Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
I was talking to Keith from Queensland this afternoon, who has been around as long as me and even longer, and has been going to the trots forever because his Dad was a bookie, and because Keith was (and remains) in love with Popular Alm, or Poppy as he calls him. Keith raised the topic […]
The horse in the picture was home to the world in a jumps race at Fakenham the night before last. $1.01 it was in play coming to the last. But all horse players die broke. Just like this.
We were all good when we were young, even mer. But is Leap To Fame as good at seven as he was at four and five? That is the question. Back then Larry was a superstar, the best horse that most of us have ever seen. Lately though cracks have appeared in the great Queenslander […]
It was an evening in November, As I very well remember, I was strolling down the street in drunken pride, But my knees were all a-flutter, And I landed in the gutter And a pig came up and lay down by my side.Yes, I lay there in the gutter Thinking thoughts I could not utter, […]
Archie, No interest in the race whatsoever. Before they crossed the line I thought jockey and trainer might have a look an throw in a protest. Rightfully so. Had grounds to do so. I thought 1/2 length was going to be too great to uphold and in my opinion dismissed was right call. But in […]
The news that the Bondi killer – oops, sorry, alleged killer – Naveed Akram, the bloke that we saw pulling the trigger, has been given a Koran and access to a spiritual support provider makes me sick to the core. This prick doesn’t deserve the time of day, and has no right of access to […]
A big shout out to New Zealand’s richest punter (not that you’d know it looking at him) Tim Vince, who we are told has been in hospital a few times lately with a misfiring heart. Funny thing is we didn’t Stonefish had one. Get well soon Mr Vince. We can’t have you cark on us […]
So jockey Lauren Guernier gets hurt and taken to hospital after her mount in the 3rd at Atherton on the weekend breaks through the barrier gates and throws her, the poor kid. Thankfully we are told she is alright. Guernier has a ride in the next race. Chief Steward Paul Gillard scratches it because according […]
How do I say this without painting myself as a hypocrite, or pissing people off? There is no way do it, so I just will. I love Swayzee. He is my sort of horse. Tough, gutsy, versatile. Heart like Phar Lap. Yeah f0r sure he races on, or has at stage raced on, something that […]
I backed Torque To Be Sure in the Magic Millions Guineas yesterday, so thank God I wasn’t on the Stewards panel, because I would have upheld the protest and cost myself plenty. That interference was all Ben Melham’s, and it cost Ninja the race. Everyone wanted to talk about the margin, but that is not […]
