Its All About the Angles
How can a seemingly insignificant harness racing program observation that a horse who loses ground in the stretch will produce more winning longshots than any other program-only angle? This simple angle is frequently the final decisionmaker before placing a wager. It has been the source of more double-digit winners and triple-digit (and beyond) gimmicks than […]
Super Mario is Like a Fine Red Wine – A Bit Rough at First, But Just Geting Better With Age
Mario Borg – Super Mario – drives a winner in a race on average every 20 starts, and runs a place about 1 in 4. Or he used to anyway. This month his strike rates have spiked to 20% the win and 70% the place. He’s like a fine wine this now half centurion. Starts […]
From Last in a Claimer to 1.48.9 – All in the Space of 2 Weeks – The GOAT Does it Again
Jason Grimson is far too good for the mere mortal trainer to match. He took the seemingly busted arse pacer HI MANAMEISJEFF from running last tailed out in a claimer to winning in Miracle Mile type time in the space of a fortnight. Who else but Emma Stewart could do that? Perhaps Clayton Tonkin, maybe. But […]
Well You Can’t Hair Test Wade Can You?
Irony of the week is GWIC Chief Steward Wade Birch’s pronounced declaration that hair testing of greyhounds is going to be ramped up during the Million Dollar Chase carnival. It would be a bit hard to hair test the Chief himself wouldn’t it? You could however look at the betting records when he worked as […]
Inside the international operation using Australian greyhounds to grow China’s illegal racing industry – ABC News
ABC Investigations / Exclusive by Paul Farrell and Echo Hui Posted Thu 14 Sep 2023 at 6:07am, updated Thu 14 Sep 2023 at 6:57am Australian greyhounds are being purchased for up to $220,000 each and exported to China where they are fuelling an underground racing industry by exploiting loopholes in Australia’s regulations. ABC Investigations has […]
Rod From the Range Has His Say About the Toowoomba CEO Job
What a Snow Job. The Toowoomba Turf Club advertising for a CEO, I guess the Constitution says the Committee must but I will bet this position is already filled and for very good reason up there on the hill. Something about being more crooked than a dogs hind leg whatever that means. Previously, the former […]
Start Young, Win Big
So the quicker you teach the lad to assess form, the faster he will learn to win on the punt. You don’t think Robbie or Tom Waterhouse learned to handicap a race when they were 25 do you? If it’s good enough for them, it’s good enough for the Bean. Lookout bookies when the kid […]
The Thugville Three Find Out Their Fate on Tuesday
The QLD Racing Appeals Tribunal will hand down it’s decisions in the appeals of Jack, Jill and Tatts – Trainor, Grimson and Downey, aka the Thugville Three – against their hefty disqualifications in Brisbane on Tuesday at lunchtime. Quite unusually, all three decisions will be handed down at once, which is a curious way to […]
I Wonder if Greg Rudolph Will Apply?
DESCRIPTION Chief Executive Officer at Toowoomba Turf Club About the Toowoomba Turf Club (TTC) and Clifford Park Racecourse The Toowoomba Turf Club Inc. owns and operates Clifford Park Racecourse on Hursley Road in Toowoomba. Clifford Park Racecourse is the largest racing centre on the Darling Downs conducting near weekly race meetings more than 45 race […]