Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
A couple of years go our horses d9minated the Top 20 in the Longines world’s best racehorse rankings. Today we are a joke. Our highest placed horse is I Wish I Win at number 16, on a rating of 121, which is the equivalent of 55.0 kg, or 3.5 kilos below the world’s number 1 […]
The mail from across the ditch is that the all conquering 9 times Group 1 winning Kiwi rider Ryan Elliott is squarely in the frame to ride the soon to be 4YO sensation Sharp N Smart throughout his Australian assignments in the spring. Unless Elliott makes an urgent booking to spend a week with the […]
Race 9 at Albion Park. Majestic Cruiser. Last year’s Blacks a Fake winner hasn’t had an inside draw like this since Jesus played football for Jerusalum. Her goes straight to the lead and wins. The favorite Taipo couldn’t blow smoke up the Cruiser’s arse. Sell the cat and the car, and whack it all on. […]
Your author, 2nd from right, collecting a Group 1 trophy at Alex Park back in the days when the world was wide. Which was only about 4 years ago. There are eight races on the card at Alexandra Park tonight. Four of them are trot races, three from discretionary marks off the stand. Of the […]
Times are tough all round at the moment, so rather than send you out on a day at the pub on the punt, we will just let you spend the day with the trouble and strife and the tin lids by giving you three winners instead. FLEMINGTON Race 6 no 8 – Mostly Cloudy This […]
I may have been slightly hasty when I earlier declared Leap To Fame to be the best pacer that I had ever seen, It was because I forgot the Bulldog. Bulldog Hanover. World record holder for the mile at 1.45.8 Pacer of four of the nine fastest race miles in history, including six victories in […]
My goodness it’s hard for punters to win at Grafton. Just look at the winners yesterday on Cup Day, and stare agaze at their flucs. Is it any wonder that bookies like D.T. Crimmins drive Rolls Royce’s to Grafton from their mansions by the sea? With results like these, not at all. ————————————————– R1 – […]
Leonard (Len) Robert-Smith is Bad Boy Benny’s dad. Ever wondered why Bad Boy Benny seemed for so long to get the inside run? Here is your answer. It ain’t what you know, it’s who you know. Until it all falls apart. Major General Leonard William Roberts-Smith, RFD, KC (born 25 October 1946) is a former Justice of the Supreme Court of […]
Over the past week I have spoken to or emailed dozens of really good judges of the trots, and every single one of them – even the once crazed Popular Alm fans – tell me that Leap To Fame is the best pacer they have ever seen in their lives, bar none. We are talking […]
Reg Fleming, the greatest trainer there never was Re: Cummings. I think Reg Fleming is a genius. Nigel Blackiston is still battling along, and Leon Corstens could never get the mix right once he departed the kennel. Never thought it had much to do with the Cummings really at all. And I grew up next […]
