Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
When was Captain Ravishing ever the favourite to win the Eureka? I can’t remember it. If it ever was at all then it must have been before 18 February 2o23 when Catch A Wave kicked his head in in the Chariots of Fire, but I think Leap To Fame was already at the top of […]
It doesn’t take any. All the stipes have to do is read peterproft.com. After all, we spotted the harp in Ric McMahon’s hand at trackwork in Birdsville last year, not the officials. It won’t stop them from sending a crazy numbers of race day and investigate stewards out into the middle of nowhere for 3 […]
This is one of the lounge suites in the members area at the Valley. Fair dinkum, no bull. What an embarrassment. It might be time to give Gerry Harvey a call I reckon. He’s got a few good lounges on special at the moment.
Bloody hell. Fab’s Cowboy got beaten again at Mt Isa yesterday. Not by much – only about a half length – but it was enough to leave him stranded still on 49 wins. He’s running out of time here old Fab. He is 12 now, and mandatory retirement rules mean that he’s finished on the […]
I am no fan of Alex Ashwood. In fact I reckon he’s an ugly, freckle faced dickhead without a big mouth and small balls. But fair is fair, and you gotta give credit where credit is due. Ashwood’s drive on Major Fire in the 8th race at Melton last night was simply superb, as good […]
How do I tell whether someone is transgender? You are entitled to take each person on face value based on their clothes, their name and how they introduce or present themselves. The key words are ‘bona fide’. People who are transitioning will have adopted a complete identity and lifestyle, or have a genuine plan to […]
Isn’t is amazing what can happen in a week? I put it all down to Jill. 7 days ago Captain Ravishing was a certainty to run in the Eureka, and Jason Grimson – who just days before the horse’s ever loving owner Hass Taiba had sworn to me wasn’t training him – was the messiah, […]
My son-in-law. Don’t be too impressed. He’s got a bad head. If you think he’s big, you should see the nephew. Polynesians are much bigger boned than Palagis like my daughters hubby Dan. I guess my brown lad hasn’t won QLD MMA titles though. How much are 3 plane fares to Adelaide do you reckon? […]
It looks a certainty that Annastacia is going to do a Jacinta Arden and walk the plank any day soon. She’s lost the plot, and has lost the support of her party too. Mick De Brenni has been sent forward by his dominant Left faction to play messenger boy, which means he has been promised […]
Frankie is every bit as good in his farewell year, and I reckon even better. It was his last Ebor Festival at York this week. Ebor is short for Eboracum, the Roman word for York. It means place of Ewe trees, just in case you’ve ever wondered. The Festival – which is really a carnival, […]
