Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
Story by Richard Callander https://www.racenet.com.au/news/warwoven-for-cox-plate-blue-door-for-everest-trainer-baker-wont-die-wondering-richard-callander-says-20260927 Peter V’landys has gone. Don’t take sides, just applaud the man for what he has done. In his 22 year tenure V’landys secured $3.5 billion in new funding with new recurring annual revenues of $375 million. He raised the Saturday prizemoney of Sydney racing from $45,000 per race to $160,000 […]
LAUGHING STOCK IS WHAT THEY ARE I noted five more downgrades have been listed by that Asian committee now having the say about what happens in Australia. The Adelaide Cup, the ATC Chairman’s Handicap, the Brisbane Cup and the West Australian Derby have all gone from Group 2 to Group 3 and the Launceston Cup […]
How does an 8-year-old mare rated NR40 that has had 121 starts and never won a race in faster than 2.01.04 suddenly come out in a weak race at Globe Derby on a Monday afternoon and equal the track record set two tears ago by a topline NR120 rated trotter? You tell me. But yesterday […]
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/CBge98JTPyM The tackle that broke Nathan Cleary’s leg was not a “hip drop” done with intention. It was a random collision. Contact was made, the body swung around the ball carrier, momentum carried him down. That is rugby league. It’s not a crime scene. Should defenders let go of a player they have hold of […]
Story by John Lingard, https://letsgohorseracing.com.au/punters-questioning-reason-for-form-slump-of-their-champ-jamie-melham/ A legion of fans of champion lady jockey JAMIE MELHAM are asking ‘have the wheels fallen off’ her riding career this season? Their reason: Only two wins from her last 50 rides and 23 losers since she saluted on Satono Glow in the Group 3 Cap D’Antibes at Flemington on […]
Long simmering tensions overflowed yesterday at Globe Derby yesterday, culminating in a major dust up between drivers Corey Johnson and Wayne Hill that ended up in the wild scenes depicted in the video above. We don’t the know what sparked the melee, or who was responsible for the violence that ensued, but we are told […]
Licenses trainer in semi-retirement Mark ‘Boof’ Currie has been outed for 6 months after he pleaded guilty to presenting a horse to race at Warwick on Boxing Day last year with Phenylbutazone (Bute) in its system. It seems to me to be quite an outrageously excessive penalty, one handed down on Boof Currie due to […]
Kalyn’s girlfriend (above) – gee the bloke is struggling Some players are that good that they can turn a team, and its season. Kalyn Ponga is one of them. His last ten weeks have been extraordinary. Ponga has almost single handed turned the Newcastle Knights from bums into grand final contenders. He wasn’t in market […]
Watch the picture in the bottom left corner and zero in on the horse in the red and yellow. Call It Bling is the horse’s name. Greg Bennett is the driver. Bennett pleaded guilty to a charge of taking an unfair advantage by progressing forward whilst racing inside markers. What choice did he have? He […]
Accused fraudster Darren Wilson (left) with trainer Kelly Schweida, our man Wayne Innes mate. The plot gets thicker when it comes to the pork. We told you last week that prominent porcine producer Darren Wilson, the racing identity currently facing a raft of criminal charges in relation to his alleged financial dealings, was the father-in-law […]
