Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
What a bizarre Stewards report. Albion Park, Saturday night. A 6-year-old mare named Jungle Baby collapses mid-race and falls to the track. She can’t be moved, and the race is called off. The mare is obviously dead, but there is no mention of that in the Stewards report. There is not a word said about […]
There is a strong rumor floating around that this year may be the last for HRNSW’s flagship slot race The Eureka. It may well be true. The three year leases on the slots expire after Eureka 25, and to date there has been no move by HRNSW to renew or release them. Breeders hate the […]
Dear Archie, The great smouldering pile of decay that is the state of integrity management and administration of Queensland Racing ticked a new box this afternoon at Townsville’s Cluden Park. When acceptances for Tuesday’s (today) Townsville meeting closed at 9am last Friday, 11 April, a gelding named ELLEVES was a 46 rated horse and was […]
Two days before the Darren Ebert run Redcliffe Standardbred Yearling Sale earlier this month, Racing Queensland pulled its funding for the $104 000 sales race series final and associated auction linked races. No reason was given by RQ for its last minute jump from the ship, but it only took 48 hours for it to […]
Have you ever seen a worse looking yearling than this one by Jilliby Kung Fu out of Coralie Joy? This thing looks like a back-blocks mule. It is as ugly as hell. Someone too pity on it. W. Kent threw in bid of $250 to win the right to take it home to make all […]
They say that hell hath no fury like a woman scorned, but we say equally that hell doesn’t have any fury like the woman that the woman was scorned for either, at least not if what went on in race 5 at Marburg is any indicator anyway. The two women involved were drivers Danielle McMullen, […]
Yesterday’s Nutrien yearling sale in Melbourne will no doubt be trumpeted as a success, with three lots topping the $200 000 mark, a further three bringing over $100 000, a gross sale volume of $3.3 million, and an average of $33 040. That’s the good news. Now for the bad. The lots that attracted a […]
The hearing of a raft of charges against Victorian greyhound trainer Ivan Chircop – most of them dismissed – lifted a veil on the capacity (or lack thereof) of Greyhound Racing Victoria to effectively employ an intelligence based approach to integrity management. It may also have shone a light on potential nepotism within the organisation. […]
Archie, Kristian from Coogee here peeped Mr Wade Birch at Randwick on Saturday for the big day at races (pictured above). Peeped him filming horses in the parade yard for someone. And having a Rex Hunt on them as well. Mr Birch seems perfectly placed for a job at the QLD Racing Commission (note no […]
Ben Hope had the eye of the tiger in the score up It was a case of old v new in the Group 2 Lyell Creek Stakes at Alexandra Park on Friday night when rising star NZ reinsman and rookie trainer Ben Hope with Muscle Mountain took on the multiple premiership winning Aussie driver Chris […]
