impressive last start win at the same track a fortnight before. On the strength of that win […]
Last year Ben Yole had 47 of the 74 runners on the Scottsdale first Friday in January card. This year he has none. Nil, zip, nada. That’s because for reasons still unknown today his nominations were refused. Some cynics were saying our mail was wrong. They’ve been proven wrong. Others are pointing to the mass […]
