Chris Barsby Channels the Fonz
Racing people of a certain generation – mine – will well and truly remember the Fonz, the star of the TV series Happy Days. Chris Barsby certainly does, as he proved today. What a cool call.
Pull the Other One Benny, it Jingles
This is what Ben Hope told the Stewards when asked last night to explain his plunge horse Pure Courage’s massive turnaround in form and 5 second improvement on his PB at his 58th start. If the stipes believe that then they must also believe in fairies. Hope forgot to mention the shampoo and the sand. […]
Some Gallops Tips at Good Odds Today
SYDNEY Race 6 – Dashing Legend Joe Prides horse carries the grandstand with 61kg here, but with a rating of 85 against horses predominantly in their 70’s and 60’s he deserves the weight and it shouldn’t trouble him hugely. Dashing Legend ran some great races last prep in group affairs against much better opposition than […]
Joseph O’Brien Has Beaten the Handicapper Again in the Caulfield Cup
Irish trainer Joseph O’Brien made a name for himself in Australia by slipping Northern Hemisphere bred 3YO Rekindling into the Melbourne Cup light with 51.5kg and winning it. Is he about to do it again today with the bottom weight Valiant King in the Caulfield Cup? This one has snuck into the Cup with the […]
Mark Jones Must Be Training at Woodend Beach Too – Yeah, He Is
Prominent Kiwi trainer Mark Jones – whose lawyers never replied to us after we gave them The Angels salute – doesn’t have his stables at Woodend beach, but our people tell us that he has been spotted out there regularly in recent times working his horses on the magic sand. It shows too. Just watch […]
Oi Mate, You Can’t Do That!
Race 4 at West Wyalong on 13 October This is one way to get the pesky horse in the 1-1 off your helmet and off your back when you are death seating I guess. It’s not quite the done thing though. The backward horse butting driver Michael Hardy copped 14 days out for his act […]
Bending it Like Beckham at Litterers
https://twitter.com/i/status/1715065274850849021 Someone sign this lady up for the Matildas! Just imagine what our Sam could do with her head in the box with incoming corner kicks like this.
Call Me Nostradamus
The Wooden Beach magic worked again. Pure Courage, the hitherto walker that we told you last night had been backed as if unbeatable in the 1st at Addington today after having been transferred to beach trainer Ben Hope just 3 1/2 weeks ago, did as predicted and landed the money. The horse ran 5 seconds […]
The Brisbane Greyhound Club Shows Racing How to Run a Good Show
The Brisbane Greyhound Racing Club (BGRC) is the exemplar of how to run a race club, as it has proven once again by the outstanding results revealed in this year’s annual report. This is a club that was floundering a decade ago, having recorded 5 successive years of end on end losses, but under the […]
Now For the Next Step in QLD Greyhounds Evolution
In a strange but progressive and welcomed twist of fate, just a week after posting a brilliant result for yet another financial year – it’s tenth on end – soon the Brisbane Greyhound Racing Club may be no more. At next week’s club AGM it’s members will be asked to vote on an amalgamation with […]